Drawing from concepts
Problem Statement: Create an INTENTIONAL artwork that combines your paper crane and the conceptual word of your choice within a new NARRATIVE.
You should have solid REASONS behind your subject matter and compositional choices, as well as the narrative or message you intend to represent. Subject Matter - the topic dealt with or the subject represented in a work of art. Composition - the way in which something is put together or arranged. Narrative - the representation in art of an event or story. Message - an important idea that someone is trying to express.
Consider the following questions about your drawing:
1. What is the theme? (which concept did you chose) 2. Where is it set? (what visual clues did you give about the environment) 3. Who is present? (list the characters and their purpose, inanimate ones too) 4. What is the problem? (what does the audience need to “figure out”) 5. What is the title? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ GT additional queries 1. What is the new metaphor or meaning you’ve created? (how have you altered the initial concept to create new meaning) 2. What world is it? (in what larger context does your story take place) 3. What is being transformed? (how have you used the crane and any other characters to tell your story) 4. What problems does the context produce? (what is the audience asked to “solve” based upon the visual clues you’ve included) 5. How have you controlled the narrative trajectory? (how have you dictated what the viewer may perceive as happening before, during, and after your image) Student work |
Abstraction
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