Every third week, you will be investigating an artist of your choice that is related to your concentration and goals. This could be related based on style, content, materials, etc. They don't have to be doing exactly what you are doing, but should add to your creative bank account and repertoire of techniques.
Part 1: Artist Journal
The first part of your journal entry should be an exploration of an artist’s work. It should include 4 written parts. A good place to begin to find artists and images is the inspiration page. This can be in document form, a slideshow, or look more like an infographic. You should include the artist’s name and at least one photograph of their work.
Describe: use your observation skills to write vivid, detailed descriptions of the artwork.
Analysis: analyze the facts that you have gathered through your research. These could be the intentions of the artist, the meaning of the works, the cultural context in which the artworks were made, and the way meaning is visually expressed. You should not be listing the facts in this section! Discuss the way the facts that you found affect the work!
Reflect: Think deeply about the work. What is your personal interpretation?
Connect: Link artworks and cultures to reveal an underlying theme, and connect research artworks to your own past and future artwork. This is where you should be beginning to see your own work as a body of connected and developing ideas, and plan ahead for your next steps. Write about how you are seeing yourself move forward to the next project.
Minority Contemporary Artists
Example Process Journal
More artist journal examples
Art Journal and Sketchbooks on Pinterest
Part 1: Artist Journal
The first part of your journal entry should be an exploration of an artist’s work. It should include 4 written parts. A good place to begin to find artists and images is the inspiration page. This can be in document form, a slideshow, or look more like an infographic. You should include the artist’s name and at least one photograph of their work.
Describe: use your observation skills to write vivid, detailed descriptions of the artwork.
Analysis: analyze the facts that you have gathered through your research. These could be the intentions of the artist, the meaning of the works, the cultural context in which the artworks were made, and the way meaning is visually expressed. You should not be listing the facts in this section! Discuss the way the facts that you found affect the work!
Reflect: Think deeply about the work. What is your personal interpretation?
Connect: Link artworks and cultures to reveal an underlying theme, and connect research artworks to your own past and future artwork. This is where you should be beginning to see your own work as a body of connected and developing ideas, and plan ahead for your next steps. Write about how you are seeing yourself move forward to the next project.
Minority Contemporary Artists
Example Process Journal
More artist journal examples
Art Journal and Sketchbooks on Pinterest
Part 2: Practice as Research
After your journal entry can be a design exploration. Begin by pulling things from the artist and experimenting with the way the artist used materials, style etc. This is your advanced skills practice. Take notes and record your thinking for your process journal as you go.
Second, use the technique that you learned, and practice applying it to your own ideas.
Finally, you should be using the connections that you made to your own work and direction to sketch out ideas for your next project. As you are sketching, make notes that record your thinking for your process journal.
After your journal entry can be a design exploration. Begin by pulling things from the artist and experimenting with the way the artist used materials, style etc. This is your advanced skills practice. Take notes and record your thinking for your process journal as you go.
Second, use the technique that you learned, and practice applying it to your own ideas.
Finally, you should be using the connections that you made to your own work and direction to sketch out ideas for your next project. As you are sketching, make notes that record your thinking for your process journal.