Art 4 – Independent Project Goals (worksheet) Mrs. Rogers

In order to grade your independent projects fairly, I have developed a set of standard requirements for the planning of your independent projects. Please complete and submit the following for yourproject/media study.

Art 4 - Independent Project Requirements:

  1. Learning Goals (what do you want to learn or develop knowledge aboutduring your creative process?)
  2. Objectives(please write objectives as a step by step plan, so I understand your thought process and can make necessary suggestions)
  3. This plan will be 20% of you project grade
  4. you must submit a plan before beginning your project
  5. You can use Microsoft word or hand-write your plan neatly.

Example Plan

Name/Start Date

Project/Medium: Linoleum Block Print

Project Objective: Create a linoleum block, which incorporates creative use of negative and positive space, pattern, and depth. Linoleum block will be printed as a black and white edition and acolor edition (using an uncut lino block as a background)

Learning Goals:

  1. Develop skills in relief block printing (perhaps you could tell me about you previous experiences here)
  2. Gain understanding about using positive and negative space as a major component in composition.
  3. Gain understanding about using pattern and texture to enhance composition.
  4. Learn the proper way to print an edition (series of prints)
  5. Experiment and gain skills with printing methods – color backgrounds/texture backgrounds.

Goals/Objectives (step by step plan):

  1. Make several thumbnail plans, which explorethe idea of negative and positive space and use of depth – check with Mrs. Rogers for input.
  2. Choose the best design and add patterns/textures to enhance composition.
  3. Enlarge final design as a template for transfer to a linoleum block.
  4. Make the transfer permanent by using marker or black acrylic paint on the linoleum.
  5. Discuss best cutting method for design with Mrs. Rogers.
  6. Cut block and make a proof print.
  7. Cut – make adjustments from proof (continue steps 5&6 until satisfied)
  8. Print an edition in black and white (titled and numbered properly)
  9. Experiment with printing background colors and textures as a multiple block prints.
  10. Choose a color composition, which enhances the print.
  11. Print an additional edition with color (titled and numbered properly)

The following are additional goals you mightfind useful– these are just ideas please reword them to fit your project plans.

  • Accurate portrayal of objects (realism)
  • Observation (learning to attend to visual contexts more closely than ordinary “looking” requires seeing things that otherwise might not be seen)
  • Development of craft (furthering your skills with a particular medium)
  • Perseverance with art tasks (learning to embrace problems with focus – seeing the project through)
  • Stretch, explore and take risks (practice reaching beyond ones own limits, explore playfully with mediums and ideas, embrace creative opportunity by learning to appreciate mistakes or “happy accidents”)
  • Expression (learning to create works that convey an idea, feeling, or personal meaning)
  • Using metaphor or symbolic meaning through artworks
  • Story telling or narrative through visual and/or written methods
  • Critique/Reflection (learning to think and talk with others about an aspect of ones work or working process)