Ask a visual question
Choose a question that can generate many works rather than a topic that can be answered once.
Use this cycle repeatedly: question, make, notice, experiment, revise, document, and reflect.
Choose a question that can generate many works rather than a topic that can be answered once.
Let studio evidence guide the investigation; writing should clarify what the work reveals, not replace making.
Change one or more meaningful variables—material, scale, viewpoint, process, structure, or context.
Preserve drafts, tests, annotations, and before-and-after documentation so growth is easy to see.
Arrange work so the viewer can follow how the central inquiry expands and becomes more sophisticated.