For your Final Project, you’ll be taking inspiration from the portraits we’ve learned about over the course of the semester. You'll create your own self-portrait and share your project with the class by posting your self-portrait to this Discussion Board (no replies required) so that everyone in the class can see your Final Project.
Please choose ONE of the following options:
1) Create
Create a self-portrait. Consider the self-portraits that we have learned about so far and, taking inspiration from the mediums, visual techniques & symbols used, compose your own self-portrait in a medium of your choice.
Directions
- Select your preferred medium and create a self-portrait.
- This medium can include painting, writing, sculpture, photography, etc.
- Pair your self-portrait with an artist’s statement.
- In 250 words, explain how your work of art is a self-portrait.
- Highlight 3 symbols & 3 visual elements/design principles/literary devices that you included in your work to communicate your specific message.
OR . . .
3) Research
Pick a topic that you enjoyed from our class and put together a DETAILED 15-slide-long slideshow presenting your research. In order to relate your research to creating your self-portrait. Pair your slides with a 250-word artist statement explaining how your research topic relates to you.
Directions
- Pick a topic and conduct research on your chosen subject
- Choose a subject that relates to you so that you can tailor this slideshow to be a self-portrait
- Create a 15-slide long presentation on PowerPoint or Google Slides that showcases your research
- Write a 250-word artist statement explaining how your research topic is a self-portrait and how it relates to you.