Making a Statement
8th Grade Students write an artist
statement to explain the meaning and
thought process behind their Surreal
Hand Drawing .
Do Now: What do you think the
following artwork means.
Objective: You will
brainstorm and organize
thoughts about your
Surreal Hand
composition in order to
write a descriptive
explanation of your
work.
Notes about Artist Statement
1. In classwork section of your sketchbook:
2. Write the name of the artist, title of the work
and date it was created.
3. Jot down 3 facts you learned about the artist
or artwork.
Use the Graphic Organizer to help plan
and write your essay.
• Read Write Think website- pre-writing/rough
draft tool
Do Now: Finish your “Essay Map
Organizer”. If it’s finished- read it over
and see if there are additional items to
add that will improve your description.
• Objective: SWBAT use the writing process in
order to write an artist statement that helps
the reader understand the artist’s intentions.
Writing Process
• Analyze your artwork and think about it’s
meaning and what you learned while making it.
• Use the organizer to write down a rough outline
of your essay.
• Peer Critique- Read/Review/Give Feedback
• Write a rough draft.
• P,Q,P- Read/Review/Give Feedback
• Type final draft.
Do Now: What does it mean to format
something? In what situations do you
think formatting might be important?
Objective: You will use Microsoft review & editing tools in
order to peer review the artist statement
Final Draft due end of next class period.
Report directly to lab 108
Art Smart Vocabulary
• Format- the organization, plan, style, or type
of something
Format your word document
• Use default margins.
• Use 12 font size
• Select and easy to read font
style such as Arial, Calibri,
Times New Roman…
• Black text color.
• Type name, class and date
in the upper left hand
corner.
• Give your work a title, bold,
and in quotation marks.
• Indent after each paragraph
by using the tab key.
*Save work as your last name and artist statement- example Pickles_Artist Statement
Rough draft>Edit>Final Draft
 Write your rough draft on Microsoft Word.
 Format your document according to directions.
 Have a peer critique your work and critique their work
using the comment tool and PQP format.
 Save your PQP work to the Student Work folder.
 Delete comments and edit your work for the final draft.
 Save your work to your H drive.
 Post to Edmodo
 Get your group code from Mrs. Chenowith
 Log on with your BCPS username & external password
 Upload document to your “backpack”
 Post as a link in the class blog.
How to add a comment in Microsoft
Word for Peer Review
Use PQP format and save your work in
the appropriate student work folder.
Use PQP format and save your work in
the appropriate student work folder.
Use PQP format and save your work in
the appropriate student work folder.
Save to the appropriate student folder with your last name:
example- Smith_PQP forRogers
Final Draft Artist Statement
• Complete Spelling & Grammar Check
• Save to your H drive with your last name:
example- Smith_Artist Statement
• Upload your file to Edmodo