The purpose of this study is to analyze discipline based art education and choice based art education. Discipline based art education is a teacher directed approach and choice based art education is a student centered approach. During the study I implemented these two teaching/learning approaches, collected and analyzed data, and reported the findings. My goal was to discover which teaching/learning style would stimulate and increase student's intrinsic motivation and allow students to take true ownership over their learning/artwork. Data was collected through interviews, observations, and student artwork/artifacts. My students were familiar with a discipline based art education curriculum and newly introduced choice based learning. Students participated in student centered learning approaches following a choice based curriculum. Students kept a sketchbook and journal and developed projects about their own interests. Students were encouraged to work on their artwork following eight artist inspired creative habits. Students worked on their artwork in organized centers while they were encouraged to develop artistic behaviors for art making. Through action research, I strove to discover which teaching approach supported all of my student's needs, increased their intrinsic motivations for making artwork and allowed students to take true ownership over their own learning by producing artwork.