This document summarizes an induction project for developing study skills. It includes tasks on researching pop art, generating poster ideas, creating an action plan and schedule, producing a draft and final poster, problem solving during the production process, evaluating work with others, and reflecting on learning styles. The student found drawing the background challenging and learned to make custom shapes and add gradients in Photoshop. Feedback helped them improve efficiency. They feel they learn best through active engagement, discussion with others, and applying skills in practice rather than passive listening.

1. Induction Project
September 2019
CERTA L2 Developing Study Skills

2. Task 1 - Research
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3. Task 1 - Research

4. Task 1 – Research – Web source
• Pop art Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_art - 9/9/19
• - the first few lines
• Pop art movement - https://www.theartstory.org/movement/pop-
art/ - 9/9/19
• - the key ideas bullet points
• Best pop art artists - https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-pop-art-
artists/reference - 9/9/19
• - looked to see who the top 3 most famous artists are
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Book title/Author + Library location

5. Task 1 – Research – Book source
• 50s & 60s style – Polly Powell & Lucy Peel – 745447pow
• - the blurb the sub heading for pop art and about were it come from
• To get books from the library you get the book from the shelves and
get your college ID card and scan it at the desk along with the book
Book title/Author + Library location
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6. Task 2a – Idea Generation [individual]

7. Task 2a – Idea Generation [group]
• De jour
• Use air America font
• Draw the back ground and scan it in and add effects to it
• Main colour scheme of red, blue and yellow
• All text in capital letters to stand out more
• Use names of artists
• Blend famous pieces of pop art into the background
• Use the same title and the same background
• Have the background as different colours in diamond and random shapes

8. Task 2b – Action Plan/Schedule
Session Activity Who is responsible
1 Creating the background me
2 Drawing in the logo Chloe
3 Finding an art gallery Chloe
4 Making the poster Both
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9. Task 2b – Action Plan/Schedule
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• For the project I found that drawing the background by hand didn’t
look very good so we decided to draw the title of the poster.
• I kept to blue, red and yellow being the dominant colours because I
thought they worked really well and they strongly reflected the pop
art theme of the poster.

10. Task 2c – Planning
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11. Task 2c – Planning
• For the planning of the name we looked a synonyms of the word pop
and thought that the word de – jour would look good on a poster.
• We also planned to draw in the background but after drawing it
realised that it didn’t suit the theme of the poster and wouldn’t look
very good. We instead decided to draw out the title by hand to give it
more of an art feel and scan it into photoshop.
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12. Task 4 – Production/Final Products
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Draft 1 Final product

13. Task 5 – Evaluation – Problem Solving
• 1 – I couldn’t made the background I had drawn in photoshop, so I figured
out how to make a custom shape in photoshop and then I added a colour
gradient too it and lowered the opacity to show the pattern I had put on it
to give it a pop art theme.
• 2 – I didn’t know how to blend the images into the background, so I kept
testing things until I realised I could cut the image to fit on a colour block
and add a colour burn effect to make it blend with the colour.
• 3 - I didn’t know how to make the text look good so I put lots of blending
options on it but I realised that the text looked the best when It was basic
and it fitted more with my design.
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14. Task 5 – Evaluation – Working with others
• 1 – we decided that we would draw in the title and we both used the
same one so we both didn’t have to make a separate one.
• 2 - one of us made the background for the poster in photoshop and
we emailed it to each other so that we both didn’t have to make it
seperatly.
• 3 – we both worked together to come up with a title for the
exhabition.
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15. Task 5 – Evaluation - Feedback
• My tutor showed me how to cut out objects in pictures much faster
which helped me save lots of time and complete the poster on time.
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16. Task 5 – Evaluation – Active Engagement
• I actively engaged with photoshop whilst learning which helped me
progress in photoshop and learn skills that I didn’t have before that I
can then use in future projects.
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17. Task 5 – Evaluation
Accessing and storing information
• The books we were needing for pop art were on the second floor in
the back corner of the LC
• We took pictures from pages of the book that we needed to read.
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18. Task 5 – Evaluation
Accessing and storing information
• You can store your work on one drive or on your drive on the pc’s.
• When I have completed work I upload it to blogger so it’s easy for
other people to access and view.
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19. Task 6 - How do you learn best?
• What makes it hard for you to study?
• I find it hard to study being sat at one place and not doing anything at all
and just listening to somebody speak as a I zone out a lot and doesn’t end
up listening to what they are saying and I forget it all. I also find it hard to
study if it’s completely silent because I feel like there is nothing happening
and I get really agitated and want to do something.
• What strategies do you think would benefit your studies?
• I think going out and doing things would benefit me, for example when
talking about working on different transitions with cameras; actually going
out and doing it I think I would learn it easier. I also find that talking to
other people about the work always helps me to keep my focus on the
work and I don’t forget what I am doing or get side-tracked so easily.
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20. Task 6 - How do you learn best?
• I find it hard to learn by sitting and writing things down on how to do
things because I can lose concentrating or no longer understand
notes later on
• I think that actively doing things would benefit me because when I do
something I remember how to do it the next time instead of not
doing it and just writing down how to do it in the future.
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