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The creative process and portfolio

Quick questions on Selecting and presenting the portfolio - OCR GCSE Art and Design

4short Q&A pairs drawn directly from our worked dot-point answer. For full context and worked exam questions, read the parent dot-point page.

What is decoration over art?
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Over-designed pages with heavy borders and lettering bury the work. Presentation serves the art; keep the work the focus.
What is empty annotation?
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Narrating the obvious adds nothing. Annotate decisions, reasons and next steps, because that is where AO1 development lives.
What is q1?
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State two things you should do when selecting work for the Portfolio. [Knowledge recall]
What is q2?
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Explain why presentation affects the marks even though the work is unchanged. [Short explanation]

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