Week Five Discussion- The Process of Making Art

For this week's discussion, write a 350 word post detailing the artistic process used in the creation of a single work of art. The work you select will be a single work of art from The National Gallery of Art's Links to an external site. collection.

Essentially, you will be writing the recipe Links to an external site. or set of instructions for making your selected work of art. The post should be in chronological order from start to finish. How did the artist begin making this work? How did they know they were done? What tools where needed? What medium did they use? How does the medium work? How long did it take? Examine this week's viewing materials and readings about two-dimensional and three-dimensional media. In detail, tell us how you think the work of art you selected was made from start to finish. Please provide an open access Links to an external site. image of the art from The National Gallery labeled with the artist (if known), title, and date. 

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1. Add image files to Canvas.

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2. Add your images to the discussion.

Adding image files to a discussion. Links to an external site. (Note- click on Canvas instead of URL)

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Please keep your file sizes small (Hint-Use the quick download version instead of the high resolution). An example image with the artist, title, and date listed is below...

Vincent van Gogh, Flower Bed in Holland, 1883

Lastly, write a 50 word reply to a post. This is a post first formatted discussion. You will not see any posts until you have created a post.