A Series and a Voice: High School: Art II to IV, student version

I can

turn my own photograph into a two-value notan and explain which grays I sent to the dark side
compare color palettes and prove my choice works with a grayscale check
make a series of three to five notans that share something and change on purpose
cut, flip and mount one piece in paper with clean edges and the same value order
research an artist or designer who works in dark and light and connect their choices to mine
write an artist statement, curate my series and use critique to plan what comes next

series: Related works that share something and differ on purpose.
threshold: The brightness level where a photo splits into dark and light.
value: How light or dark a color is.
harmony: A rule for choosing colors by their places on the color wheel.
public domain: Work that anyone may use because copyright no longer protects it.
silhouette: A shape shown as one flat area, read by its outline.
artist statement: A short text explaining the intent and choices behind your work.

Choose a theme you can photograph this week and take at least eight photos. Write down where each image came from.
In the studio, set one sheet size for the whole series in Paper, then choose Trace a photo… from the File menu.
Set Preview to Two-tone and move the Threshold. Screenshot two versions and write which gray area changed sides. Then press Trace and choose the edge your piece flips over.
Type a gray such as #777777 into the Back card for three values. Then give one card a real color, not black, white or gray, lock it, and try at least two harmonies. Adjust brightness until a grayscale check shows three clear steps, and record your hex codes.
Make three to five pieces. Export each from the File menu as Artwork, PNG and save each project.
Choose one piece to make by hand. Paint or pick three papers with the same value order, and make the back color the reverse side of your front sheet. Cut carefully on a mat, flip each piece over its edge, and glue only after a dry-fit.
Prepare your research note or talk, draft your artist statement, and decide the order of your series.
After the critique, write your self-evaluation: describe, analyze, interpret and evaluate, then name one comment you heard and your next step.

Add one piece that breaks your series’ rule on purpose, and explain in two sentences what the break shows about the rest.

My series has three to five pieces from photos I took, with every source listed.
Each piece shows three distinct values when I check it in grayscale.
I can name what stays the same across my series and what changes.
My paper piece has clean cuts, and every piece sits in its mirrored place across its edge.
My artist statement names my theme, my choices, one influence and what makes the work mine.
My self-evaluation quotes a critique comment and names my next step.

Which middle grays were hardest to send to dark or light, and how did you decide?
What did the artist or designer you researched do that you tried, or chose not to try?
How did making a piece by hand change how you see the screen version?
If you kept this series going for a semester, what question would it try to answer?