what to do in i.b. art
WHAT IS IB ART? WHAT DOES THE IBO WANT ME TO DO?? In IB art, students learn about art media and techniques, art history, how to write about art, as well as, developing and producing resolved artwork that has personal meaning.
1. Experiment with media
Students in IB Art experiment with a wide variety of media and document their process in their visual journals. Write what you did, what your want to make with the media, and what you learned. Journals are a place to document research you do about artists and media. Plan work you want to make. Reflect daily.
Journal pages must be numbered and dated as you go. If you start a new journal, the first page in the new book picks up where you left off in the old book. Save your journals! You will turn your journal into your Process Portfolio.
Research media in the class library and on-line.
See Ms. Fitzpatrick's pinterest boards on media and YouTube channel for tutorials.
Students must show evidence of experimentation with 2d, 3d, and lens based media. Two D includes drawing media (charcoal, pencil, ink), painting (acrylic, oil, watercolor), printmaking (relief, intaglio, planographic, chine colle), graphics (illustration and design). Three D includes sculpture (ceramic, found object, wood, assemblage), designed objects (fashion, architecture, vessels), site specific/ephemeral (land art, installation, mural), textiles (fibre, weaving, printed fabric). Lens based, electronic and screen-based forms include time-based and sequential art ( graphic novel, storyboard, animation), lens media (still, moving, montage), and digital/screen based (vector graphics, software generated).
2. Analyze Artworks
Look at art! Do this in person, on-line, and using books in the library. Art21 is a great contemporary art video series that will introduce you to today's artworld. Artists featured can be further researched and used for your journal work and assessments. When you find art you connect with, research it more. Write about it in your journal. Draw the work in your journal. Assemble images and links in a digital document that you can access throughout the course. You will learn to analyze artworks and use that knowledge in your assessments, too. All of this will come together when you work on your Comparative Study slides document.
Use this glossary for vocabulary.
3. Make Art
Find media you like to use and make art. Make a lot of art because you will gain new skills every time you make an artwork. Plan your ideas in your journal. Write about the work you do. Reflect on completed work: work that succeeds and work that doesn't. As 11th grade draws to a close, you should have gained enough skills through experimentation and art production that you can begin to make art for your Exhibition. Your written reflections are drafts for your exhibition text.
Three Assessments:
(Thank you Ms. Scherr, for this excellent graphic!)
IB ART STUDENTS PRODUCE 3 MAJOR ASSESSMENTS, EXPLAINED BELOW. STUDENTS START ON THESE IN SEPTEMBER OF JUNIOR YEAR.
& make journal pages.
1.The IB Art Journal & Process Portfolio - research, writing, planning, experimentation, reflection
Read IB criteria for the Process Portfolio so you know exactly what is expected.
Your journal is used daily, so keep it with you. Bring it to class each day. The journal is a record of all the exploration you do in IB Art. You will use your journal to make your Process Portfolio. In this assessment you make a slides document based on your journal work.
While the bulk of your journal should be about investigating art media, planning artwork, and reflecting, you also investigate art and artists. The goal of this work is to learn art history and inspire your art making practice. In addition, this work will give you the knowledge needed to accomplish your Comparative Study.
Seek out Examples of journal pages and Process Portfolio slides.
WHAT should be included in the Visual Journal:
Visual Journal Checklist - IB Art Part 2: Process Portfolio
Students are required to use a variety of art media in this course. See: Art-making Forms (below) in the IBO documentation.
2. Comparative study is a comparison between the work of 2 to 4 artists, comparing 3 to 4 artworks.
If you are HL, you will link your writing to your artwork as well. Throughout junior year, you will look at artwork and learn analysis tools. This includes describing, analyzing, interpreting, and judging the artwork. It’s about how artwork looks and what it means. The CS is a slides document that you’ll create starting at the beginning of senior year. This document will be completed by mid-March. Formal analysis is something you must do in your CS. Example comparing 2 artworks. Follow these templates ( CS template Feb 2020 and template and helpful guide).
Words describing the elements and principles of art and design.
More resources for the CS: Explanation of elements of the CS,
Here is a copy of Xhoi’s CS. CS example w/ speaker notes explaining what to do)
3.Exhibition
Research done leads to planning and making resolved artwork. As you experiment with media, plan and make art, you will get better at making art. Strive to find a process that gives you satisfaction and has personal meaning. Reflect as you go in order to have information to draft exhibition text for each artwork exhibited and curatorial rationale essay document.
Exhibition Example of an exhibit
SUPPORT FOR YOUR IB WORK: IB Coursework at Bodine
IB Workbook Gallery Mr. Chad's IB Art Room
NCC Art Room: IB External Assessment 2 - Process Portfolio - the evolution of the RWB!
Comparative Study - Islartists artclassnews
HOW ARE IB ART STUDENTS ASSESSED? Assessment guide:
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How to cite sources: MLA Citation List
Book
Author last name, author first name. Book title. Publication city: publishing company, publication year.
Journal Article
Author last name, author first name. “Article title.” Journal title. Volume number. Issue number (publication year): page numbers.
Magazine Article
Author last name, author first name. “Article title.” Magazine title. Publication month and year: page numbers.
Encyclopedia Article
Author last name, author first name. “Article title.” Encyclopedia title. Edition. Publication City: Publication Company, publication year.
Newspaper Article
Author last name, author first name. “Article title.” Newspaper title. Date published: page numbers.
Website
Author last name, author first name. “Article title.” Website title. Publisher or website name, date accessed. <URL> (if source is difficult to find)
Artwork
To cite artwork, look at this link as the way to cite depends on the source of the image.