1. Gr. 11 Culminating Performance Task:
Designing your own project

2. Learning Goals
Developing you own art idea, from conception to execution, in the medium of your choice.
Use your sketchbook to develop ideas, and document the process using a variety of communication skills (sketch, write, test/samples, collection images)
 Critiques:
Use peer and teacher feedback to assist your idea.
Provide feedback to peers and demonstrate to teacher critical thinking
 Write an artist statement to support your independent piece.

3. Imagine your masterpiece If You could do anything you want for your culminating Task what would it look like?

4. What medium you would like use for your culminating performance task?
­­­­­­­­Painting
Sculpture
Printmaking
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Drawing
Mixed Media
Performance Art or Installation Art

5. Answer the questions relating to your particular medium.
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Painting
What type of paint? acrylic, oils, watercolors
Determine the best surface? canvas, masonite, fabric, wood, paper
Which techniques will assist you the best? impasto, smooth blending, textured blending, pointillism, hard edge, dry brush, stencils,
  Sculpture
The material? Clay, wax, wire, plaster bandages, found objects
Will it be a sculpture in the round or relief?
How will you build your piece?
  Printmaking
What type of printing method will you be using? linocut, mono-printing, stencils…
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Drawing
What is the dry media? pencil, charcoal, pastel, pen & ink
Determine the best surface to use? type of paper, the colour, the thickness,
Mixed Media
Which mediums are you planning to combine?
What will be your surface?
Performance Art or Installation Art
How will you document you work? Video tape or photography?
What materials will you need?
If it’s an installation, where will you put it? Think about the best location.

6. What is the scale of your piece? Provide approximate dimensions in inches.
­­­­Common Canvas Sizes:
16 x 20 inches
16 x 16
18 x 24
­­­­Common Print Plate Sizes:
5x6 inches
8x10
12x12
­­­­For Sculpture provide:
Length
Height
Width

7. Determine the art approach you will be using.
Formalism
Emotionalism
Imitationalism
communication of moods, feelings and ideas are most important
organization of the elements and principles of design are most important
realistic interpretation of the subject matter is most important

8. What is the purpose of your piece?
 What is the purpose of your piece?
To communicate a social message / propaganda
Beauty
Documenting
Spiritual
Emotional
Storytelling (your own or someone else’s)
Commemorate a special event

9. Describe the subject matter. What will you create?
Describe the subject matter. What will you create?
­­­­Subject Matter refers to what you are you going to paint / draw / sculpt etc…
-landscape
-portraiture
-abstracted shapes

10. Why do you want to do this? Where did this idea come from?

11. What is your colour scheme? How will this help to communicate your idea?

12. Where will you be getting your references (please provide examples).
Where will you be getting your references (please provide examples).

13. Provide the names of artists you will be drawing inspiration from, include examples of these artworks.

14. Which techniques will be important to you
Which techniques will be important to you? Layering, blending, mixed media, the use of gel medium etc..

15. Which elements and principles of design will help you achieve your idea?

16. Include ask much as possible of the following… Sketches
Planning Due:
Include ask much as possible of the following…
Sketches
Reference images (glued in)
Complete these questions (found on website
Writing your ideas
Colour Schemes
Samples / swatches
All rough work will count as part of your planning, even if it is different from your final piece.
Communication (10 Marks) / Thinking (10 Marks)

17. Conference Schedule
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