Starter task: Please answer the questions on the ppt.

Task: Re-visit all your pages and complete your annotations.

SUCCESS CRITERIA
Your work has been presented well ( There is a title on each page. All have been
annotated, frames used, background provided)
Artist pages have 3 paragraphs (factual information about the artist, comments
on artists works, why you are studying this artist)
Literacy Objective: Annotate in books
Keywords:
Evaluate, Present, Annotate
G.C.S.E. Art & Design Assessment objectives
A01 25% Develop ideas through investigations.
A02 25% Refine ideas through experimenting.
A03 25% Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to
the topic.
A04 25% Present a personal, informed and meaningful
response.
Annotating Sketchbooks
What sort of things can you annotate about?
 You can both write and annotate in your sketchbook, I dont mind which
you do.
Whats the difference?
DISCUSS (The image above has a block of writing on the left hand page and
also annotation)

Writing tends to be prose and stands alone i.e. make sense on its own.
Annotation adds something that the reader doesnt know from looking at
the image alone.

This double page spread shows recording on location. The recording is in

the form of drawing, writing and annotation.

These drawings, writing and annotation were made at The British Museum.
This is a shoe. Which is the best annotation?
I have drawn
it in
charcoal.

I have chosen to draw a

shoe because I am
looking at the exam
question on Collections
and I have lots of shoes.

Next I am going
to try and
achieve a greater
range of tones.

I also plan to
work from my
photographs
using acrylic
and watercolour
This is a shoe. Which is the best annotation?
I have drawn
it in
charcoal.

I have chosen to draw a

shoe because I am
looking at the exam
question on Collections
and I have lots of shoes.

Next I am going
to try and
achieve a greater
range of tones.

Yes, on the right. It tells us why they have done

I also plan to
what they have done. It includes self assessment work from my
what they could do to improve their drawing, photographs
using acrylic
and what they are going to do next. and watercolour
An artist research page should include
written information and/or annotation that
includes:
The artists name
The title of any artworks that are of
particular interest.
Some information about the artist which is
called Biographical information.
When the work was made.
Your reaction and emotions connected to the
artwork(s)
How you may use the images to develop your
own ideas.
On the sketchbook page above there is also
an artist analysis of the hands so annotation
could include what you thought above this
When you plan a page, you plan
where images and your
drawings go. You should also
plan for where you are going to
put the annotation. Dont make
it an after thought.

To annotate your work

successfully, you should explain:
what you have done and why
you did it
how you did it, such as the
media and techniques used
why you chose a particular
medium or technique
how an artwork fits in with your
project
what aspects you like
how you could improve your
work
what you think you will do next
The student has created an artist analysis of a painting by Aaron
Smith (i.e. copied an artwork so that they go through the same
process as the artists and learn from it. They have then looked
at a skull silk screen print by Damien Hirst and painted it in the
style of Aaron Smith.

Their annotation really describes their thought process.

Firstly it analyses the work of Aaron Smith commenting on

texture, colour and how they might of created it.
It then describes the process they went through when creating
the artist analysis, commenting on the paint they used, the
colours and brush strokes.
The student then describes the process of their skull painting,
what worked well, what they could add, what they did like and
what they could go on to do.

Lots of the assessment objectives are met in this one page.

This annotation explains the
students investigations into the
different colours and what they
might be used for e.g.
seascapes, water the sky at
different times of day. The
thought process is clear.
Ive included this sketchbook
page because the annotation
in the bottom right hand
corner asks a question:

I wonder how the pen choice

will have changed by the end
of this book and with there be
any colour hmmm

This shows that you are

thinking and solving your own
problems. Especially if the
questions get answered as the
sketchbook evolves, either
visually or in writing!
When you annotate on other artists;
First paragraph will be about the artist
(who s/he is, where is s/he from, when the
artist lived.
Second paragraph: What kind of work does
the artist do? (comment on the content,
colours, shapes, space etc)
Third paragraph: Why have you studied this
particular artist's works? How the artwork
fits in with your project? what aspects you
like.
To annotate your work successfully, you should
explain:
what you have done and why you did it
how you did it, such as the media and
techniques used
why you chose a particular medium or
technique
how you could improve your work
what you think you will do next.
Example sentences:
This is my . (drawing/painting/print/collage/pen-ink drawing/etc)
I made this to find out/explore/study/investigate .. (how to use
watercolours/Fauvism/