Choose Your Own Artventure

1. Choose Your Own Artventure!

2. How do artists explore their
creativity?

3. Options (choose a minimum of 2):
Self-Portraiture: How do artists express who they are
visually? Go to Slide 4
Environment: How do artists use the world around
them to create artworks? Go to Slide 8
Inspiration: How do artists use their other interests to
spark creativity? Go to Slide 12
Reflection: How do artists use what they’ve learned to
engage their creativity? Go to Slide 16
Proposal: How do artists define their own ideas to
create an artwork? Go to Slide 20

4. Self-Portraiture

5. Project Requirements:
● Create a self-portrait that shows us who you are,
what you like to do, what your personality is,
where your favorite place is, etc.
● Write a 1-3 sentence description of what you
plan to create, include materials, size, and idea
● Collect at least 3 inspiration artwork references
● Sketched out plan of your artwork, and shown to
me before beginning
● Keep creativity, craftsmanship, and conscious
artistic details in mind at all times

6. Artist Inspiration
Links:
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/01/self-portrait-m
e/
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-8-lgbtqia-
artists-self-portraiture-expressions-pride
https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/about-us/blog/art-se
lf-portraiture
https://fineartconnoisseur.com/2021/08/24-american-a
rtist-self-portraits/
Things to
Consider:
● Setting - what is around you?
● Expression - what is the mood?
● Positioning - where are you facing?
● Details - what are you wearing?
● Materials - what will you make it out
of?
Yayoi Kusama, 2012

8. Environment

9. Project Requirements:
● Create an artwork that shows a place you would
like to visit - this can be real or imaginary
● Write a 1-3 sentence description of what you
plan to create, include materials, size, and idea
● Collect at least 3 inspiration artwork references
● Sketched out plan of your artwork, and shown to
me before beginning
● Keep creativity, craftsmanship, and conscious
artistic details in mind at all times

10. Artist Inspiration
Links:
https://obsessedwithart.com/contemporary-landscape-
artists/
https://www.artnews.com/feature/best-environmentali
st-artworks-1202684574/
https://americanexperience.si.edu/themes/humans-an
d-the-environment/
https://www.artspace.com/magazine/interviews_featur
es/in_brief/9-artists-changing-the-way-we-think-about-
the-environment-54968
Things to
Consider:
● Setting - where is it?
● Expression - what is the mood?
● Composition - what is the perspective?
● Details - what is nearby?
● Materials - what will you make it out of?
Stephanie Claire
Baker, 2018

12. Inspiration

13. Project Requirements:
● Create an artwork based off a song from a
musician you enjoy
● Write a 1-3 sentence description of what you
plan to create, include materials, size, and idea
● Collect at least 3 inspiration artwork references
● Sketched out plan of your artwork, and shown to
me before beginning
● Keep creativity, craftsmanship, and conscious
artistic details in mind at all times

14. Artist Inspiration
Links:
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-music-mot
ivated-artists-matisse-kandinsky-reinvent-painting
https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2017/11/15/featu
re-10-paintings-with-an-extraordinary-connection-to-cl
assical-music/
https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/10-great-conte
mporary-art-and-music-crossovers/#10-lizzi-bougatsos
https://www.guggenheim.org/blogs/checklist/synesth
esia-a-visual-symphony-art-at-the-intersection-of-sight-
and-sound
Things to
Consider:
● Setting - where is it?
● Expression - what is the mood?
● Composition - what is the perspective?
● Details - what is nearby?
● Materials - what will you make it out of?
Jeg, 2015

16. Reflection

17. Project Requirements:
● Develop an artwork that conveys to us something
that you learned in class this year
● Write a 1-3 sentence description of what you
plan to create, include materials, size, and idea
● Collect at least 3 inspiration artwork references
● Sketched out plan of your artwork, and shown to
me before beginning
● Keep creativity, craftsmanship, and conscious
artistic details in mind at all times

18. Artist Inspiration
Links:
https://artclasscurator.com/art-about-art-6-artworks-ab
out-other-works-of-art/
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/p/process-art
https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/process-art-artists
-history
https://www.parkwestgallery.com/10-contemporary-ar
tists-creative-process/
Things to
Consider:
● Setting - where is it?
● Expression - what is the mood?
● Composition - what is the perspective?
● Details - what is nearby?
● Materials - what will you make it out of?
David “Lebo” Le Batard, 2019

20. Proposal

21. Project Requirements:
● Develop an artwork that will challenge you
creatively
● Write a 1-3 sentence description of what you
plan to create, include materials, size, and idea
● Collect at least 3 inspiration artwork references
● Sketched out plan of your artwork, and shown to
me before beginning
● Keep creativity, craftsmanship, and conscious
artistic details in mind at all times

22. Artist Inspiration
Links:
https://claralieu.wordpress.com/2013/07/11/ask-the-ar
t-professor-how-do-you-come-up-with-ideas/
https://www.artbrit.com/where-do-artists-get-ideas.ht
ml
https://artistryfound.com/where-artists-get-ideas-inspir
ation/
https://owlcation.com/humanities/17-Greatest-Works-o
f-Conceptual-Art
Things to
Consider:
● Setting - where is it?
● Expression - what is the mood?
● Composition - what is the perspective?
● Details - what is nearby?
● Materials - what will you make it out of?
Janet Echelman 2010

24. Steps to take:
1. CHOOSE - decide which projects sound most interesting to you!
2. RESEARCH – using the links in the section corresponding with the projects you
chose, review what has been done before and look for inspiration. Collect at least
3 inspiration artwork images.
3. DEFINE - write a 1-3 sentence description of what you plan to create, include
materials, size, and idea
4. SKETCH– test out your ideas for the projects.You can choose to focus on one at a
time, or work simultaneously, whichever you prefer. Once your sketches are
complete, show them to me for feedback before moving onto the creation step
5. CREATE - using whichever material you choose, begin creating your artworks
6. REVISE - if anything is not working as you planned, go back to the drawing board
and figure out a way to fix it
7. CRITIQUE - once everyone is completed, we will critique the artworks as a class