DirectionsEnduring Understandings
Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be developed. Artists and designers shape artistic investigations, following or breaking with traditions in pursuit of creative art-making goals. How to Break Through CREATIVE BLOCK
What is it? What does it look like? Brainstorming involves playing and experimenting to come up with as many ideas as possible. Good brainstorming emphasizes quantity over quality, taking risks, and thinking by DOING. Investigating involves researching to see how other artists have approached your topic or idea Brainstorming is coming up with what your project is going to be ABOUT, not what it is going to look like. It should not look like a final sketch. Sketching, researching, writing Quantity=Quality Making ideas deep Making a list or mind-web |
Skills Rubric
4- I used a brainstorming process to generate a idea with creativity and depth of meaning without assistance
3- I needed help to give a simple idea more depth and creativity
2- I used a brainstorming process but stopped too early before my idea was strong enough
1- I didn't properly use the brainstorming process to get a strong and creative idea
3- I needed help to give a simple idea more depth and creativity
2- I used a brainstorming process but stopped too early before my idea was strong enough
1- I didn't properly use the brainstorming process to get a strong and creative idea
Process Journal
Use your writing and photos to show how you started brainstorming, your decision making, and what direction your thinking led you to your idea. (What did you do first, second, etc.), Your reflection should show EVIDENCE of what skill level you are and explain the meaning behind your final idea.
how do I know i'm done?
- You have investigated how other artists have solved your creative problem.
- You have at least 10 ideas that your art could be about
- At least 3 of your ideas have potential to be an interesting projectYour process reflection is posted to Google Classroom.