Module 6:

Approaches in Researching
Contemporary Art Techniques
and Practices

Group:5
Typical Approaches in Accomplishing
Art Tasks
Typical Approaches in Accomplishing Art Tasks:
1. Brainstorming
This step is effective in looking for central ideas that
will most likely boost interest on the matter at hand.
It will also provide direction for art making since this
will kindle flexible thinking.
2. Researching about the task given
Research fuels exploration. The more you explore, the more
ideas you will gather.
This is best for an artist to clarify what he/she really wants to
accomplish.Thus, it simplifies choices and helps achieve proper
understanding about the given task.
3. Deciding on what idea to materialize
On this step, the artist must have acquired enough
background or information about his/her target output.

4. Creating a plan of action

One way to reach success and achieve your goal is to create a
solid plan of action. Likewise, a clear criteria and technique
will empower one’s determination to accomplish the task.

“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”

-Benjamin Franklin
5. Making the task

This step is the “doing” part.

The artist can now materialize the plan that he/she has
created. From the final idea to the final plan,
he/she must strictly follow what he/she has set to do.
Appropriate techniques, materials, styles, and other art
elements must be applied as part of the art making process.
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Approaches in Researching for

Techniques and Performance
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Approaches in Researching for Techniques and Performance Practices:

1. Cooperative Learning Approach

“Two heads are better than one. “

In arts, one needs another in order to make things easily done. More
so, others will serve as an improvement lens because they may
examine or scrutinize the work of an artist. They may also
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others.
2. Focused Exploration
This approach instructs artists to take advantage of what is
present in front of their very eyes. It means that they explore
the use of any medium available in their area based on their
choice.

3. Discussion
The more you talk to people, the more relevant information you
will gather. Young artists should lend an opening ear to people
who have been in the field of arts for a long time. This entails
open but healthy communication between and among artists
regardless of their position, experience and mastery.
4. Free Exploration
This approach is tantamount to ‘learning/researching on your
own’. More than experimentation, an artist like you possesses
the full capacity to search on your own without any reservation.
No one limits you to look for best artistic style and technique
that can be acquired in improving your craft.
If you allow your curiosity to flow naturally, then everything will
follow and expect to discover more than what you aim for.
5. Experimentation
This is actually the core of contemporary arts. As an artist, you
are not only limited to using the same technique or practice
that you use before. Certainly, there is another door for
discovering something new, unique, genuine, and distinctive.
 Through experimentation, an artist’s decision-making skill is
improve as well as his/her organization skill.
6. Media Analysis
Media analysis, on the other hand, is critical in examining
technology-based art pieces. For a young artist like you, one way
of searching for more techniques is by investigating if
noscrutinizing purpose, value, mood, and socio-political
implication of media arts.

this, you will be able to come up with your filtered stand and
eventually construct or enhance your own style of expressing
ideas in multiple medium.
Advantages of Researching New Techniques and Practices
1. It can push artists to aim for better versions of their works and grab the
opportunity to expand artistic horizons.

2. It is a helpful way to immerse oneself in the culture of others and thereby

allowing own creativity to design culture-based means of artistic expression.

3. It gives an artist the chance to look for another window that lets him/her
see
what’s inside other artist’s mind.

4. An artist can express his/her own choice combined with other ideas
generated from researches.

5. Best practices of artists are shared to both professional and aspiring ones.
6. It is a powerful thought-provoking strategy because the mind is exposed to
new and extensive information.

7. It can be a kick-start for an artist’s inspiration and ignite a spark to get the
passion even more alive.

8. It enables the artist to plan for a multi-faceted, captivating, and detailed

final output.

9. It exposes one to new discoveries and perspectives.

10. It encourages the artist to spot unusual angles and try modern art
techniques.

11. It teaches new style and additional comfort of one’s artistic specialization.
12. It adds pro art techniques with a mix of traditional and contemporary
insights to an artist’s vocabulary.
Quiz
Direction: Analyze the statements below and encircle the letter that best
complete the sentence.
1. The first approach in accomplishing art tasks is ___________.
a. abstracting
c. experimenting
b. brainstorming
d. evaluating
2. The more you explore, the more ______ you will gather.
a. activities
c. learnings
b. ideas
d. perspectives
3. An artist must have enough information about his/her target _______.
a. invention
c. output
b. product
d. result
4. Making the task is considered the “_______” part of art making.
a. assessing
c. doing
b. developing
d. evaluating
5. This approach in researching for art techniques increases one’s _______
function with others.
a. collaborative
c. joint
b. connective
d. shared
6. __________ entails open and healthy communication between and among
artists.
a. Collection
c. Dialogue
b. Collaboration
d. Discussion
7. Curiosity paves the way to a new ________.
a. discovery
c. probe
b. exploration
d. study
8. An artist’s decision-making skill is improved through ___________.
a. experimentation
c. research
b. investigation
d. testing
9. _______________ is a critical examination of technology-based artworks.
a. Media Analysis
c. Media Enquiry
b. Media Breakdown
d. Media Scrutiny
10. In researching new techniques and practices, ________ is a required human
value.
a. consideration
c. patience
b. determination
d. temperance
Answer:
1.B
2.B
3.C
4.C
5.A
6.D
7.A
8.A
9.A
10.C