Plan

PLAN

Objective: The planning phase is designed for you to experience and analyze the various ideas, themes and artistic styles people have produced over human history. Once you begin to grasp what people have made art about, you will begin to create an original work of art based upon your own idea.

Steps

1. An idea, story and meaning behind art. 

The three main ingredients to a successful work of art is head, heart and hands. In many cases artwork should not be driven by a visual style, but by a story, meaning or idea. What I would like you to do is look up artwork created by any of the concepts below and place them into a folder onto your computer. Choose one of these images that you like and answer the questions below about it.

Love, hate, nature, mechanical, technology, prehistoric, animals, insects, happiness, depression, anger, sorrow, death, life, discrimination, money, pollution, greed, materialism, pop-culture, microcosm, macrocosms, space, future, destiny, time, dimensions, war, peace, addictions, disconnections, connections, mundane, elements, powerful, weak, dark, demonic, religious, heavenly, tranquil, internet, social networking, poetry, narrative, infant, child, teen, adult, senior citizen, food, healthy, obesity, history, cultures, egyptian, mayans, indians, eastern, western, hot, cold, scary, nightmares, dreams, pretty, ugly, eutopia.

These are just a few of an endless amount of concepts that you can create art about. You are not limited to these examples, so feel free to look up your own.

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2. Deciphering the artwork in terms of visuals and meaning/story.

Using an inspirational work of art from the research above you will visually decipher and critique ONE of the images you chose. Drag your favorite image you found into a word document and answer the following questions intelligently and in-depth.

a. Describe: Tell exactly what you see

b. Interpret: Consider the following

• What is the artist trying to say?

• What in the artist's surrounding could have influenced this work?
• What type of emotion does the artwork evoke?

• Why was the work of art created in this particular style?

c. What is the significance and function of the work?

e. How does this artwork contribute to your community and contemporary society?
d. What other cultures and societies have dealt with similar ideas and how?

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3. Creating an idea behind your own original artwork

Before you get started on your project I would like you to see the process and final products that Josh Keyes uses for his own artwork. Visit the link below to his sketchbook where you will see rough sketches, notes, written ideas and technical studies. This is the bar for the amount of thought and practice you should be implementing in your artwork. http://www.joshkeyes.net/sketchbook.htm

You will now choose three ideas that will drive the look of your artwork. It is typically best to choose a topic that is personal to you, your community or society. Choose a topic that you can defend. 

Brainstorm three different ideas and rough sketch each idea in two different ways. You will be coming up with a total of six different sketches.

• What is the story/meaning behind your artwork?

• What are you trying to say or evoke with your artwork?
• How is your artwork original?

• Draw a variation of 3D cube rough concept sketches that play around with communicating your idea.

• Implement the elements and principles into your sketches
    Link to the Elements and Principles of Art and Design

• What symbols and images would best convey your message?

• What colors schemes best reflect the mood your trying to convey?

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6. Planning phase 2 and on.

Create a new rerouted plan with the information you have received from the stages of CHECKING and ADJUSTING. Draw and write on paper what your new plan is. What exactly are you going to change, attempt and refine?