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Organising Projects
Artists are unlikely to talk about UFOs when reflecting on a completed project!

Organising Projects

Plan your project like an artist. Learn how to organise research, experiments, and final ideas in a sketchbook, so your KS3 work shows clear progress and purpose.

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Fascinating Fact:

Sketchbooks can be organised with dates, headings, and short notes to show progress. This makes it easier to explain how ideas developed.

In KS3 Art and Design, organising projects means planning your steps, collecting research, testing materials, and presenting outcomes clearly. Good organisation helps you track decisions and improve your final work.

  • Project brief: A short description of what you are making and the rules or goals you must meet.
  • Experiment: A quick test using materials or techniques to see what effects you can create.
  • Evaluation: A review of what worked well, what did not, and what you would change next time.
How do you organise an art project in KS3?

To organise a KS3 art project, break it into stages such as research, first ideas, experiments, development, and a final outcome. Keep work in order and label materials, dates, and decisions.

What should go in a KS3 art sketchbook for a project?

A KS3 project sketchbook should include research images, observational drawings, notes, experiments with media, improvements, and plans for the final piece. It should show how your ideas changed and developed.

How do you show development in an art sketchbook?

You show development by refining ideas step by step, improving drawings, testing different materials, and explaining choices with short notes. Clear comparisons between early and later work show progress.

1 .
Most artists need something to set them going on a new project. What is it?
Pessimism
Politics
Literacy
Inspiration
This might come from a sketch, a colour or just something they thought of!
2 .
Once an artist has decided on what they would like the project's outcome to be, they might do what?
Post a letter to their art college
Collect ephemera associated with the original inspiration
Go on holiday for a while
Put it all to one side and start something new
Artists often collect lots of things to help them clarify ideas about their projects
3 .
What are 'initial sketches'?
The first letters of the artist's names
The last things the artist does when the project is complete
The process of clearing the workspace and tidying up
The first rough drawings to help formulate ideas
There may only be one or two sketches to begin with, although many artists produce a great deal more
4 .
Which of these is another key stage in the creative process of a project?
Experimentation
Optimism
Clearing
Organising
All artists experiment with combinations of media in order to find those they wish to use in their project
5 .
If the project concerned three-dimensional art, what might you expect to see in the artist's sketch book?
Absent-minded doodles
Lots of writing about the artist's experiences
Idea for the finished artwork from different points of view or perspectives
Letters cut from newspapers
A three-dimensional object might be sketched from lots of different angles to give a better idea of the finished article
6 .
If the project is a commission, what would the artist perhaps have to work to?
A particular music track
A certain time of day
A coloured light filter
A deadline
Most commissions have a time frame by which time the artwork will be expected to be complete
7 .
Which of the following could affect the success of a project?
A realistic time frame for completion
An unexpected outcome as the project progresses
A complete set of materials
A good set of initial sketches
The better-prepared an artist is, the less likely this is to happen, which is why most artists spend as long on the initial stages of a project as they do on the project itself
8 .
Which of these qualities help an artist to succeed?
Creativity, vision and flexibility
Stubbornness, inflexibility and limits
Low expectations, poor skills and being uncompromising
Narrow-mindedness, conventionality and rigidity
Artists must be adaptable when things go wrong, have creative flair and a clear vision of what they want to achieve in their art
9 .
What is an artist unlikely to do if they reach a 'sticking point' in their project?
Ask a colleague or fellow artist for their perspective
Put everything away and try a different career
Make new sketches using a different medium
Try to move the project in a completely different direction
There are many ways forward when a project appears to stall - good artists will try them all before claiming the project has failed
10 .
When reflecting on a completed project, what might an artist talk about?
Politics, tinned food and gas bills
Pet ownership, UFO sightings and parking permits
Newspapers, cocktail sticks and scooters
Inspirations, thought-processes and creative development
Most artists are adept at learning from the entire creative process during a project and may use parts of it to inform future work
Author:  Angela Smith (Primary School Teacher & KS1 Quiz Writer)

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