Annotating

Coursework Annotation

When you write, either about or for your work, make sure that you are not just describing a process. Description may be part of your annotation but it will always be part of explaining to make a point.

You could:

• use written notes, in conjunction with drawing, as a means of recording observations and demonstrating that you can respond to an experience as part of your investigations
• ‘demonstrate critical and contextual understanding’ though a case study of a particular designer, artefact or movement
• evidence ‘relationships between practical working methods and outcomes, as well as demonstrating ongoing critical review’ . This can be done by explaining where things have gone well or not so well. What are the reasons for this and what you can do to improve
• explain the meaning to your design choices and to evaluate you working processes

When you have sketchbook pages or other examples of experimentation, you may wish to discuss how the process could (or is) helping develop your work. As an example, you could discuss how the cyanotype process allows for unexpected results and that the markings or rendering allow you to express the water in in your story. Cyanotypes also lend themselves to montage (multiple images) and this allows you to represent the locations, characters and other specifics in a single manner.

Always place your experimentations in the context of your story. E.G. Make a cover or internal illustration out of your cyanotype or endpapers or title page or page illustrations.

Use THIS helpsheet to structure your annotations.