Investigation Workbook Requirements

DP Art

Investigation Workbooks

• The purpose of the IW is, in all instances, to encourage personal interest and discovery which function interactively with work in the studio.
• The IW should incorporate contextual, visual and critical investigation.

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IW: Contextual Investigation

The IWs contain compelling evidence of thorough and consistent research into socio-cultural and historical contexts of more than one culture, including some unconventional approaches by the candidate.

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The contextual investigation is synthesized and appropriately integrated throughout the workbooks.

IW: Critical Research

The workbooks show a methodical, critical examination of the meaning and significance of both visual and functional qualities of art related to the theme under consideration. They include critical analysis of relevant aesthetic issues and appropriate examples of art from various cultures.

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The research strategies are coherent and appropriate to the themes examined.

IW: Visual Research

The workbooks illustrate a comprehensive exploration of the range of visual qualities and the representation of ideas related to themes, demonstrated through various types of original and recycled images, media experiments, and technical practice.

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Visual exploration exhibits both divergent and convergent strategies in the study of expressive forms.

Requirements

• Each page should contain text and drawings/images.
• Black or Blue pen
• Every entry should connect to your studio work
• Cite your own photographs
• Never rip out a page

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Requirements

• Any printed text must be annotated: underline/comment/etc.
• Each week you must get at least one source that is not from the internet. Students may be penalized for using only technology.
• Get out of the classroom; talk to artists/community people.
• Highlight vocabulary in your writing
• Each page must have something original - SHOW YOUR THOUGHT

Requirements

• A page is a page - no multipage entries
• Synthesize!
• Amplify x 10 - build a relationship with your IW
• Legible
• Each page must be numbered, dated, titled, and include citations.

Requirements

• Any white space adds to the legibility and understanding of the pages. There is NO wasted space within the pages.
• 5 - 10 entries per week.
• You will submit the IW once a month with 5 pages flagged for grading.

Take credit for conversations with me.

• Don’t write too much about “Teacher told me this… assigned this… etc…”

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• Use “I”

Your IWB may be digital if you have terrible handwriting.

• Use 12 Point font for body text.
• Include photographs of your sketches.
• It must be a presentation file on google drive.
• All other requirements still apply

Example

Annotations

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Dates

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Explanation

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Thought

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Example

1/2” Border

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Underlined Vocab

Example

Pasted in images

from other media

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Page Numbers

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Dates

Example

Pasted in images

printed off

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Cited sources

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Original thought

Here is a link to an IWB Submission as an example.

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Create the following pages

• Elements of Design
• Principles of Design
• Art Vocabulary
• Color Theory
• Learner Profile Attributes
• Artist Research
• Culture Research
• Non-Art Research
• Technical Research

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• Consider validity of sources:

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

Create a research page about the tree octopus.

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• Create a page about your IW as a living creature. - eats, sleeps, grows, reproduces, poops?