Visiting my brother in MN for Christmas. (We had a great time!) My nephew told me about his high school art project. Create an image around the theme of "human reflex" meaning reflexes like sneezing, kicking, blinking and coughing. this topic. But at times a topic, no matter how broad, can seem confining. There were comments about this being a difficult or limiting topic. I see this with my kids also.
I think some of the biggest issues with creativity come thinking to literal. Art can teach abstract thinking that allows a loose interpretation of a task. This may open up a new way to approach a problem. Maybe a new way to define a question or task.
What Is a Cough?
What feeling do you want your viewer to experience?
-Your image can be literal or symbolic...
-You can use different Materials or different Styles....
-Lastly your choice of Composition should work with your previous decisions
Ideation Thought Starters....Thumbnails
Who is coughing and what type of cough.....
Does it need to be a human? or an object? or show the Environment that you cough in?
Maybe create a stylized expression of a cough....or just the an abstracted graphic representation.....
Materials and Color adds limitless possibilities to this equation