*then narrow your areas of interest into a concept statement

Always document your thoughts right from your first response to the title 

Include large, high quality images (primary and secondary), artworks 

Find lots of large, high quality images (primary and secondary) 

Go deeper by gathering info (quotes/stats/facts etc) for your specific area

Write a concept statement for what you want your artwork to do/be about (use adjectives)

*identify what you need to learn to be able to realise your visual idea

*deconstruct key artworks and create strong studies from them

Play with possibilities for your visual idea - sketch different possible compositions - link to the artworks you have gathered 

Settle on your visual idea

Learn skills and keep practising until you get it right

Evaluate whether these new skills ‘work’ for your concept statement

*pull all of your learned skills together and make it work as a visual idea that skillfully communicates your concept statement

If not, take steps to correct it

*push your idea and your skills as far as you can in the time available

1 - clearly communicate your concept statement

2 - your visual idea must have clear links to the work of others BUT  must be individual (ie not be too close to someone else’s piece)

3 - be skilful