Daily Activities

1. (10 min) Warm up listed on the board.

2. (45-60 min) Lesson, skill building, projects, studio time

3. (10 min) Peer review and informal gallery walk

4. (10 min) Clean up: tables, brushes, sinks, trash, proper placement of materials

In the classroom, I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR:

1. Sketchbooks: daily focus activities, notes, research, planning, drafts, exercises, and art journal pages

2. Projects: Bigger exercises we work on every day during studio time for a final product.

3. Digital Art Portfolios: Digital slideshow presentation where I keep all of my PROJECTS and I include an artist statement, artist caption, and a picture of my work.  

4. Physical Portfolio: This is where I keep my sketchbook and my assignments.  I may also use the portfolio for any material that I need to hang onto (palette with a lid or certain colored pencils).  Ceramics keep an active portfolio by photographing stages of handbuilding.  

5. My Personal Work Station and Materials.  I must clean off my table and put all materials where I found them.  

• What is going on in this artwork?

• What is the most important part of this artwork?  Why do you think this?

• What part did the artist place emphasis on the most? 

• What element of art is most used in creating this artwork? Color, Form, Line, Shape, Space, Texture & Value

• What principle of Design is most used in creating this artwork? Balance, Contrast, Emphasis, Movement, Pattern, Rhythm, Unity/Variety

• How has your thinking changed from when you first looked at this artwork, to now? (after reviewing for some time)

• What elements of this artwork seem real? Dreamlike? Surreal? Imaginary? 

• What was the first thing you saw when you looked at this artwork?

• What questions would you like to ask the artist?

• Describe the artwork.  What does the artwork look like?

• What is the subject matter of this artwork?  Why do you think this? 

• What message do you think the artist is trying to convey to their audience?

• What mediums or materials do you think were used in creating this artwork?

• Does this artwork explore a social or personal issue?  Why do you think this? How do you know?

• What techniques, tools, or processes do you think were used when creating this artwork?

• What are your overall thoughts about the artwork?

• Has this piece influenced other artists or artworks in contemporary art history?

• How does the title of the artwork influence the piece?  Does it change the way we see it?

• What does the artwork make you feel?  Why do you feel this?

• What colors do you see?  What shapes and forms are there?  What texture can you see? How is line used in the artwork?  What is the surface like?

• What is the theme of the artwork?  How do you know?

• Does the artwork, style, subject or theme tell you anything about the artist?

• Does the artwork remind you of anything? Why?

• Did the artist successfully convey their subject, theme or message?  How do you know?

• Who was this artwork created for?  How do you know?

• How do the colors inform the work?  Do the colors change, alter, or inform the meaning of the work in any way?  Are the colors used important to this piece?

• Is there a story being told in this artwork?  What is the story?  How do you know? 

• What do we know about the artist after viewing the artwork?  Why do you say that? 

• Are any symbols used in the artwork?  What do you think they represent or tell us?

• How do you think the artist was feeling when they created the artwork?  Why do you say that? How do you know?

• What title would you give this artwork? Why? 

• What do you like about this artwork?  What do you dislike?

• What does this art tell us about the past?  Can it tell us anything about the future?

• What does this artwork tell us about the time or culture in which it was created?

• How would you describe this artwork to a friend? 

• In your opinion, is this artwork important?  Why?

• What are other titles you could give this piece?

• Is there anything you would like to change in this artwork?

• Has this artwork inspired or interested you in any way?