LESSON 5

• The Art Making Process

  1. Phase One - Sketching, grid lining, drawing or filling in under paintings. Students learn about introductory best practices on techniques and approaches and understanding the art concepts.

  2. Phase Two - Adding multiple layers of tone, color or paint within an artwork. Students problem solve, explore, manipulate and master technique-based art applications.

  3. Phase Three - Adding final detail and craftmanship showcasing their finished projects. Demonstrating the understanding of the art elements, habits of mind and effort, communication skills, habits of work, composition concepts and execution into a well-crafted project.
• Art making


  • Fun and rewarding way for people to express themselves and to learn a broad range of skills and concepts
  • Opportunity for students to express their feeling, fantasize, tell stories and give their ideas concrete form
  • Opportunity for students to reflect and draw upon their everyday experiences and observations
  • Opportunity for students to find relationships between objects, consider alternatives and make choices
  • Opportunity for students to identify with ideas and feelings explored and expressed by well-known artists
  • Opportunity for shared risk taking and completing works through team-works, cooperation and the exchange of ideas
• Stages of Art Making

  1. Inspiration

  2. Percolation

  3. Preparation

  4. Creation

  5. Reflection
• Inspiration


  The beautiful moment when inspiration strikes, which can come from films, fine art, nature, events in life, or seemingly out of nowhere
• Percolation


  The time that elapses after having an idea, but before starting to make art, which can involve refining the idea through sketches, playing with ideas visually, or just giving the idea space to germinate
• Preparation


  Obtaining and organizing supplies, plus creating a blueprint for the artwork, such as making roughs or creating a dummy outline
• Creation


  The time during which the artist is solidly on their path, creating the artwork, which can vary in duration depending on the artist's temperament, style, and medium
• Reflection


  The period after completing the artwork, which can involve feelings of post-creative depression, relief, or regret, but is a milestone nonetheless
• Seven Da Vincian Principles

  • Curiosita (Curiosity)
  • Dimonstrazione (Demonstration)
  • Sensazione (Sensation)
  • Sfumato (Going Up in Smoke)
  • Arte/Scienza (Art and Science)
  • Corporalita (Body and Mind)
  • Connessione (Connection)
• Curiosita (Curiosity)


  An insatiable curious approach to life and unrelenting quest for continuous learning
• Dimonstrazione (Demonstration)


  A commitment to test knowledge through experience, persistence and a willingness to learn from past mistakes
• Sensazione (Sensation)


  Continual refinement of the senses as the means to enliven experience
• Sfumato (Going Up in Smoke)


  Willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox and uncertainty
• Arte/Scienza (Art and Science)


  Developing a balance between logic and imagination
• Corporalita (Body and Mind)


  Maintaining a healthy body as well as a healthy mind
• Connessione (Connection)


  The simple recognition of the interconnectedness of all things and phenomena
• Cultural Appropriation


  The adoption or the elements of a minority culture by members of the dominant culture
• Types of Cultural Appropriation


  • Object Appropriation
  • Content Appropriation
  • Stylistic Appropriation
  • Motif Appropriation
  • Subject Appropriation
• Object Appropriation


  The transfer of a tangible object from one culture to another
• Content Appropriation


  The reproduction of non-tangible works of art produced by another culture
• Stylistic Appropriation


  Producing works with stylistic elements in common with the works of another culture
• Motif Appropriation


  Appropriating basic ideas or motifs from the art of another culture without creating works in the same style
• Subject Appropriation


  Representing members or aspects of another culture
• Many people who have written on cultural appropriation have not been sensitive to the differences between the various types of appropriation
• Artists do make ethical decisions in areas such as the appropriation of others' work, what materials they use, digital manipulation, and what role they play as observers
• Museums and other places that exhibit art play distinct roles and have responsibilities in how art is preserved, interpreted, and displayed