This is a sample essay for IB Art.
This essay is intended to function as a template only and all text should be replaced with a student's own writing. All headings, with the exception of "Conclusion" may not be used for original student work. 
This essay must be at least 400 words long without the inclusion of the cover page and Works Cited page. The font/formatting should be 12pt Times New Roman or comparable, double spaced with 1-inch margins.
All light text is for explanation only.

Title:
Writing the Project Essay
The title is placed at about 1/3 of the height of the cover page.

Your name is placed in the center of the cover page
John Q. Student

IB Art HL1
Mr. Rieger
December 15, 2013

John Q. Student
IB Art HL1
Mr. Rieger
15 December 2013

Writing the Photography Project Essay
	The introductory Paragraph should set the context, or explain the setting/purpose for the paper. You may also discuss how it is organized and the purpose for this organization. 

Comparing History Note: this heading 's font differs from title.
This first section, no matter how many paragraphs you use, is where you write about your art history research. You should have about 3-5 hours of research on different aspects of art history for this project so you may divide this into one, two, or three paragraphs that discuss your research and discoveries. You should also include an analysis (compare and contrast) of the two artists and artwork you've researched. Three in-text citations are required in this section in MLA format and you must use properly cited illustrations of the work discussed.

Sharing Ideas
The second section should describe your work and explain how your borrowed ideas from your research to create it. This should be a formal discussion of the concerns you had while creating the work, what subjects were you looking for, what equipment/materials did you use, and how these were like those used by the subjects of your research. Illustrations of your work must be placed in this section to more clearly explain the connection between research and practice. Cite three pages from your IWB (Investigation Work book) using MLA format that may show your thoughts on composition, subjects, technique, etc.

Looking Back 
Use this section for a reflection on the entire project from research through completion. Take this opportunity to discuss the challenges you faced through this project, some of the discoveries you made that may have surprised you, and some thing you may change if you were to undertake similar artwork in the future. This is a chance to write about your particular success in the project, it is not, however, an opportunity to talk about how you feel; it should be about the work, the process, and your artistic grown through the project. Here again, cite three sources in your IWB.

Conclusion
The conclusion sums up the paper. You may reiterate your topic sentences in other words just to recap your main points. The conclusion basically restates the introduction in a way that reminds the reader of the entire paper and brings it to a satisfactory close.

Works Cited
The Works Cited page is a list of all of your sources. It should include the sources from three different media and your IWB. Take particular notice of the formatting, punctuation, and font on this page. All of which is very important. Fortunately, there are several resources on the web that make this part of the process much easier that it is without. One particularly useful resource is the Perdue Online Writing Lab https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/17/.