Day 1: Intro to Inquiry

Section 1: Finished Artwork and Writing

What to include: Finished Artwork and Writing

1x Image

• Must be high quality

Specs:

• Title

• Size (width/height)

• Date of Completion

Inquiry Question:

• 1 sentence with your overarching guided question. This likely will not change from project to project. 

Ideas: (100 characters - Content of Art

• • • • • Short summary of intention WHY

Materials: (100 characters) 

• • • • • Physical media used

        • be detailed - use all 100 characters

Process (100 Characters)  - Manipulation of materials to communicate idea.

• • • • • Steps explained but more importantly the WHY behind the process decisions. I.e. Painted sky gray… to express melancholy mood of portrait. 

Section 2: Inspiration

What to include: Artist, Culture, or Material Inspiration 

1x Image: Photo of your inspiration for this work (minimum 1, can add more images)

See Page Specifically for this section HERE

Citation: Accurately cited MLA or AP (at the bottom of the page/can use easybib.com)

Writing: 300 characters explaining your inspiration

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Explained further:

What should I write about for my inspiration?

• Explain research based around your artist or cultural inspiration

• Creatively discussed how you plan to use this inspiration in your work

• Techniques and style inspiration

• Meaning and metaphor inspiration

YOU COULD ALSO... 

Try to analyze your inspiration:

• • What is the artist intent for making this artwork?

  • What’s going on in this artwork?

  • What was your first reaction to this artwork? Why do you think you had the reaction? 

  • Describe the Elements and Principles in the artwork.

  • Which area of the artwork is emphasized by the artist? Why?

  • How does your eye move through the artwork? What choices did the artist make to make that happen?

  • What do you think was this artwork created for? Why do you say that?​

  • What emotions do you notice in the artwork?

  • What technique did the artist use to make the work?

Section 3: Planning & Practice

What to include: Ideas, Intentions, and Preparations 

2x Images: 1 showing planning and 1 showing practice to visually document these steps

• A mix of physically drawn pages, typed journal entries, moodboards, mindmaps, sketches etc. is great

Writing: 300 characters

• Described these drawings (what your plans are)

• Show and Tell: Your theme, How you plan to show and use it, What emotions or  statements are you trying to evoke?

• ​Steps of Creation: How do you plan on pulling this off? What steps do you foresee? What dimensions (scale) are you planning on making your work?

• Practice: what steps have you done BEFORE starting your final work 

• Did you illustrate/explain your brainstorming ideas?
  
  

Section 4: Experimentation

What to include: Evidence of experimenting with something new

3x Images: Images should clearly show how you attempted something new in this work, even it you are not successful show it here. You are required to add experimentation into every artwork. 

Did you show your experimental stages visually?

Writing: 300 characters 

Did you describe and discuss your experimentation?

Section 5: Process

What to include: How did you make it?

3x Images: clearly visually demonstrate how you created your final piece.

Writing: 300 characters

• Clarify the development of research, skills, technique, practice, experimentation, revision, reflection with a special focus on how these steps connect to your finished and final work.

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Explained Further:

Ask yourself:

• Did you communicate your process?

• In an accurate written and visual format.

• Compare and contrast it against your inspiration

• Did you illustrate your Process and Techniques

• Detailed your process and experimentation

Section 6: Reflection and Revision

Possibly 1 Image: If you made any revisions to this work show them here with visual evidence. If you did not make any revisions then you do not need to add visual evidence here.

Writing: No required character count but you should include:

• Your final thoughts on how you acquired  and refined your skills, processes, techniques.

• How did you develop as an artist.

• What was your inspiration for the project? Does it connect?

• What was the biggest challenge you encountered on the project?

• How does this project tie together previously learned exercises and concepts?

• What was your favorite part? Your least favorite?

• In conclusion how do you hope others view your work?