Exploring and Designing a Painting using a Mind Map

1. Subject Matter

1.1. Objects

1.2. light source

1.3. picture of subject (where to find)

2. Time Line

2.1. Proposal

2.2. Resources gathered

2.3. Critique

2.4. Classroom Presentation

2.5. Due Date

2.6. Thumbnail Sketches

3. Color

3.1. Palette used

3.2. Mood

3.3. Highlights/lowlights

3.4. Shadows

4. Display

4.1. Mounting

4.2. Location (specificity required?)

4.3. Lighting

4.4. Audience

4.5. Time frame

4.6. For sale?

5. History

5.1. Technique

5.1.1. canvas

5.1.2. type of paint

5.1.3. brushes

5.1.4. location

5.2. Painters

5.2.1. Time frame

5.2.2. Contemporaries

5.2.3. World happenings

5.2.4. Personal life

5.2.5. Professional life

6. Technique

6.1. type of paint

6.2. location

6.3. brushes

6.4. canvas

6.5. Clean up

7. Support

7.1. Canvas Types

7.1.1. Stretcher bars

7.1.2. Board

7.1.3. Duck Cotton

7.1.4. Linen

7.1.5. Gesso

7.1.6. Rabbit Skin Glue

7.2. Board

7.2.1. Type

7.2.2. Weight

7.2.3. Finish

7.3. Paper

7.3.1. Type

7.3.2. Weight

7.3.3. Color

7.3.4. Finish

7.3.5. Mounting