Why is first-hand recording valued in WJEC Art and Design?

Because it produces authentic, personal observation, unlike working only from second-hand images

What turns recording into insight rather than mechanical copying?

Reflection that evaluates what each observation reveals and how it feeds the work

Describing states content or biography; analysing examines how and why it is made, and judges it

Connecting the analysis to the candidate's own developing work

Continuous critical prose exploring the contextual sources behind the practical work

It should be integrated with the practical work, exploring the same concerns

Describing rather than analysing, and disconnecting the writing from the making

Observational drawing, the candidate's own photographs, notes, maquettes and other appropriate forms

They supply the observation and thinking that feed experimentation (AO2) and the resolved outcome (AO4)

12questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

Recording and observational skills are the practical heart of which objective?
Why is first-hand recording valued in WJEC Art and Design?
What turns recording into insight rather than mechanical copying?
What is the difference between describing and analysing an artwork?
Analysing sources and artists is the contextual and critical understanding at the heart of which objective?
What is the single most important thing about analysing a source?
What is the extended written element of the Personal Investigation?
How long is the extended written element of the Personal Investigation?
How should the extended written element relate to the practical work?
What is the commonest weakness in extended written elements?
Which forms can recording take?
How do recording, analysis and the written element fit the rest of the portfolio?