What artistic techniques or mediums will best convey the theme?
What reactions or responses are you hoping to elicit from the audience?
What are the underlying messages or questions you want the artwork to address?
What did you learn through the process of creating this project?
Students will evaluate and select appropriate artistic techniques and mediums that effectively convey the central theme of their project.
Students will identify and articulate the specific reactions or responses they aim to elicit from their audience through their artwork.
Students will clearly define and communicate the underlying messages or questions their artwork seeks to address.
Students will reflect on their creative process and articulate what they learned through the project, including insights gained about the theme, their artistic practice, and their personal growth.
You are choosing a theme from the list below. On a design sheet, brainstorm different symbols that represent the theme.
Identity
Sounds - from Nature, Music, Songs
Words - Poetry, Literature, Quotes, Phrase
Vignettes of nature - observation
Observation - Realism Imagination - dreams - fantasy
Expression - emotions
Beliefs and values - Cultural traditions
Events - tragedy - war - life experiences
Symbolism - Culture - Environment
Layering
Nature - Landscape - What is beautiful
Nature - Conflict - Storms - Sun - Stars
Nature - Man and animals - animals
Environment - Interiors
Seascape - Marine life
Time - passage of time - cycles of life
Concealment
Internationalism
Cityscape - city life
Family - mother and child - family love
Religion - Spirituality - beliefs and values
Still life - observation - realism
Still life - abstraction
Slice of life - people at work - or play
Research your theme and symbols on Google, Pinterest, or any other search engine. Collect three visual examples (pictures) of your research. Upload the images to your process page. Below the pictures, explain what you like about each example on your process page. Be descriptive; no vague comments like It's cute, or I like it because it is blue.
Fill out your What's Your Theme development page. In your development section, upload a picture of your design page to your process page. Below the picture, explain your design on your process page.
Upload a picture of your art piece before it is glazed and add it to your process page. Explain how your process went on your process page.
Take a picture of your finished What's Your Theme using the photo studio tent. Upload your image to your process page and answer the questions below with 3-4 sentences on your process page.
What artistic techniques or mediums did you use to convey the theme best?
How do you want the audience to respond to your sculpture?
What are the underlying messages or questions you incorporated in your art piece? Explain how your audience would know?
What did you learn through the process of creating this project?
Mrs. Tuohy will be checking your process page after the due date.