Taking creative risks
The safe version of a piece is usually the forgettable one.
Part of your national curriculum
- Developing ideas: Take creative risks, experiment with process and review the effect of changes on the finished piece
Lesson overview
What you'll learn in this lesson
Take creative risks, experiment with process and review the effect of changes on the finished piece
Key learning points
- • Deliberate experiments
- • Working through a failure
- • Reviewing honestly
This lesson at a glance
- 25 minutes
- 16 parts to scroll through
- 3 quick checks
- Marked quiz at the end
- Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses
Words to know
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Taking creative risks
The safe version of a piece is usually the forgettable one.
In a nutshell
Take creative risks, experiment with process and review the effect of changes on the finished piece
Learning cycle
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Learning cycle 1 of 2
Part 1 · Deliberate experiments
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
Explore the idea
Part 3 of 16
Learn
Deliberate experiments
Change one variable at a time: the tool, the surface, the scale or the palette. Photograph each stage so you can judge what the change actually did.
Reset break
Part 4 of 16
Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Explore the idea
Part 5 of 16
Learn
Working through a failure
A piece that goes wrong is information. Note what happened, keep it in the sketchbook, and use it rather than hiding it.
Quick check
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Quick check
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Reset break
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Learning cycle
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Learning cycle 2 of 2
Part 2 · Reviewing honestly
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
Explore the idea
Part 10 of 16
Learn
Reviewing honestly
Pin work up, stand back and compare. Ask which version communicates the idea most clearly — not which took longest.
Quick check
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Reset break
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Pause
That's sitting 3 of 4 done
Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Challenge round
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Game · Sort it
Which of these are true?
Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.
True
Not true
Challenge round
Part 14 of 16
Game · Recall cards
Why change one variable at a time?
Card 1 of 3
Mastery quiz
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Marked quiz
End of lesson quiz: Taking creative risks
3 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.
1. Why change one variable at a time?
2. What should you do with a piece that fails?
3. What is the best test when reviewing work?
Lesson round-up
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Lesson round-up
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Take creative risks, experiment with process and review the effect of changes on the finished piece