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Good Examples of Artist Research Pages

If you are wondering where you can find good examples of artist research pages, you’ve come to the right place.  It is great to have a collection of pages to show your students to inspire them and now you can just send them the link to this blog post.  Thanks to all the talented art teachers for their permission to use these images.

An artists research page should include the artist’s name, images of the artists work, annotation about the artist and also annotation which is the student’s personal response to the work.  Why did they choose it? How does it relate to the theme/idea they are investigating? What does the work inspire them to do next? Many successful artist research pages are also embellished so the whole page is a reflection of the artist’s work.

Every aspect of the research page below reflects the artist Ian Murphy.  It shows the artists name and includes annotation and images.  The student has created a drawing in the bottom left-hand corner inspired by the artists work. It appears that the background has had anaglypta wallpaper printed onto the page which creates a pattern that reflects the wrought iron and stone carving found in Ian Murphy’s drawings. The white and grey paint reflects the stonework of Murphy’s work.

Below, a combination of the artist work and the students work create a striking, colourful page.  Keywords describe the artists work.  The annotation is a combination of information about the artist and the student’s response to the work.  I like the ‘What Next!’ in the cup.  It shows the student is thinking ahead.

I wanted to include the research page below as the annotation is in-depth, insightful and full of subject-specific language.  Excellent to show your students what good annotation looks like.

The simple black and white presentation with torn edges below, reflects the artists work.  There’s nothing like a bit of white pen on black paper to create an artistic-looking page.  Over 50% of the annotation is the student’s response to the work.  I think this is a good ratio to have in mind.  The annotation is intelligent and includes the students own ideas.  The student is interpreting the work.

The Roy Thomas artist research page below, is neatly presented with clear images and annotation.  Together with the artist analysis , it creates a striking double-page spread. An artist analysis is where the student has recreated an artwork or section of an artwork so that they go through the process the artist has been through.  It is a controversial issue here in the UK with a fashion for moving away from doing this.  Many art teachers still believe there is a lot to learn by going through this process.  Another approach is for the student to create an artwork ‘in the style of’ the artists work from their own photographs.

The student includes detailed annotation about the process they have been through.

Julia Lillard creates surreal digital and paper collage.  In the research page below, the student Eva has captured the sepia tones often found in the artist work by lightly coffee staining the background and using brown gummed tape at the corners of artworks like old fashioned picture corners.  The student has included annotation and their own pieces of vintage collage.  The detailed annotation includes information about the artist, quotes from the artist, their personal opinion, and what they plan to do next.

The Claerwen James research page below has a successful diagonal layout on the left-hand page.  Students often want to fill 100% of the page but this space works well.  The students has also completed a skilful artist analysis.

I wanted to include the research page below, created at Kingsway Park High School , as it has such a strong composition. I love the way the text mirrors the shape of the artwork by artist Lorraine Roy . The student, Fizza I, has cut away some of the artwork and recreated it themselves to analyse the work.

For the research page below, the student first painted with acrylic on black paper.  They picked up on the reflected light that can be found in Liam Spencer’s work and used daubs of paint to create impressionistic car and street lights.  This students theme was ‘reflected light’ so they carefully chose Spencer’s work that shows this.  Their annotation is detailed, intelligent and uses subject-specific language.

The student who created the page below was investigating the theme of body issues and the size zero debate.  She researched the work of artist Adele Carney.  The use of dressmakers patterns in the background and tape measures was appropriate to the artist and theme.

I use the teaching resource below to support my students when they create artist research pages, especially when it’s the first time they do this.

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4 responses to “Good Examples of Artist Research Pages”

Do you have any examples for’ Level 3 National Diploma in Art & Design’ Artist research.

Thanking you in advance.

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Sorry, no, I’ve never taught that.

Hello Sarah. Good day. Am impressed with your good job on Artist research. Please kindly mail to me examples of students responses to artist works while working on ARTIST RESEARCH PROJECTS (IGCSE) Thanks and hoping to hear from you soon.

Hi Monday, I’m sorry but I don’t email out student work. I hope you have discovered the ‘Arty Students’ section of the site which you can see here: https://theartyteacher.com/category/arty-students/

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Handouts to get great artist research & analysis

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• February 8, 2017 April 14, 2020

One simple step to improve artist research in your students sketchbooks: give them the material – text information, images and questions – they need to come up with meaningful insights and high quality responses. Easier said than done, possibly… I have long been perplexed at the lack of writing and publishing on the artists that are most inspirational to young people. There are plenty of writing frames out there, and suggested approaches to analysis, but succinct and accessible materials? Not so much…

So, I have started a bank of my own. They are time consuming and take a fair bit of thought, particularly working out practical responses that are more than just copying or pastiche for each artist, but they have proved so useful and versatile in the classroom. I have posted an example below (click on the text below to download the ppt file) on the artist Angie Lewin who makes stunning prints inspired by plants and nature – she is a real favourite with students…

Click to download here : angie-lewin-artist-research-handout

Theses are some of the artists I have produced sheets on:

• Peter Blake
• Georgia O’Keeffe
• Frida Kahlo
• William Morris
• Giorgio Morandi
• Hilma Af Klint
• Ernst Haeckel

All of these are available as digital downloads in the felt-tip-pen resources shop , or you can find them in my Teachers Pay Teachers store . There’s thumbnail of each at the bottom of this post, to give you a better idea.

I hope they are useful to you – perhaps also for cover lessons, extension tasks, or independent learning? Let me know what you think – I’d love suggestions for other artists. You can also find a general artist research template here .

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Claude Monet

Claude Monet is possibly one of the most famous French artists in the world. Known not just for his fantastic landscape paintings, but because of his unique interpretation of landscapes and the natural world around him.

Monet is a unique landscape artist because he did not just try to paint landscapes as he could see them, he was not really interested in painting something that looked realistic . Monet painted his impression of a landscape or scene he could see outside; trying to capture movement, light, texture… even wind! Because of this, he became the leader of a group of artists known as Impressionists .

Monet’s painted landscapes are huge! Often incorporating beautiful, delicate colour schemes with a focus on light, movement and texture. He would work outside when painting, using loose, quick, messy brush strokes and building his paintings up layer by layer. Using short brush strokes over and over again allowed him to paint a sense of movement, capturing the atmosphere of his subject.

Can you see the messy brush strokes here? Do you know which painting these sections are from? It’s one of Monet’s most famous landscape paintings…

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What do you think about these landscape paintings by Monet? Let me know in the comments.

DOWNLOAD this page below, for free, as an Artist Research handout to use in your lesson. It includes all of the facts and images, and has questions for students to answer.

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His paintings are an inspiration.

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Glad to hear it Chris! It’s great to see my students be inspired by his work too.

Monet is amazing. Great spotlight of his work here.

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Artist research page

Subject: Art and design

Age range: 11-14

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5 December 2021

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This A3 page can support SEN, EAL or lower language ability KS3 and KS4 pupils with writing a response to an artist’s work. The artist name and images can be changed to analyse any artwork.

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