Blog Post DUE TODAY - Post Your Progress

Post your answers from the project planning form.

Include photos from your sketchbook or other places that show your work from the week.

Project 1 - A Sense of Place - Planning Questions

Project Planning Form

Use this list to guide you through each of your projects

Each of these areas should be documented in your Workbook to be used later in your Process Portfolio


Theme – Main Idea – Motif – Intention

• What is your initial Idea?
• What will the work be about? What are you trying to say? What is your intention about the work?
• Has your idea or intention changed or evolved as you have worked on your project? If so, how has your idea changed throughout the project?

Medium

• What materials will you use?
• Techniques – Processes
• How will you investigate or experiment with your chosen medium?
• What Technical Skills are you developing?
• 5-6 pages of experimentation and manipulation of the medium
• How has your idea evolved? What Changes are you making as you experiment with ideas?

Critical Investigation of Artists

• What artists have you researched for this project?
• Research at least 2 artists per project – Use the Artist Research form
• What are the cultural and historical factors that influence the artist?
• How does the artist you studied connect to your work?

Art Vocabulary

• What specific vocabulary are you using to explain your artwork, techniques, Processes, and
• Intentions – Write down the terms and definitions

Bibliography

• Make a list of all the websites you use
• Use primary Sources such as galleries or museums – Do not use Wikipedia as primary source
• Use MLA Style

Lets Look at ART!

Find and artists and a few of thei artworks artworks (2-3) that appeal to you from the museum and gallery sites we looked at last class. In a new blog post, link to the artwork and answer as many of the questions as you can. If you can't find an answer, leave it blank and we'll come back to it.

Questions to Ask Yourself as You Look at Art

What is ART???

In as many, or as few words as you choose, tell me what art means.