Sustained Investigation unit test
A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.
Inquiry
Working from your own photographs
Testing one variable at a time
Reading a sequence for development
Generative AI is not permitted for artwork
Including work you dislike
Layering and glazing
Watercolor discipline
The two written responses
Writing about failure
Textile and fiber approaches in 2-D
Scope of an inquiry
Short answer 1. Define or explain: Ground and underpainting
3 ptsShort answer 2. Define or explain: Digital layering and version history
3 ptsShort answer 3. Define or explain: Materials, processes and ideas
3 ptsShort answer 4. Define or explain: Scale of mark relative to format
3 ptsFree response
7 ptsA student submits the following as the inquiry statement for a 2-D Art and Design Sustained Investigation: "I am investigating color."
Explain why this statement does not function as an inquiry.
Rewrite it as a question that could guide fifteen works, and explain what makes your version sustainable across a body of work.
Describe TWO specific investigations in 2-D materials or processes your revised question would generate.
Explain how a reader who cannot see your portfolio would use the written evidence to judge whether the images show inquiry.
Explain the difference between a series of works that repeat an idea and a body of work that investigates one.
Describe one piece of visual evidence that would show a viewer your investigation changed direction in response to what you learned.
Explain why an inquiry stated as a preference rather than a question cannot be evaluated.