_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Following the guidelines below for your Visual Arts Workbook will GUARANTEE that you have fulfilled all criteria for your Process Portfolio. Remember the Process Portfolio is a culmination of the best pages that represent the Process Portfolio criteria. I have set up the requirements for your Visual Arts Workbook so that when it comes time to select pages for the Process Portfolio you will have no problems in selecting good pages. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Introduction Page (1 page) Criterion: C (2 pts) INTRODUCE the studio work you plan on creating. Explain why you are interested in that specific studio work creation. Once you have done this move onto Communication of Ideas and Intention Pages _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Communication of Ideas and Intention (Visual and written):Criterion C: (4 pts) (2-3 pages) COMMUNICATE refers to developing and communicating ideas and intentions, both visually and verbally.
Brainstorming: You should now start visually brainstorming ideas. This looks like a series of thumbnail sketches. Reflections all around your sketches about your ideas and intentions. This looks like several different sketches of the same idea. Explore which one communicates your intentions best. STATE YOUR INTENTION!
Guiding Questions: 1. Can you articulate how your ideas were formed and developed? 2. Can you show your artistic choices and decisions that support your intentions (ideas, goals, visions?) Once you have done this move onto Investigation Pages _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Critical Investigation: Criteria B: (6 pts) (2-3 pages) INVESTIGATE specifically refers to investigation of artists, works, art forms. It includes both the investigation itself and the consideration of how this relates to/influences/guides the students work.
Possible Investigations below:
Artists: Find artists and art that inspires you. Explain what attracts you to the artwork, both conceptually and formally. Give a short bio of the artist. Make sure to add several images of the artwork in your sketchbook. (Find Artists Here)
Art Movements: Explain what attracts you to this particular movement, both conceptually and formally. Give a contextual analysis of the movement. Explain how elements of the movement might impact your artwork. (Find Movements Here)
Once you have chosen an artwork do the following on that piece of art:
Formal Analysis: Formal analysis is a specific type of visual description. It is an explanation of visual structure, of the ways in which certain visual elements have been arranged and function within a composition. Strictly speaking, subject is not considered and neither is historical or cultural context. Answer as many questions as you can about a piece of art you have chosen by clicking this link that will guide you through the process. (Formal Analysis)
Contextual Analysis: Where and when was it made, what was happening at the time and place? An informed, appropriate consideration of work within a cultural context: i.e historical, geographical, religious and other relevant contexts.(Cultural Significance)
Functions and Purpose: Why was the work made? What function does it have? An artwork can have a purely expressive function or it may have a ceremonial or political or religious, function. Why was it made, what might it mean? ( Function and Purpose)
Guiding Questions: 1. What artists and artworks have contributed to your development? 2. How have your investigations influenced and directed your artworks?
Once you have done this move onto the Experimentation Pages ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Skills, techniques and Processes: Criterion: A (10 pts) (2-3 pages) EXPERIMENT refers to the development of skills and the use of materials across the required art making forms. Consistent with intentions means that it is purposeful rather than random exploration.
Experimentation: In this section provide some photo evidence of experimentation with the materials. Provide some written reflection on the explorations you have made. Example of what these pages could include are colour studies, value studies, and general experimentations with media, master studies. Basically this page displays evidence of you trying to understand and improve with the materials you are using.
Experiment using the style and or techniques of the artist.
How have my ideas developed through experimentation with techniques, materials and ideas?
What techniques and materials are you experimenting with?
Are your choices of media well suited to your ideas and intentions?
Once you have done this move onto the Process Pages _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reviewing, Reflecting, Refining: Criteria D: (3 pts) (2-3 pages) PROCESS means that in this section you will provide at least 5 photos of the process of your final work of art.
1. Process: Provide photographic evidence of the process of your final piece of work. Think at least 5 photos that document key steps in the artwork. (This is not a how to) Provide critical reflection around each photo. I want to see the development of your artwork here. Do not explain what you did here. I am interested in your reaction to what you are doing.
1. What is working? 2. What is not? What are you learning along the way? 3. What is proving to be difficult? 4. What have you changed as a result? 5. What have you learned? Once you have done this move onto the Reviewing, Reflecting, Refining Pages _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reviewing, Reflecting, Refining: Criteria D: (3 pts) (1-2 pages) REFLECT means to develop an artistic self-awareness and the ability to self reflect, analyse and review own development.
Reflection: Reflect on your final work of art. (Provide photo of final piece with reflection under)
Write about the good things and the bad, difficulties, your likes and dislikes, how you have enhanced your skill in a certain media or technique, if you are satisfied with your work and why or why not, what would you do differently if you had to do the studio piece again, etc.
What do you think was really successful?
What did you discover in the process of making your artwork?
What did you decide to change along the way?
What do you feel is successful about the piece?
Write about how this current art piece may influence future artworks.
What might you do to push yourself as an artist from what you have just created?
How have you developed as an artist?
Rational: Provide a rational for your art piece. The rational should address the following questions:
What are the concepts, issues or ideas you have explored here and how are they linked to your work?
What experiences have contributed to the making of this work?
What materials and techniques have you used and why did you choose these?
Do the materials have an impact or meaning on the work?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Presentation and Subject Specific Language Criterion: E (4 pts) This section refers to the overall presentation, clear and legible, visually engaging, with appropriate art vocabulary used throughout. This criteria looks everything you have done holistically how you use subject specific language. Elements and Principles of Art should be used in describing artworks and used in the correct form.
Guiding Questions: 1. Do you date all sketchbook entries? 2. Are entries titled appropriately? 3. How clear and legible is the writing? 4. Do you use space well? 5. Is your layout visually engaging? 6. Have you cited your sources for all images and references?