Slide 1 of 7 · Settling starter · Art · Year 7
5 minutesOrganising and Crediting Reference Photos for a Welsh Landscape Project
Before an artist makes a digital collage for an exhibition, they must check who owns the reference photos and organise their folder properly. Today you will sort out a messy reference folder of 8 Welsh coast and mountain photos.
While the register is called: write your name, class and date on your worksheet, then read the licence table at the top of the stimulus sheet and answer the starter question in rough.
Starter question: Look at Image 1 (IMG_9942_final.jpg) and Image 2 (screenshot_2026_11.png) on the stimulus sheet. Which one can be cut up and remixed into a digital collage, and why?
Slide 2 of 7 · Today’s brief and key words · Art · Year 7
5 minutesFour image licences every artist should check
Just because a photo is easy to save from the internet does not mean it is free to cut up and put into your own artwork. Read the four licences below before starting Step 1.
| Licence | Can you sketch from it for practice? | Can you cut and remix it into a digital collage? | Credit needed? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Domain (CC0) | Yes | Yes | Polite to credit, no legal restriction |
| CC BY 4.0 (Attribution) | Yes | Yes | Yes: creator, title, source and licence |
| CC BY-NC-ND (No Derivatives) | Yes (observation only) | No (ND means no edits or crops) | Yes if shared unedited |
| All Rights Reserved (Copyright) | Yes (private study sketch) | No (cannot copy or remix) | Permission required to reuse |
Slide 3 of 7 · Step 1: Audit the 8 reference images · Art · Year 7
10 minutesStep 1: Check all 8 reference photos
Look at the 8 images in the messy Eryri and Pembrokeshire folder on your stimulus sheet. Fill in the Step 1 table on your worksheet to decide which ones can be remixed into the digital collage.
Worked first row (Image 1):
- Current messy file name:
IMG_9942_final.jpg - Subject zone: Mountain (Tryfan ridge)
- Licence: CC BY 4.0
- Allowed in digital collage? Yes, as long as we credit Siân Pritchard.
Slide 4 of 7 · Step 2: Organise folders and file names · Art · Year 7
10 minutesStep 2: Rename files and sort into folders
Names like Untitled-1(2).jpg or download_final_v2.png waste time when you are building artwork. Rename all 8 files using the school Art department pattern below.
Naming rule: zone_subject_creator_licence.ext (all lowercase, underscores instead of spaces)
Example for Image 1: mountain_tryfan-ridge_pritchard_cc-by.jpg inside subfolder 01_collage-remix-allowed/
Example for Image 2: coast_barafundle-arch_davies_copyright.png inside subfolder 02_sketch-observation-only/
Slide 5 of 7 · Step 3: Artist credit lines · Art · Year 7
12 minutesStep 3: Write full artist credit lines (TASL)
For the exhibition label, every remixed photo needs a full credit line using the TASL rule: Title, Author, Source, and Licence, plus a note saying how you adapted it.
Model credit line for Image 1:
“Tryfan Ridge in Mist by Siân Pritchard, from Geograph Cymru Archive, used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0); cropped and recoloured for background mountain layer.”
Slide 6 of 7 · Step 4: Composition plan & self-check · Art · Year 7
5 minutesStep 4: Plan your 3-layer Welsh landscape collage
Organise your composition into three clear layers (Background, Midground, Foreground) using only permitted images from Folder 01, and explain why the restricted images were left out.
- Background (sky and distant peaks): which permitted file will you place here, and how will you edit it?
- Midground (cliffs, quarry or harbour): which permitted file goes in the middle layer?
- Foreground (close-up detail): which permitted file gives texture at the front?
- Check the Success Criteria box at the bottom of your worksheet and tick each item you have completed.
Slide 7 of 7 · Plenary quick check · Art · Year 7
3 minutesQuick check before you hand in your sheet
Check your answers against the summary below before passing your worksheet to the front.
| Question | Correct answer |
|---|---|
| Which 5 images can be remixed into the digital collage? | Images 1, 3, 4, 6 and 8 (CC BY 4.0 or Public Domain CC0) |
| Why must Image 5 (Llyn Idwal Reflections) be excluded from the collage? | Its licence is CC BY-NC-ND; ND (No Derivatives) forbids cropping or remixing into a collage |
| Why must Images 2 and 7 be excluded from the collage? | Both are All Rights Reserved, so copying or editing them without permission breaks copyright |
| What do the four letters TASL stand for? | Title, Author, Source, Licence |