AP STUDIO ART: DRAWING PORTFOLIO



AP STUDIO ART

Course Description:

The AP Studio Art portfolio emphasizes art making as an ongoing process that involves the student in informed and critical decision-making and is designed for students who are seriously interested in the practical experience of art.

This college level course provides students with the opportunities to develop mastery in not only executing media, but also in the areas of composition, design, and concept.

This course encourages and expects creative and systematic investigation of formal and conceptual issues in 2-D design. The 2D Design program emphasizes design using the elements of art principles in an integrative way. The principles of design (unity/variety, balance, emphasis, contrast, rhythm, repetition, proportion/scale and figure/ground relationship) can be articulated through the visual elements (line, shape/form, value, texture and color/light).

Homework, maintaining a sketchbook or journal, and work outside the classroom and beyond scheduled periods is used throughout the course.

AP Studio is not based on a written exam; instead, students submit portfolios for evaluation at the end of the school year.

All students will develop a portfolio that contains three sections: Quality, Concentration, and Breadth.

AP Studio Art Goals:

• Students will prepare a portfolio of artwork, which meets the requirements of the course as outlined by the College Board.

• Students should be able to critically analyze the formal, aesthetic, and technical qualities of art and design.

• Students should be able to appropriately display their work in an aesthetically pleasing way.

• Students will be able to make decisions, manage time, meet deadlines, and work independently.

• Students will realize that making art is an on-going process that involves informed and critical decision-making.

• Students will maintain a strong work ethic.

• Students should develop mastery in the ability to draw/render from life.

• Students will increase their own awareness of the creative process and effectively be able to communicate thoughts, feelings, and ideas through the elements of art and principles of design.

• Student knowledge of art tools and materials will increase.

• Students will gain respect for a variety of art forms, styles, and subjects.

• Students will be involved in class & 1 on 1 critiques of artwork

AP Studio Art Portfolio:

SECTION 1: SELECTED WORKS (40% of total score)

AP 2-D Art & Design Portfolio & AP Drawing Portfolio-

5 physical works that demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes and ideas using 2-D design skills OR Drawing skills. (Everything else will be sent in as a digital image). These pieces should reflect excellence in technique and design. Pieces must not be larger than 18x24 (this includes a mat).

AP 3-D Art & Design Portfolio-

10 digital images consisting of two views of each 5 works that demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes and ideas using 3-D design skills OR drawing skills.

WRITING PROMPTS-

Students will include written explanation of visually evident ideas, materials, and process used and explored. (100 characters max including space)

SECTION 2: SUSTAINED INVESTIGATION (60% of total score)

15 digital images are submitted. This section requires the student to explore a compelling idea, theme, concept, subject, or issue.

All 15 digital images of works of art and process documentation that demonstrate sustained investigation through practice, experimentation and revision. All artworks will revolve around an in depth study of an idea or concept of your choice. Students will brainstorm with others and make lists of possible topics, and will decide on their topic for sustained investigation within the first two weeks of school through research, brainstorming, and listing possible topics along with rationale. They will also view works created by artists from historic and contemporary art, to discover in-depth exploration topics studied by others.

WRITING PROMPTS-

Students will identify questions that guided your Sustained Investigation. Describe how your Sustained Investigation shows evidence of practice, experimentation and revision guided by your questions. Answers to the WHY and HOW of your artworks. (1200 characters max including spaces for response to both prompts)

AP Studio Art Courses:

You will submit a Portfolio for 1 of these courses below…

2-D Design Portfolio

Any work in any 2-dimensional process or medium includes photography

or

Drawing Portfolio

Any work in any 2-dimensional traditional process or medium NO photography

or

3-D Design Portfolio

Any work in any 3-dimensional sculptures or medium

Summer Assignments:

You are REQUIRED to complete at least 3 finished 2-D artworks OR 1 finished 3-D artwork over the summer & compile a list of 10 ideas for your Sustained Investigation.

These pieces & Sustained Investigation ideas list will be due MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2018.

Each of the pieces needs to be done no larger than an 18 x 24 surface You may choose the mediums, techniques and type of surface to work on—paper, cardboard, canvas board, plywood, mat board, etc.

Summer Assignment ideas…

• Do a portrait, self-portrait, landscape, still-life or sculpture in the style of another artist in which formal aspects of design are emphasized—i.e. Monet/Impressionism, Matisse/Fauvism, Picasso/Cubism, Warhol/Pop, Dali/Surrealism, Van Gogh/Postimpressionism, etc.

• Do a self-portrait, or several different ones, that expresses a specific mood/emotion–e.g., anger/rage, melancholy/loneliness, happiness/joy, etc. Manipulate light and color to enhance the psychological atmosphere.

• Do some exploration with mixed media. Do a piece (portrait, self-portrait, landscape, still life or sculpture) in which you use at least three different media.

• Do a portrait, self-portrait, still life, landscape or sculpture using either a complementary, analogous, or split-complementary color scheme (you may use black and white as well as shades and tints of the chosen hues).

• Do a drawing or sculpture of a futuristic cityscape—e.g., Atlanta in the year 2050 (keep in mind rules of one-, two-, and three-point perspective.

• Divide a page, canvas, board—i.e. the working surface—into three equal inset spaces. Do three views of one landscape. Limit yourself to a specific color scheme.

• Do a graphite drawing of a still-life arrangement or sculpture that consists of reflective objects—your goal is to convey a convincing representation with a full range of values. To add interest to the composition, you might also want to render yourself being reflected in the objects.

• Do a drawing or sculpture of an unusual interior—for instance, looking inside a closet, cabinet, refrigerator, inside your car... use your imagination!

• Do a drawing or sculpture of your worldly treasures arranged in an interesting still-life composition.

• Do a drawing or sculpture of your worldly treasures as they come to life—animate them.

• Do a drawing or sculpture of your hands arranged in a variety of poses. You must carefully plan your composition in order for the separate units to work together visually.

• Do a color rendering of a still-life arrangement or a sculpture consisting of your family member’s shoes—try to convey some “sense” of each of your individual family member’s distinct personalities in your piece.

• Create a self-portrait of yourself engaged in some imagined activity that holds special personal meaning. Think of all the places you have lived or visited, and make a list of the significant landscape features you recall.

• Paint or sculpt an invented interior from your imagination.

AP Studio Art Supply List

• Drawing Graphite Pencils (2B, 4B, 6B)

• Charcoal Pencil or charcoal

• Erasing pen or white plastic eraser

• Kneaded eraser

• Painting knife

• Blending Stump (any size)

• Inks (primary color)

• Gesso

• Oil pastel (24 colors or more)

• Chalk Patel (24 colors or more)

• Round-ended brushes (# 12, 6, 2)

• Square-ended/flat tip brushes (1”, 1/2”, 1/8”)

• Acrylic Paint (white, black, primary and secondary colors)

• Water color paper (cold press) (16” x 20” or larger) x 2

• Canvas paper (16” x 20” or larger) x 4

• Canvas (16” x 20” and 12” x 12” or any square size canvas)

• Pastel papers (or any rough textured darker color papers: brown, green, blue) (16” x 20” or larger) x 6

• Personal supply container (any type; shoe box, plastic container, tool box, etc…)

• Portfolio (18” x 24” or larger)

• Pallet

Contact Information:

Students & Parents - please feel free to contact the instructor at any time with any questions or problems.

Tiffany_J_Cole@gwinnett.k12.ga.us

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