Art III Mini Concentration Ideas …
Below are some ideas that might get you jump-started in your thinking for a concentration focus. You might think of
variations or other ideas that would be appropriate; talk to me. 
Drawing:
 Pen and Ink with watercolor with investigation of design in nature
 Interpretive/expressive work based on poetry of one select writer; inclusion of written imagery in work
 Self-portrait encompassing you in personal settings, moods, everyday activities, etc.
 Personally created individual self-portraits, scanned into and manipulated on the computer, printed and
drawn back into or further manipulated
 Works dealing with value study based on expressive aspect of strong light source
 Visual and conceptual examination of an everyday object
 Works based on your personal diary of events, dream study, smells from childhood, etc.
 Drawing based on reflective surfaces – metals; water; glass reflections;
 Reflective distortions (your face in a spoon, angled mirror, etc.)
 Focus on Culture – research imagery & design; related border
 Scrapped/trash objects as theme
 Manipulated photo copies/collage/transfers/gel transfers combined with drawing
 Gridded image using color/pattern/detail for recognition/graphed (Biggers; Close; Photomosaics, etc.)
 Graphic work showing transition from words to imagery in composition
Painting:
 Painting on an unusual surface; painting is visually related to the painting
 Visual and conceptual examination of an everyday object
 Works dealing with value study based on expressive aspect of strong light source
 Self-portrait encompassing you in personal settings, moods, everyday activities, etc.
 Pen and Ink with watercolor with investigation of design in nature
 Interpretive/expressive work based on poetry of one select writer; inclusion of written imagery in work
 Works based on your personal diary of events, dream study, smells from childhood, etc.
 Personal photography, scanned into computer and manipulated, printed and worked back into.
 Focus on Design/Shape and Color with selected image or theme (Juan Logan, Roger Brown)
 Visual Puns/Parody
 Reconstruction/Combination of three+ master and contemporary works – define themes for each and select
imagery to support the idea placing them in a common setting
 Focus on Culture – research imagery & design; related border
 Scrapped/trash objects as theme
 Attach related or identical collected/recycled materials to surface; gesso; paint an idea that relates to the
collected/buried objects.
 Gridded image using color/pattern/detail for recognition/graphed (Biggers; Close; Photomosaics, etc.)
 Paintings based on observed/recognized “design” in our everyday environment
 Skoglund influenced analogies/symbolism in 2D
PCW … Advanced Art Mini Concentration Idea Starters 3.2012
Printmaking and/or Mixed Media:
 Monoprints worked into/onto additional media/materials – based on design study of object
 Collagraphs based on design study of object
 Printmaking combined with mixed media, image transfers
 Collage of imaginary/surreal settings involving use of symbolism (Arless Day, Romare Bearden)
 PhotoMosaics
 Create a game board with a theme based on a book, culture, or similar graphic reference.
Sculpture/3D related:
 Chipboard/matboard/cardboard construction
 Found Object Assemblage – disguise original objects to create a focus on form
 Modular structure based on repeated use of collected recyclable objects
 Plaster gauze sculpture based on organic forms
 Personal “shrines”, reliquaries, Cornell box forms, symbolism, etc.
 Cut/layered boxed forms based on design study of an object.
 Architectural Studies – Design of Structure (positive/negative)
 Research work of Frank Stella – create a relief painting based on non-objective color composition,
abstracted imagery based on a theme or narrative, etc.
 Study in white – collect similar objects, gesso to same whiteness for sculpture
 Plaster face/body parts incorporating real objects
 Create personal totems for your family members using abstraction of images to depict interests, personal
characteristics, personal traits, interests, etc. (foam board , graphic surface details, cut work)
 Create boxed visually “inviting” or “repelling” environments; work with symbolic and expressive qualities
 Skoglund influenced installations
 Mask forms made out of hardware items/materials
Photography:
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Variations on any of the above+
PCW … Advanced Art Mini Concentration Idea Starters 3.2012