Articles on writing your artist statement:
- Keeping An Artist Statement Short and Clear
- Writing Your Artist Statement, By Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D.
- Writing in Art: Introduction
- How to Write an Artist Statement
- Grant Space: The Foundation Center
Examples of Step-By-Step Tutorials:
- Ten steps to creating a poster illustration with Adobe Photoshop CS6
- Adobe Tutorials: Examples of Step-By-Step Tutorials
- Creative Bloq
MLA: Writing Guide
Writing a Reflective Essay, Artist Statement
A three paragraph artist statement / reflection essay may also include the following;
- The – who – what – where – why – when – and how of your story (a clear overview of your visual idea).
- Describe what your images say about your subject/object?
- Why is the subject or content of your story important?
- Discuss what inspired and motivated you before, during and in post-production.
- Describe in detail the process of making your piece and why.
- What do you want viewers to see and feel about your work? Use the photographic compositional terms discussed in class to back up your decisions.
- Reflect on the final output. Were you successful?
- Site a specific image or images and describe the process and story behind them.
- Don’t forget to include three research links. – if applicable. (Wikipedia is not an acceptable research site.)
- Your images MUST relate and/or reflect your summary/artist statement.