Art Making and Appropriation Lesson

The Process of Art Making
and
Acts of Appropriation
Introduction
No one is really an expert in art. It is a lifetime

process that never ends. Formal training, though
not critical, can help in speeding up one's learning
process. Art students explore various techniques
and areas such as visual perception, design, and art
history.
Soulmaking (Art Making)
- is a fun and rewarding way for people to express themselves and to learn a broad
range of skills and concepts
• Students explore the materials and techniques used by artists and architects and
experience the decision-making practices that artists have used over the centuries
• When students make art, they have the opportunity to express their feelings,
fantasize, tell stories and give their ideas concrete form
• They can reflect and draw upon their everyday experiences and observations
The Art Making Process
Stages of Art Making
Art creation follows five stages:
1. Inspiration
2. Percolation
3. Preparation
4. Creation
5. Reflection
1. Inspiration
the most exciting moments in the process of creating art: that beautiful
moment when inspiration strikes.
• Perhaps it's a film or piece of fine art that inspires you; perhaps it
something from nature or an event that has occurred in your life
• Sometimes, an idea seems to come out of nowhere
2. Percolation
this is the time that elapses after you've had your idea, but before you
start making art.
• It can transpire in many different ways
• Sometimes it involves refining your idea by making sketches and tossing
out just as many or playing around with ideas visually
4. Creation
is the time during which you are solidly on your path
The process of creation can vary depending on your personal
temperament, your artistic style and your medium
5. Reflection
after you create a piece of art, there might be a slight
tizzy of activity: sharing it with family and friends,
delivering it to a client or hanging it on the wall
• But regardless of the end point of the art, its
completion often leads to a period of reflection
• Regardless of how it feels to create a piece, though, its
completion is a milestone
Seven Da Vincian Principles
1. Curiosita
2. Dimonstrazione
3. Sensazione
4. Sfumato
5. Arte/Scienza
6. Corporalita
1. Curiosita (Curiosity) - an insatiable curious approach to life and an
unrelenting for continuous learning
2. Dimonstrazione (Demonstration) - a commitment to test knowledge

through experience, persistence and a willingness to learn from past mistakes
3. Sensazione (Sensation) - continual refinement of the senses as the means

to enliven experience
• To be innovative we must be aware of what is going on around us
4. Sfumato (Going Up in Smoke) - the literal translation or this term is going

up in smoke it
• is about our willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox and uncertainty
Acts of Cultural Appropriation
"Appropriation"
• Appropriation is the practice of creating new work
by taking a preexisting image from another source
-art history books, advertisements, the media
transforming or combining it with new ones.
Cultural Appropriation
• Cultural appropriation can involve the use of ideas,

symbols, artifacts or other aspects of human-made
visual or non-visual culture.
• Cultural appropriation is often portrayed as harmful in

contemporary cultures and is claimed to be a violation of
the collective intellectual property rights of the
originating, minority cultures, notably indigenous
cultures and those living under colonial rule
Types of Cultural Appropriation
1. Object Appropriation
2. Content Appropriation
3. Stylistic Appropriation
4. Motif Appropriation
5. Subject Appropriation
Types of Cultural Appropriation
• 3. Stylistic Appropriation - sometimes artists do not reproduce
works produced by another culture, but still take something from that
culture in such cases, artists produce works with stylistic elements in
common with the works of another culture
• 4. Motif Appropriation-this form is related to stylistic appropriation

Sometimes artists are influenced by the art of a culture other than their
own without creating works in the same style
• 5. Subject Appropriation - this occurs when someone from
one culture represents members or aspects of another
cultures.
Ethical Considerations in Appropriation
Artists face ethical decisions regarding the

appropriation of others' work, material
choices, digital manipulation, and their role in
observing and capturing events.
THANK YOU
Prepared by:
Jarsky Fernandez
Zandi Jae Trimvibilla Rubin
Leah Esparar
Jeyrod Toledo
Josep Amparado

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The Process of Art Making

No one is really an expert in art. It is a lifetime

2. Dimonstrazione (Demonstration) - a commitment to test knowledge

3. Sensazione (Sensation) - continual refinement of the senses as the means

4. Sfumato (Going Up in Smoke) - the literal translation or this term is going

• Cultural appropriation can involve the use of ideas,

• Cultural appropriation is often portrayed as harmful in

• 4. Motif Appropriation-this form is related to stylistic appropriation

Artists face ethical decisions regarding the

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