Week 3 Assignment: Art Creation & Reflection – Sculpture, Painting, or Drawing

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• Textbook: Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (Martin, F. D., & Jacobus, L. A. (2018). The humanities through the arts. New York: McGraw-Hill Education.)
• Lessons: Week 1, 2, 3
• Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)

Instructions
This week you will use your readings from the past two weeks as a point of departure to create your own artistic production and a reflection paper.

Part 1: Art Creation
Select one of the visual art pieces from Chapters 1-6 or the lessons from Weeks 1-3 to use as a point of inspiration. Create a painting, sculpture, drawing, or work of architecture inspired by your selected art piece.

Part 2: Reflection
Write a reflection about the relationship between your art production and the inspiration piece. Include the following in the reflection paper:

·    Introduction

·    Inspiration Piece

oInclude image.

oRecord the title, artist, year, and place of origin.

oBriefly explain the background of the inspiration piece.

·    Your Art Piece

oInclude image.

oProvide a title.

oExplain the background of your piece.

·    Connection

oExplain the thematic connection between the two pieces.

oHow are they similar and different?

oAre they the same medium? How does the medium impact what the viewer experiences?

oHow do the formal elements of design compare to one another?

Original Artwork Requirements

·    Methods: paint, watercolor, pencil, crayon, marker, collage, clay, metal, or wood (Check with your instructor about other methods you have in mind.)

·    No computer-generated pieces

Writing Requirements (APA format)

·    Length: 1.5-2 pages (not including title page, references page, or image of artwork)

·    1-inch margins

·    Double spaced

·    12-point Times New Roman font

·    Title page

·    References page (minimum of 1 scholarly source)