Writing a Reflection
Writing about your own art is always a challenging task; it is much easier to write about another artist with objectivity. However, once your artwork is complete is it important to include a reflection page about the project in your art journal. It's also good practice for the 700-word 'Curatorial Rationale' that you will need to write about the final exhibition.
Make sure you cover both the good things AND the bad:
What ideas did you have, and how did you communicate them?
What media (materials) did you use?
Which formal qualities (elements and principles) did you apply and manipulate, and why?
What did you enjoy about the project, and what didn't you enjoy?
What difficulties did you have and how did you solve them?
How did you improve your skills in a certain media or technique, and what did you learn from doing the project?
How would your work impact on an audience if you displayed it in public?
What would you do differently if you had to make the piece again?
Asegúrese de cubrir tanto las cosas buenas Y las malas:
¿Qué ideas tuviste y cómo las comunicaste?
¿Qué medios (materiales) usaste?
¿Qué cualidades formales (elementos y principios) aplicó y manipuló, y por qué?
lo haya disfrutado sobre el proyecto, y lo que no lo hiciste
dificultades que tuvieron y cómo los resuelven
cómo mejorado sus habilidades en un determinado medio o técnica, y lo que aprendió de hacer el proyecto
si usted está satisfecho con su trabajo, y por qué o por qué no
lo que haría de manera diferente si tuviera que hacer la pieza de nuevo.
Students should be encouraged to reflect upon their developing work with particular focus on how their intended meaning and purpose are communicated.
Students need to identify opportunities for further development in the work being undertaken.
Students should critique their successes and failures in relation to their intentions.
Students should consider how their developing work might impact on an audience if presented for public display.
(Page 24 New Visual Arts Guide 2016)
