How to get a seven in your IB art process portfolio slides

There are several components you need to keep in mind to get a seven for your slides and the way that I make sure that I’m hitting all the targets is by planning out my slides, which I do by making templates for each slide.

**DISCLAIMER** With this layout I was able to get a seven from my teacher. However, this may not necessarily be a seven for other teachers depending on how they grade work.

1. The title page

First and foremost, you need a title page which only needs to consist of the name of this project and your name.

2. Research

Secondly, I always do research on two to three artists and i also try to include for each one:

• A short paragraph of the artist typical style, and inspirations [100 - 200 words]

  • you can include how different factors of their everyday life (e.g family or where they're based or where they grew up) if it has impacted their art.

  • you can include the mediums used, colours they’re normally drawn to using, and where they are exhibited [optional].

• A short description of one art piece or set that you’re drawn to [150- 250 words]

  • This is sort of like doing a slide for formal quality for your Comparative Studies.

• A reflection [50-100 words]

  • how the art has affected your ideas and what parts of their art would you like to include in your piece.

3. Brainstorming/ experimentation with materials

For this slide you need to include:

Brainstorming and planning:

• A photo of your brainstorming (could be different ideas with keywords but it should include pictures)

• Photos showing different ways of portraying your main idea

• About your ideas and your intentions [50-100 words]

experimentation with materials:

• Photos of experimentation (the process)

• a short description of the process [100-150 words]

• Reflection (what you liked and what can you improve on) [100-150 words]

4. The mock

After that, you need to make your mock to show you have throughout your plan and to give you room to improve. For this slide you should include:

The plan:

• A photo of your plan and a refined description of your intentions and what you want your art to say. [100-150 words]

• Images of your materials [opt]

The process:

• The process of making your mock (talk about the materials, and the steps you used) [300-400 words]

• Photos of the process

• Photos of any apps you use (these should be a screenshot of the whole screen of the program and NOT cropped) and a short description [opt]

The outcome:

• A photo of the outcome

• A paragraph to disguise any issues you have reached and/or to say anything you liked about the outcome. [150-200 words]

• A reflection identifying the problems and what you can do to fix this.

5. The final

This is the most important slide and should include:

The process of making your final:

• A description of the process

• Photos of the process

The final:

• Photo of the final (large)

• A final reflection [100-200 words]

• What you want to do to refine your final [50-100 words]

• A photo of the plan compared to your final (what did you change what did you keep and why) [50-100 words]

6. Refinement

This slide depends if you want to refine your art work or not (I suggest you always do) and depends on how much you plan on refining, meaning the amount of work done for this slide varies between artworks. However, it is always a good idea to show the process and write a final paragraph about your work as a whole (e.g. what influenced you or what inspired you).

Tips:

• Make your pages condense and highlight important words in blocks of text (this is because a lot of the time the examiner isn't reading all your work and it's the easiest way to show that you have hit all your targets).

• use google slides because: you can access your work on any computer, your work is always being saved (so you don't have to worry about losing half your work because you forgot to click that saved button), and because if something were to happen to your computer, you wouldn't lose all your work.

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Written by: Farran