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The Personal Investigation and Related Study
Quick questions on The related study - Edexcel A-Level Art and Design
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What is it must connect to the practical work?Show answer
The defining feature of the related study is that it is related: it investigates a theme, artist or idea connected to your practical project, so reading and making feed each other. If your portfolio explores memory and place, the study might analyse artists who deal with memory, and their ideas should flow back into your development. A study with no link to the practical work misses its purpose.
What is integrate it, do not leave it late?Show answer
Because the related study develops the same contextual understanding (AO1) the practical work needs, the two should run together. When they do, research feeds the making and the making gives the writing direction. Leaving the study to the end produces a disconnected essay that does not inform the project and wastes its contribution. Start it early, alongside the practical investigation, and let them grow as one.
What is q1?Show answer
Explain what the related study must contain and how it should connect to your practical Personal Investigation, using a worked example of a focus and how it links to the making. [16 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
What is the minimum length of the related study, and in what form must it be written? [4 marks]
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