Famous+artist+research+notebook



"When the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art". Leonardo Da Vinci

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Things we should remember Research Notebooks have :

o There should be written comments on every page of your RN, 50 % text 50 % images !!

o You should make comments on your feelings, how your work is progressing and what successes you have had. You should also write about any research or technical problems you have encountered (eg how to create a realistic 3D ‘space’ in a drawing) and how you have solved these.

o You should make comments on your attitudes about life, social, cultural and political concerns. Think about the big world outside school and IB! The RN is yours, so it should reflect your beliefs! These comments can be related to art you are researching or artwork that you are producing.

o You should write about any connections you might see between Art and your other IB subjects: Literature, Science, ToK etc. Make links across the curriculum and follow up your ideas! For instance,the study of blood cells in Biology might inspire some prints or sculptures of tiny natural objects, the contour lines or grids in maps from Geography might be combined into landscape drawings, the description of characters in a novel might inspire imaginative portraits etc….

o You should make notes on which materials you have used in your studio work experiments. The type of paper, the type of medium, what type of glue gives the best results for bonding different materials, etc. This will save you a lot of time when later you need a specific result!

o When trying out any new medium; inks, graphite, chalk pastel, oil bars etc. experiment with it, find out what you can do with it (by drawing in your RN) and make notes about what you discover. Imagine that you are carrying out a scientific experiment and recording your results.

When you are writing in your RN, don’t forget that the IB is an academic course and that your written notes should reflect that. Describe your feelings, successes and failures, comment upon your own progress and your ideas about life but DON’T use slang or informal English! Remember that this is your RN, but it’s not being written for your friends – an IB examiner will be reading it!
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Always try to use the correct art vocabulary in your IWB. Look at @www.artlex.com for a great example of an Art-specific dictionary online. There are some pages explaining key art vocabulary later in this booklet.