Visual arts education teacher candidates visual stimulus in their surroundings examining its impact on their works

The purpose of the research is to examine the effects of general stimuli in their environment on the works of visual arts teacher candidates. In addition, the messages that visual arts teacher candidates want to give to the art audience were investigated within the scope of the research. In line with this purpose, the examination of the effects of visual arts teacher candidates' visual stimuli in their environment on their works was evaluated in terms of art education. The study group of the research consists of eleven visual arts teacher candidates who are in the fourth grade of formal education in Pamukkale University, Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts Education, Department of Painting and Crafts Education, in the Spring Semester of the 2022-2023 Academic Year, and whose main art is painting.I n the theoretical framework of the research; the concepts of Art and Art Education, Visual and Aesthetic Perception, Gestalt Theory, Visual Culture, Visual Intertextuality, which are deemed necessary to be explained, were mentioned. In order to reveal the visual arts teacher candidates' visual and aesthetic perceptions and the elements that affect their artistic experiences; their comments on general stimuli in their environment and in the workshop where they study were consulted. In order to understand these comments, the qualitative research methods, case study and sample methods, criterion sampling, were used as research methods. The interview form was used as a data collection tool to reveal the opinions of the participants. As a result of the analyses; four main themes were determined as the teacher candidates' thoughts on their perceptions of the works of art in their environment, the teacher candidates' thoughts on the general stimuli they are affected by in their studies, the teacher candidates' thoughts on the elements that affect the workshop studies, and the teacher candidates' thoughts on the messages they want to give as a result of their practice studies. The effects of the instructors and workshop friends in the workshop environment where the visual arts teacher candidates study on their own works were carefully observed. As a result of the research; It was concluded that the artists and their works in history, art periods, and general stimuli in their environment are very important factors in the artistic works of the visual arts teacher candidates. Important results were also reached regarding the factors affecting the main art painting workshop work environments and the messages they want to give to the art audience. It is predicted that the results obtained in this study will enable undergraduate students receiving visual arts education to use their work environment more effectively, and that they will become aware of the visual elements, general stimuli and visual culture elements that affect them and create their works with the help of these elements.