Edexcel GCSE Art and Design developing and refining ideas overview quiz quiz

A simple list of all the materials and equipment you plan to buy for the project

A connected thread of decisions running from the starting theme to the outcome

A single finished drawing made carefully at the very start of the project

A type of pencil used for ruling straight construction lines on a page

Using too much bright colour across all of the pages

Relying on primary sources gathered by the student

Skilful but disconnected pages with no development

Including too much written annotation beside the work

Respond to the broad theme word directly and literally, without narrowing it down further at all

Pick the very first idea that comes to mind and gather no sources for it

Deliberately avoid primary sources and work only from internet images

Mind-map to find angles, then choose one focused, source-rich angle to investigate deeply

Explore, review, select and refine

Buy materials, store them, frame the work and then sell it

Copy an image, trace the outline, print a copy and mount it

Plan loosely, ignore feedback, rush the work and finish quickly

It is far too neat and tidy, which the assessment objectives do not reward

It evidences experimenting but not refining, because nothing is judged or carried forward

It uses far too few materials, when AO2 simply rewards sampling as many different ones as possible

Media samples are banned by the exam board and may not appear in a portfolio

Always, regardless of the idea, because more media always means higher marks

Never, because mixing two media confuses the moderator and lowers the marks

When the combination suits the idea and each medium brings a complementary strength

Only ever for photography, since the other media simply cannot sensibly be combined at all

Improvised quickly at the very end of the project with no preparation or planning beforehand

By directly copying a finished work made by an established artist

Without any preliminary studies, trials or composition sketches first

From the strongest threads of the project (best research, recording and experiments)

To test arrangements and viewpoints and choose the strongest before committing

To fill up the empty pages in the sketchbook so that it looks busier than it really is

They are not really needed, since a strong outcome can simply be improvised

To copy the background of an existing photograph as accurately as possible

To replace the final outcome entirely, so that no finished piece is needed at all

To test the technique, scale and colour so problems are solved before the final

To practise mounting and presenting work neatly on the display board

To copy a photograph carefully without changing or developing anything

It does not; the detached showpiece always wins because it simply looks more impressive

Connected outcomes are quicker to make, and AO4 simply rewards finishing fastest

AO4 rewards realising intentions and making assured connections with the whole project

Standalone showpieces are banned by the board and may not be submitted at all

Deliberately hide your reasoning so that the moderator cannot see how the decisions were made

Use no annotation at all and let the images speak entirely for themselves

Number the pages randomly so the order of the work is left unclear

End pages with a forward-looking sentence and date them so the journey reads in sequence

Developing your control of a selected medium and adapting it to your intention

Simply buying more paint and adding extra colours to the work to make it look richer

Stopping work as soon as a sample looks neat and tidy on the page

Copying a sample exactly without changing or improving anything at all