Problem?

• What are you trying to solve? This includes figuring out your ideas and inspirations that you will be using.

Research

• This can mean collecting sample images, learning about an artist, figuring out a style or medium as well as rough sketches and practicing with materials before starting.

Create

• Create using your research!

Critique

• Good quality feedback will help inform your work further. Ask for suggestions/opinions on subject matter as well as technique. This can happen more than once!

Refine

• Use the information received from your critique to help refine your subject matter as well as techniques being used. This can happen more than once!

Present

• Provide a finished work ready to be displayed for all to enjoy.

Initial Reaction

• What does it remind you of?

• What is your first impression?

• What do you feel?

• What are your questions?

• What connections can you make?

Description

• What do you see?

• What grabs your attention?

• What do you sense (i.e. see, hear, smell, feel, taste)?

• What do you notice (i.e. elements and principles)?

• What do you think the artist worked hard at in this work?

Analysis and Interpretation

• What elements and conventions of the art form are used in this work?

• How are the elements organized and, combined or arranged?

• How does the work evoke ideas, feelings, and images?

• What do you think is the theme of the work (i.e. What is the artist trying to communicate)?

• How does this view match or contrast with your own view of the world?

Expression of Informed Point of View

• How effectively does the artist use elements to achieve an intended effect?

• What doesn't work and why?

• Has your point of view shifted? If so how has it changed?

• What made you change your mind (or why did you stay with your initial view)?

• Is this an important work? Why?

• For your own work: In what ways do you feel your work is successful?

• For your own work: How did it affect the audience? Was it the way you intended?

• For your own work: How would you alter this work for a different audience, or to send a different message?

Consideration of Cultural Context

• What helps us understand the meaning of the work (artist's life and work)?

• Are there viewpoints that are left out of this work?

• Do you agree with what the artist or critics say about the work? Why or why not?

• How might different audiences view this work in a way that is different?

• How might the work be understood differently by different people?