A Picture is Worth 1000 Words
Description: Choose a painting or drawing by an artist famous enough to be properly researched. The project requires that we recreate the artwork and imagine a story that would befit the setting of the piece. This creative writing assignment asks that we put words to an image and create the story behind a vision. We ask that each student research the artist and the genre, and the place and time the art was produced. The literary challenge is to imagine a scenario that relates to the situation the painting exhibits. Use the objects, environment and relationships to produce a story that illustrates the piece. Write a brief explanation of the artist and historical significance of the period in which the work was produced, then follow up with the semi-fictional inventive literary scenario.
Essential Question: How does an artist’s life show up in his/her art, and what kinds of stories might emerge from a close reading of the artist’s art, life and environment?
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Description: Choose a painting or drawing by an artist famous enough to be properly researched. The project requires that we recreate the artwork and imagine a story that would befit the setting of the piece. This creative writing assignment asks that we put words to an image and create the story behind a vision. We ask that each student research the artist and the genre, and the place and time the art was produced. The literary challenge is to imagine a scenario that relates to the situation the painting exhibits. Use the objects, environment and relationships to produce a story that illustrates the piece. Write a brief explanation of the artist and historical significance of the period in which the work was produced, then follow up with the semi-fictional inventive literary scenario.
Essential Question: How does an artist’s life show up in his/her art, and what kinds of stories might emerge from a close reading of the artist’s art, life and environment?
Purchase the book on Amazon
sample stories/videos
Peer Critique form