Sept Visual Survey

Directions: Make your sketch book YOUR OWN!

  1. Create an original identifying page in the 1st page of your sketchbook OR on your cover. Your name must be clearly written in the work somewhere, but that is the only requirement. Fill up the page / cover! Go wild! Express who YOU are.

  1. This is a very open ended and creative survey. It will begin on the 2nd and 3rd page of your sketchbook.

First choose TWO questions to answer below. Choose a different way to express each individual question VISUALLY: Draw, paint, collage, write, cut and paste, photograph, add onto, add letters or text, carve into, tear up, fold, etc.

Be sure to fill at LEAST one page for each question. Have FUN! Be CREATIVE!

What does Art Mean to me?

How does art affect your life, how does it define you, what does it make you feel? How do you express yourself?

Dear Diary:

Growing as an artist means taking positive risks and being open to new ideas and techniques. Think of some ways to open yourself up creatively. How will challenge yourself as an artist and to become a successful student this year?

Contemplation and Observation:

Many famous artists started learning the basics of art, just as you are now. Effort and focus, skill and technique are important parts of becoming a better artist.

More importantly, new ways of seeing and looking beyond ordinary solutions are equally essential.

Combining all of these elements leads to creativity. Look up some of your favorite artists on line. Put yourself in the

shoes of that artist by printing out the work and continuing it in your own way. What does their art say to you?

Creativity and Invention:

You are a mad MAD creative genius! You are about to make a break through, by inventing something that will change the world. But no one understands!!!! . . . . .Continue the story!

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