Presenting your research in the IWB

Below are examples of workbook pages that creatively present research. Notice how in the examples below the titles and backgrounds are artistic. This should never be pointless decoration, but rather a compliment to the style of the work you are presenting.*(see "warning" below)

A quote relating to the style of work or directly from the artist, is a great way to introduce us to the concepts.

Plenty of images and your own study of the work make for a visually diverse page.

 

A timeline is a great way to concisely provide a context for the artist and their work. A timeline allows you to reference what else was going on in the world, without taking up valuable writing space used for your analysis.

Last but not least, when completing research pages, your sources should always be thoroughly referenced, both for information and images. Citing your source is part of the requirement, but you must also provide a "credit line" for any visuals used. A credit line contains at least: the artist name, title of work, scale, year completed and medium. If the entire page is on one artist, you can leave off the artist's name. *A word of warning, some students become very involved with backgrounds and spend far too much time making "pretty" pages. If you find that you really enjoy spending time on backgrounds, perhaps consider using that motivation to create an abstract, color-field paintng on canvas instead. That way you get to enjoy the same process but it counts as a final!