what is it?Organizing involves making artistic choices about composition, materials, symbolism and the formal design principles to add meaning and create the most aesthetically pleasing design.
When you start this step, you should have already narrowed down to ONE concept and are making different decisions to see which most effectively expresses your idea. By the end, you should have a plan for materials, color, and composition, and have decided what steps you are going to follow to complete your project. enduring understandingsArtists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media, and art-making goals.
Artists and designers balance experimentation and safety, freedom and responsibility while developing and creating artworks. People create and interact with objects, places, and design that define, shape, enhance, and empower their lives. |
what does it look like?
PART 1: Develop
Experimenting with different materials or practicing techniques
Evaluating what designs fit with your meaning
Thumbnail sketches to plan composition- You should try at least 3
Experimenting with different materials or practicing techniques
Evaluating what designs fit with your meaning
Thumbnail sketches to plan composition- You should try at least 3
What are thumbnail sketches?
Thumbnail sketches should be small and quick. They are used to plan your composition and try in in different ways.
Above are a few thumbnail sketches someone did of their room. See how they tried drawing the elements in the room in different positions? This helped them decide which way they liked best. These are just quick, simple sketches but so helpful! Think about your elements and principles for this step. What shape is the composition? Is it vertical or horizontal? Where is the focal point? |
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PART 2: Plan
Final sketch in full color
Writing out Project Plan steps
Make sure you are meeting all of the Artistic Behaviors.
Final sketch in full color
Writing out Project Plan steps
Make sure you are meeting all of the Artistic Behaviors.
process journal
Show how you used, your materials, composition, and the visual choices that you made to enhance the meaning or message of your piece. Your reflection should show EVIDENCE of what skill level you are and explain composition, materials, and design choices.
how do i know if i'm done?
- You can explain how your visual choices add to your meaning
- You have drawn at least 3 thumbnail sketches to try your idea in different ways
- You have a colored final sketch
- You wrote out your steps that you will need to complete your project.