91热爆

Responding to stimuli in expressive work

Student Chinese-themed drawings using different media
Figure caption,
This preparatory work for a book cover design explores different Chinese traditions using a range of media

As well as selecting the stimuli, you need to make a personal response. There are many different ways to respond to stimuli:

  • Make a list or a spidergram to explore all possibilities.
  • Doodle some initial ideas in your sketchbook.
  • Make a of images in your sketchbook.
  • Copy an artist's work to explore their technique so that you can then apply it to your own ideas.
  • Take photos as a record to work from later.
  • Make a collection of inspirational artists' work.
  • Make drawings using different techniques.

The spidergram below shows how you might start exploring the idea of a caf茅 table.

inspirational artists - picasso, still life, cubist style, ralph goings, american diner, analytical drawings of objects, continuous line, cubist technique, collect objects, cafe food, photographs