Take an original photograph of any subject matter to use for this assignment.

Take an original photograph of any subject matter to use for this assignment.  In your sketchbook, create a series of artworks that move from a realistic or representational image to an utterly non-representational image based on or inspired by the original photograph.  You may use any materials to incorporate the elements of art, including color, with this assignment.  You will submit a total of 3 images: 

Original photograph (print and glue the image onto the first page of your sketchbook)
Abstracted Image
Non-Representational Image 

Write a 250+ word statement describing the transformation in your images.  What made your initial photograph compelling to you?  How did you change it to make it more abstract?  How did you then make the image non-representational yet have it convey the same mood or feeling as your initial image? Submit the completed assignment in Assignments and include all images on the Final Padlet Portfolio.
Materials: Sketchbook, Pencil, Dual-tip sharpie, Watercolor Set 
Take a look at Theo van Doesburg’s Abstraction of a Cow, 1918 for inspiration.
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