IB CRITERIA FOR RESEARCH
WORKBOOKSSKETCHBOOKS
CRITERION A
CULTURAL & CONTEXTUAL RESEARCH
Choose Sketchbook Pages That
Show A Strong & Direct Relationship Between Your Formal Work and Your Research (Investigation)
HL = 30 Pages
SL = 20 Pages
ASK YOURSELFMETACOGNITION
To what degree do your selected IWB pages show you have analyzed, considered, compared & reflected upon art from other cultures & time periods?
Give specific examples from your IWB pages and the connection with your works of art.
LETS PRACTICE
UNIVERSAL CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ART
1: Choose one of your works of art and find its corresponding research pages
2: Describe3: Analyze4: Interpret (Consider)5: Judge (Compare)
6: Reflect upon it in comparison to art from another time period and/or culture.
The next slides will guide the process
DESCRIBEDescribe the work without value words
("beautiful" or "ugly”)
CITE THE WORK Title & Artist(s) When and where was the
work created?
DESCRIBE THE ELEMENTSLine Shape Form Color Value Texture Space
DISCUSS TECHNICAL QUALITIESTools, materials, instruments
DESCRIBE SUBJECT MATTERWhat is it all about? Are there recognizable images?
ANALYZEDescribe how the work is organized as a
complete composition
DESCRIBE HOW THE ELEMENTS ARE ORGANIZED USING THE PRINCIPLES OF ART
Balance, Emphasis, Proportion, Repetition, Pattern
Movement, Rhythm, Unity, Variety
IDENTIFY some of the similarities throughout the work ex: repetition of lines, patterns, directional
movement
IDENTIFY points of emphasis in the work ex: specific scene, figure, movement.
IDENTIFY relationships between or among subjects & characters
INTERPRETDescribe how the work makes you think or feel
DESCRIBE THE ESPRESSIVE QUALITIES YOU FIND IN THE WORK
What expressive language would you use to describe the qualities of how the work makes
you feel
What particular emotional adjectives would you use
EXPLAIN if the work reminds you of other situations you experienced Analogy or Metaphor
DISCUSS how the work relates to other ideas or events past or present
how the work relates to other subjects
JUDGEPresent your opinion of its success or failure
DESCRIBE the work’s qualities that makes you feel it is successful or a failure
COMPARE the work with similar work that you think are good or bad
DISCUSS how original is the work and why you feel it is original or not
PURPOSE & FUNCTIONThoughtfully
consider the meaning & purpose of the art
COMPARE & CONTRAST What are the similarities or differences
of the meaning & function?
DISCUSS the purpose and function of your work of art in relationship to the purpose of
the art made by a different culture or time
period?
Why was the work made? What was it’s function?
REFLECTWhat does it all mean to you?
EXPLAIN How the context affects the work (the background information, the
underpinnings)
and the impact it makes in contemporary society?
How does it connect to modern man and art-making?
CRITERION B
TECHNICAL PROCESSESRESEARCH
THUMBNAIL SKETCHES Media & Techniques Exploration & Experimentation
DISCUSS Problem solving strategies and decision making in the exploratory sketches
INCLUDE Verbal & Visual records of your creative thought process
DISPLAY a careful record of well developed skills and experimentation with a variety of techniques,
media, and materials
CRITERION C
INVESTIGATIONRESEARCH
INVESTIGATION Evidence of clear & coherent strategies
& thought process
DISCUSS influences & connections between your artinfluences & connections between
your art & work from other artists
ARTICULATE connections between different works of your art connections between your art & work from
other artists
SHOW a clear strategy for your investigation of visual qualities, ideas, contexts.
Why did you pursue a particular path for your
investigation? Was it successful? Did you adapt?
CRITERION D
DEPTH & BREADTHRESEARCH
DEPTH & BREADTH Evidence of broad range of influences
DISCUSS how you pushed some ideas to greater depths of understanding through your mastery
of specific skills or knowledgebased on specific ideas of
personal interest
DEMONSTRATE which influences you pushed further and why
SHOW a wide range of influences, ideas & inspirations in the synthesis of your work
CRITERION E
VOCABULARYRESEARCH
VOCABULARY Evidence of correct use of art specific vocabulary
INCLUDE numerous and consistent art specific vocabulary
used correctly
DEMONSTRATE correct use of the elements, principles & formal analysis of art to form
criticism of your work and the work of
others
CRITERION F
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SOURCESRESEARCH
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SOURCES
Evidence of correct use of citing information
INCLUDE citation for every work of art and information you show in your IWB
DEMONSTRATE citations for all influences and inspirations
CRITERION G
PRESENTATIONRESEARCH
PRESENTATION Evidence of clear, coherent, neat IWB pages
DEMONSTRATE an interesting aesthetic quality (design - layout)
of your IWB/SB pages
DEMONSTRATE a high quality of creativity and structure in your verbal entries
(writing) which will also be
evaluatedDEMONSTRATE sincere connection with your research with neat, legible and visually interesting composed pages
CRITERION H
INTEGRATIONRESEARCH
INTEGRATION Evidence of a strong relationship of IWB and Studio Work
DEMONSTRATE relevance between your pages & studio work
EXHIBIT obvious and direct correlations between
your IWB-SB and the art you create.! SHOW evidence of evolved, supported, justified
& explained ideas in your IWBDISPLAY a continuous progression of ideas that occur
before, during, and after a work of art is created.