Three process photographs should show three meaningful moments

Select a beginning, a decision or revision, and a later state. The middle image earns its place when it reveals something about the making, rather than offering another nearly identical view of the finished object.

A rearranged collage image can document a composition decision.

Choose the change worth documenting

Choose process images that reveal a decision. Three nearly identical final photographs provide less information about how the work developed.

Select a starting image. Record a change. Add a maker explanation.

Avoid including identifying information without the service's process. What does the middle image reveal?

Use sketches instead of photographs.

Resources

• Free Elements of Art Worksheet for Kids – Shape, Line, Color, Value, Space, Form & Texture — Use the element vocabulary as a reference while children make their own visual choices.

Further reading

• National Gallery of Australia — learning resources

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