Starting with a theme
This student's spidergram explores different types of kaleidoscopes and the images they produce
A theme is an idea that you will explore in your work. It could be inspired by:
- an activity you enjoy
- a social issue you are interested in
- a particular emotion
- people or places
- cultural influences like films, books, games, music and lyrics
- a word or phrase
Creating a spidergram is a good way to explore ideas for a theme. The following example shows how you could explore a word as a theme.
More guides on this topic
- Responding to stimuli - OCR
- Analytical drawing - OCR
- Developing ideas - OCR
- Creating a design brief - OCR
- Experimenting with materials and techniques - OCR
- Recording and observing - OCR
- Annotating your work - OCR
- Analysing and evaluating - OCR
- Assessment objectives and presenting your work - OCR
- Externally set assessment - OCR