drawing to think

Aims

To understand that drawings and models can be made for very different purposes and audiences;

To enable you to be able to identify what the purpose and who the audience is when you see different models drawings etc.

To look at a range of different models and drawings

"Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas." Georges Braque: Painter

“Drawing is how we talk, it is our conversation” Rodney Fitch; Brand developer

“Drawing with the hand develops a part of the brain that is untouched by any other activity” David Quay and Freda Sack: Type designers.

I’m thinking!

Sometimes students sit and think of an idea before they draw and model make. This can work, but it is almost always better to start producing ideas and to think by doing (or at least while you are doing). Designers iterate that means they produce an idea, look at it, then develop it and then look at it in an almost endless cycle. So use your hands to help you think!

““The Assessment of Performance in Design and Technology;” APU; 1990The Assessment of Performance in Design and Technology;” APU; 1990

“Don’t forget to show your working out!”

In Maths you are always asked to show your working out. In D&T students often jump to a preferred solution without the required kinds of “calculating” having been undertaken or shown?

Non-fictional text typesRecount Non-chronological report Instructions Explanation Persuasion Discussion Etc

In English you are often asked to write a range of ways and to identify particular audiences

Why have you been making the models in Island Time last week?Who is the audience?

Who is the drawing for?

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Whilst looking at the following images of models and drawings – discuss what the purpose and audience is. Use the handout and place the slide number in the correct box or boxes.

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