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How To Make A Mini-Earthwork

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1. Do a mini earthwork art piece outside, in your backyard, go to a park, do it in the street,

go to the beach, to any part of the earth.

2. Move rocks around, draw with twigs, pile things up, have fun.3. You can use other objects or things in your photos however make the work outdoors.

4. When making your Mini-Earthwork consider design principles (such as unity, contrast,

balance, movement, direction, emphasis, and center of interest).

5. Photograph it in your camera's Landscape Orientation (Longest side is the Horizontal side.

Shoot it horizontal.) Points will be taken off if the Horizon/Horizontal Landscape Orientation is

not used. Long side vertical is unacceptable.

6. Upload an image on the Homepage> CREATE> Advanced Forum for Mini-Earthwork

7. Include the following written responses along with your own photograph:

What were you thinking about when you started the piece?

What are you thinking now that the piece is finished?

Name 3-5 things that inspired you and why (this can be another art piece, a person,nature, a feeling, etc.)

Talk about the time it took you to make. When would you start the clock on the process?

(Art is remembered for the image it leaves, not how long it took to create)

Peer Review Rubric

Open several of your peers Mini-Earthworks in the advanced forumbefore you choose one to Reserve for review.

Choose one that has not been reserved. Open it and write the wordReserve, denoting you will return to reply.

So you have time to reflect on the image you are reviewing, use a wordeditor such as MS Word or Google Docs to compose your review analysis.

Identify examples for each numeral below in your peer review. Clearlyaddress each item.

Return to the image you reserved in EOL, open it and Copy/paste fromyour word editor your Design Analysis:

Design Analysis1. Design andCompositionDenote in your Design

Analysis the DesignPrinciples* seen in thework (unity, contrast,balance, movement,direction, emphasis,rhythm, repetition, centerof interest, etc.)2. Originality

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Is this photograph unlikeany other in our class?Why is it original, or whynot?

3. DescriptionDescribe the shapes in

the work. What are thematerials? Where doesthe horizon line* rest onthe picture plane*?

4. ContentWhat do you think theartist is trying to say?What Essential Elementsof Art* are used tosupport what you thinkthe artist is saying?5. Realism and

Abstraction*Denote the objects in thework that are realistic.Discuss the abstractquality you see in thelandscape.

How and Where to Turn it in

Technical How-to

Save your photograph of the Mini-Earthwork as a jpg file for attaching to a message (EOL

does not accept .tiff)

Scale it 500 pixels on the longest side at 72 ppi (1MB maximum)

Save the image on your desktop

Return to EOL Homepage> central column> Create Module> Mini-Earthwork Image

Forum where you can begin the upload process to the Advanced Forum.