Studio Habits of Mind - Art

Learn to use tools, materials, and techniques; learn the practices of an art form or style.

• Relate to the Art World

• Engage and Persist

• Develop Craft

• Observe

Use strategies to work through the creative process; learn to develop focus; problem solving.

• Engage and Persist

• Observe

• Stretch and Explore

• Express

Challenge yourself to grow beyond your current abilities; use materials and techniques that are outside of your comfort zone; embrace learning from mistakes and accidents.

• Envision

• Develop Craft

• Relate to the Art World

• Stretch and Explore

Learn about the history and practice of other artists and cultures; use that information to inspire or influence your own artwork.

• Relate to the Art World

• Express

• Envision

• Observe

Analyze and evaluate your own artwork; make decisions and changes based on self evaluation.

• Express

• Reflect

• Relate to the Art World

• Observe

See and notice things beyond what the average person notices; notice details and nuances that make up the things we see and the relationships between things.

• Envision

• Reflect

• Observe

• Relate to the Art World

Create artwork that conveys an idea, feeling, or has personal meaning.

• Express

• Engage and Persist

• Develop Craft

• Reflect

Mentally picture; sketch or use another method to plan ideas, designs, and compositions.

• Stretch and Explore

• Relate to the Art World

• Express

• Envision