Name: Daniel_______ Date:5/16/21__________ Section_____

Directions: Write a reflection/artist statement that explains your growth in art this year. It must be at least 3
paragraphs in length. The purpose of this assignment is for you to be able to communicate to your audience
(teachers, parents and peers) the process you used and the artistic choices you made. Tell a story about your
process of making this artwork. Use the guiding questions to help you organize your statement. Start by setting up
Remember
your artworks in front of you and thinking of how you have improved. Then move on to writing.
this statement will be an important piece of evidence for your roundtable.

Artwork #1 Artwork #2 Artwork #3 (optional)

Artist:Daniel Baazov Artist: Daniel Baazov Artist: Daniel Baazov
Title:Still life self portrait Title:Extraordinary object doodle Title:My prized Possession
Medium: Medium: Medium:
Size: ____”Tall x ______“Wide Size: ____”Tall x ______“Wide Size: ____”Tall x ______“Wide
or digital size: or digital size: or digital size:
Date: 4/19/21 Date: 4/19/21 Date: 12/11/20

Paragraph # 1- How have you Your answers here: The first art/drawing was the first time I made a single
grown artistically in one of the
object still life portrait in a long time. It made me realize that I still show
following ways...
promise when making art drawings. I’ve been taking many art classes in
Choose AT LEAST ONE of the
following to answer. elementary but I stopped for a while. Coming back to art school in high

What skill or technique have you school and making this really made me realize that I’m still capable of
improved in this year?
(Problem Formulation Standard, Research doing what I did before hand.
standard)

How have you gotten better at

expressing yourself and your
creativity?
(Communication Standard)

How have you improved in a

standard? Explain.
- Research, or finding good
information, good examples,
and good inspiration.
- Interpretation, or using your
research in your work, using
inspiration, and using what
you have learned.
 - Communication, or saying
and expressing thoughts,
feelings, and emotions in
your artwork.
How have you developed a
project from beginning to end?

Paragraph # 2- How does the work Your answers here: This artwork was very fun to make because I drew a
you chose PROVE that you have
grown? ANSWER ALL. bunch of random stuff from my past and current life. I still love this drawing

and again it made me realize that I’m still capable of so much mor even
It’s time to get specific...
after dropping art school for a few years. I doodle my guitar, a anatomicaly
Which artwork shows where you
drawn heart because I love studying the human anatomy, my favorite rock
started this year as an artist? What
were your struggles? What did you bands and math symbols because I love math/physics.
want to get better at?

What was the thing that helped

you the most?

Which artwork shows how far you

have come? How does it show your
improvement?

Paragraph # 3- Reflection Your answers here: I made this piece of artwork when I just decided to

draw what was on my table. I had my books, laptop, some wires and other
CHECKLIST
small objects with details in them. I used to love drawing still life portraits
What creative solutions did you
come up with to deal with challenges and being able to draw something like this gave me memories of my past
that you faced along the way? OR
and the older artworks I’ve made in class.
How did your ideas change along the
way?

What are you most proud of?

What could you have done better?

What did you learn while making

this project?
Somethings to include
 - About yourself
- About making art
- About life

4 Level Work:

1. Create a final draft of your artist statement in a new doc. Edit your writing to create a final 3
paragraph essay. Share it to this assignment.
OR
2. Record Video or Sound of you talking about your work and reflecting on your year as an
artist. You may read from your artist's statement. Share the recording to this assignment.

Use this rubric to understand what you will be graded on and aim to improve your assignment BEFORE
turning them in in order to maximize your scores. You should be aiming for 3’s and 4’s on all the standards!

Standard Mastery 4 Meets- 3 Approaching- 2 With Help- 1

Communication 1 - I can clearly I can clearly I can organize and With assistance I
Incorporates ideas and organize and organize and record my thoughts can clearly
evidence purposefully record my record my thoughts and ideas about organize and
thoughts and ideas and ideas about the project with record my thoughts
about the project their project in little detail. and ideas about
Organize in great detail. some detail. the project with
little detail.

Interpretation - I can analyze my I can connect my I can choose I can choose

Explaining evidence evidence to evidence to support evidence to support evidence to support
support my claims. my claims. I can my claims. I can my claims. I can
I can show a clear show some relation show a little show a little
Organize relation between between my relation between relation between
my artwork and my artwork and my my artwork and my my artwork and my
growth. growth. growth. growth with extra
guidance.