Technique/Media Process Portfolio: Make sure to use subject specific language, balance text with visuals, use legible writing, cite all sources, and label every image including your own. Make sure to pick various media from the Art-Making Table. Insert reference photos or contact First: Pick what 3 artists or art movements your experimentation will be based on in relation to your AOC. At sheet here. Label as “My own work”, least one of the artists must be from a museum/gallery visit and sited as so. Briefly state why you chose them. lens media, digital photography, Then insert and state that this is your reference photo or contact sheet you will use for experimentation for date. your next artwork and that you chose this composition, subject matter, etc. because _________. Explain what your AOC is and how this fits into your AOC/Theme, explain. Due: _____ ____/12 Explain your goals and preliminary planning. Your goals must explain that you plan to experiment in at least 3 different techniques before choosing in what direction you will take your final artwork. State the 3 techniques from different art movements, cultures, or artists (name them) that you choose to experiment with and why. Do they have similarities or are they vastly different? Why or how do you believe these skills, techniques, processes and materials will be appropriate selections, consistent to your intentions? For each experiment state where the idea originated from- in other words what Experiment #1 . Label as “My own artist, culture, and/or art movement. Provide research on the artist, culture, and art work”, art making form?, media, movement that sounds personal- when writing down facts and characteristics date. Due: _____ ____/25 Show an image from about the artist and art movement always relate it back to its importance to YOUR For all of the experiments you may this artist labeled with work. do them a small size to fit directly name, title, media, into your workbook or complete date. Things to include in the writing above: You do not need to include any extraneous them at a larger size and just stuff like bio info, just what relates directly to style, technique, subject matter, and photograph or scan them inserting influences. Evaluate their work in terms of function, purpose, and/or aesthetics. the picture in your workbook. What are their goals, do they align with the art movement, how do they align with your ideas? Explain. Document clear, specific connections. Annotate experiment if possible- point out certain areas that were Explain how the technique is achieved, does the technique try to exhibit a certain set of emotions or color more successful, techniques or color theory, does it use special tools, if so how? areas that worked better, etc. Show an image from this artist labeled with title, date, media, and compare it to your experiment. State whether this experiment is based on this particular work or their overall style. How is it similar and how is it different? Analyze how it will impact your own art making practice or intention. Why were you drawn to this technique? After completing the experiment state clear details how this could be a technique that you will use in your final artwork. If not, why? Reflect on what you learned, how could this progress your portfolio or concentration, how could you refine this technique or media? Cite source. Option 2: If your You still must answer all of Show an image experimentation is in a the questions above from from this artist digital format you must Experiment example 1. labeled with name, have at least 3 images title, media, date. showing the original image, final edited image, and at least one stage in-between. Thoroughly annotate and explain the edits in each stage and why you made certain artistic/design choices. Experiment #2 Due: ___ ___/25 Experiment #3 Due: ___ ___/25 For at least 1 technique: Make a record of the process (photos) and annotate. Due: ___ ___/10 Complete a “study”. Due: ___ ___/12 Conclusion and Planning Due: ___ ___/15 Conclusion: Which of these 3 techniques is most appropriate for the artwork you plan to create, why (think about Annotated planning #1 technique and media application, maybe these effect message or emotion)? Will you change anything before adopting this Label as “My own to your final artwork? work” Annotated planning #2 Complete various trials of compositional arrangements (more than 1 planning sketch). Annotate sketches. Reflect and evaluate what is successful or unsuccessful about Label as “My own work” arrangement, use of color, background, lighting, etc. Rubric Checklist: ___ Completed reference photo and goals section. ___ Completed 3 different experiments. ___ Completed Conclusion section. ___ Completed a minimum of 2 planning with writing/annotations. ___ The experiments are in at least 2 different forms, preferably 3 forms from 2 columns. ___ At least 1 artist influence is from a Museum/Gallery visit or artist lecture. ___ For at least 1 technique: Make a record of the process (photos) and annotate. Complete a “study”. ___ All sources are cited in MLA or APA format ___ All images including your own are cited. ___ Subject specific language is used ___ Text and visuals on each page with legible writing ___ Clearly and concisely answered ALL the questions. Especially how the research connects to your own ideas and experiments. * It would also be a good idea to take photos as you work and include a couple of those as well. Technique/Media Process Portfolio Example: Student Name For this artwork, I will be exploring the topic of colorism in South Asian culture. Colorism is prejudice or discrimination against darker-skinned individuals within the same ethnic or racial group. This topic is especially important to me as my family comes from Pakistan, a South Asian country where colorism is a huge issue, and because I have personally dealt with this issue. My area of concentration focuses on self-portraiture. This piece will not be an AOC piece because it will not depict myself but it will still be related to my AOC as it will be a portrait. Previously, I have created artworks related to my culture and artworks that depicted women’s issues. However, this will be my first piece to combine the two topics. It will depict a woman holding a mirror and looking at her reflection. Her face will depict her emotional response to a speech bubble above her that reads, “If only she wasn’t so dark, she would be so beautiful.” I chose this phrase because it is one that I have actually heard people say about many women throughout my life. By depicting the woman from the side while looking at herself in the mirror, the artwork will better illustrate the impact that others’ words and prejudices have upon one’s self-view. To decide how I will create this piece, I will be researching the techniques and styles of the artists Roy Lichtenstein, Malika Favre, and Ezgi Pamir. Each artist utilizes a different style and technique that I will be experimenting with in order to decide which would be the most appropriate to create my final piece in terms of clearly conveying my message. To the left I am showing 2 reference photos that I have taken. The one on the bottom (full face view) is similar to the position I intend to use for my final work. In terms of experimentation though I might use a closer up view, like that of the eye reference photo I photographed. All three of the artists that I am researching create portraits but their methods and styles of doing so differ greatly. Roy My Photos, lens media, Lichtenstein and Malika Favre both create Pop Art-inspired pieces but Lichtenstein draws his inspiration from comics while Favre digital photography, 2017 prefers a simpler, graphic design-based style. Ezgi Pamir’s work differs greatly from the other two as she creates embroidered portraits that fall into the Impressionism art movement rather than the Pop Art movement. All three of these styles give me a great range in which I can express my ideas for this artwork. In addition, experimenting with these styles will expand my artistic skills as I have never used any of these techniques in my work before. MALIKA FAVRE This experimentation is based on the work of Malika Favre. Favre is a graphic artist. Her work is very bold and simplified. Her pieces make good use of positive and negative space, often utilizing the two to create shapes within each other. In each artwork, Favre only utilizes a handful of colors and shapes, relying on limited color palettes and manipulation of negative space to create forms. All of this is part of her aim of being as minimal as possible within her art due to her belief that less is always more. I find this a very interesting concept to explore within my own work as most of my pieces have been more Expressionistic and therefore much more textured and detailed than Favre’s work. Favre’s work fits within the Pop Art movement, although it often displays influence from the Op Art movement. She often utilizes cultural symbols, a staple of Pop Art, within her work as she creates a lot of pieces for famous companies. Her bold colors and lines are also trademarks of Pop Art while her manipulation of negative space and (Left) Malika Favre, Mural at Barra de Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2016. simple shapes often create a similar effect to the illusions of Op Art.