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AP Studio Art: Drawing Syllabus

2008-2009

Fine Art Department

Basha High School- D101

Instructor: Karen Meldrum

Voicemail- (480) 224 2191

meldrum.karen@chandler.k12.az.us

Office hours: Conference periods, 2:25-3:00 M-F

AP Studio Art: Drawing Syllabus

General Learning Outcomes

The student will show an understanding of the focus of the portfolio and its development.

1. Demonstrate a Breadth of high-quality work, 12 pieces.

—Evidence of Curricular Requirement: The course teaches students a variety of concepts and approaches in drawing, so that the student is able to demonstrate a range of abilities and versatility with technique, problem solving, and ideation (i.e., breadth). Such conceptual

variety can be demonstrated through either the use of one or the use of several media.

2. Develop a personal Concentration of 12 pieces of artwork.

—The course enables students to develop a body of work investigating a strong underlying visual idea in drawing that grows out of a coherent plan of action or investigation (i.e., a concentration).

3. Select five top-quality pieces for submission in the portfolio exam.

—The course enables students to develop mastery (i.e., quality) in concept, composition, and execution of drawing,

- Written exploration of literary discussion and reflection of the development of the Concentration.

- Explore postsecondary options.

Course Description

During the first week of school, the course and the requirements of each portfolio is outlined for the students. The three individual sections of each portfolio-Quality, Concentration, and Breadth- are discussed in detail and the homework and class assignments are given. Images of past portfolios are shown to help clarify the distinctive differences of the portfolios and the three sections. Students are shown the images and instructions from the previous AP Studio Art posters.

AP Studio Art is a year long course offered to seniors and highly motivated juniors who can take the class again as seniors. During the year the students will work in and out of class to produce a portfolio to meet the standards set up by the College Board, complete one homework art piece per week, complete one worksheet per week based on an artist or period of art featured in Scholastic Art, participate in regularly scheduled group and personal critique sessions, and are expected to have sketch books at all times and to develop these sketchbooks as ongoing journals. The course emphasizes making art as an ongoing process that involves the student in informed and critical decision making.

Advanced Placement Studio Art - Breadth Ideas

Breadth

The students’ work in this section should show evidence of conceptual, perceptual, expressive, and technical range; thus the students’ work should demonstrate a variety of drawing skills and approaches.

All of the ideas listed below are jumping off idea points and may be compounded by your own inventive take on an idea. NO work will be graded or accepted without preliminary thumbnails ideas or a “rough” composition preliminary design.

Plans can be drawn in detail at home or on location and brought into the classroom for completion of the project. Keep all work for assessment at the end of the project.

Drawing Portfolio

1. Do a color painting of a still-life arrangement 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.

2. Do a drawing of the demons hiding underneath your bed in layered color pencil.

3. Do a drawing of a futuristic cityscape – Chicago in the year 2050.

4. Create a portrait of a classmate in color. Be imaginative. Use chalk or oil pastel on watercolor paper.

5. Do an architectural drawing of any building in Phoenix.

6. Do a drawing that is your interpretation of a song. Any color media.

7. Do a landscape drawing of trees and surrounding vegetation.

8. Do a color composition of an imaginary world. Any media.

9. Draw a still life contour composition of kitchen utensil in detail. Pencil on black, white, or gray paper.

10. A marker line drawing of a cluttered area of your room or garage.

Advanced Placement Studio Art - Concentration Ideas

Concentration

A concentration is an in-depth study of a particular visual problem or a variety of ways of handling an interesting subject; it should reflect a process of investigation of a particular artistic concern and share a single theme. The works should be unified by an underlying idea that demonstrates growth and discovery through conceptually related works. The students in consultation with the instructor make the choices of technique, media, style, form, subject, and content.

A written commentary describing the concentration and how it evolved must accompany the work and the following questions need to be addressed;

1. What is the central idea of your concentration?

2. How does the work in your concentration demonstrate the exploration of your idea?

You may refer to specific slides as examples.

Concentration Ideas

Drawing Portfolio

Do a series of paintings based on the history of any culture

Do works showing risk in our lives

Combine painting and drawing in a series of narrative works

Do a series of different printmaking techniques combining personal prose

Do a super realism series using your childhood toys

Draw with color in a childlike fashion based on Paul Klee

Do a series of reflection works using colored glass or colored water in glass forms like Janet Fish

Do an artist’s journal depicting your growth as an artist

Do a series of location paintings showing the existence of man

Do a series of alternative shaped canvases

Do a series of non-objective drawings in ink and on scratchboard

Experiment with collage and drawing

Select two objects, one organic and one inorganic, and do a series of drawings

Explore the relationship between science and art

Depict your own existence through the eyes of a child

Design and paint the covers for one year of any magazine

Write and illustrate a comic book

Write and illustrate in woodcut a children’s book

Do a series of works based on the lonely figures in our society (ala Hopper)

Do a series of works depicting social injustice

Do a series of works depicting the lifestyle of the homeless

Do a series of expressive drawings incorporating layered images of words

Create film animation cell designs on computer

Do a series of commercial posters in airbrush (ala Vargas)

Do a series of collages based on commercial photography

Explore the color usage of Wayne Thiebauld

Do a photographic series showing the changes of time on human nature

Design a clothing line based on African masks

Do a photographic series documenting your community

Show the passage of time through charcoal drawings

Do a photographic series showing the landscapes of your life

Paint your reaction to patriotism

Do a photographic series based on darkroom manipulations

Create photographic portraits of your friends in the style of Annie Liebowitz

Do a series of commercial products for an ad campaign

Do a series of fabric designs inspired by the South Seas Islands

Design, render, and construct costumes for a specific performance

Develop a corporate identity form logo to letterhead to web design

Do a series of paintings of figures, dealing with color transparencies

Show the stages of your life as seen through the art works of others

Do a series of figures in motion/action settings

Draw your reactions to natural disasters

Do a series of color relationship works-using watercolor and still life set ups

Do a series of non-objective pieces based on a personal crisis

Create works reflecting environmental issues

Do a series of natural landscapes, both micro and macroscopic

Show your personal changing image as based on the work of Ivan Albright

Do a photographic series of a human in different natural settings

Paint your reaction to circumstances that affect your world

Draw a series on non-traditional surfaces

Paint your family as royalty

Do a series of cubism-based landscapes

Paint a series of elaborately dressed females with animal heads

Do a series of works based on crime

Show your emotional reaction to living in Clinton (fill in the blank)

Paint in the style of the expressionists

Create a series of works showing your reaction to war

Do a watercolor series showing the effect of light transparencies

Do a series of paintings depicting the opulence of the Victorian age

Draw a series that deal with entrances and time continuum

Modernize the fairy tales of childhood

Do a series of known works that switch gender roles

Do a series of woodcuts based on Japanese printmaking styles

Do a series of silkscreen prints based on the colors of Hawaii

Do a print series based on the metamorphic changes ala M. C. Escher

Plans can be drawn in detail at home or on location and brought into the classroom for completion of the project. Keep all work for assessment at the end of the project.

Homework

The homework assignment list for the semester is handed out the first day of class. This allows the student to be in charge of their personal time management and in return, they can work ahead when they know a sports or work schedule will be particularly busy.

Critiques and Assessments

During the first semester, class group critiques will be scheduled at mid-point and at the finish of the first four in-class projects. The rubric from the website for the Studio Art portfolio, along with the school rubric will serve as a foundation for the discussion and assessment of the work. The rest of the class work for the first trimester will be critiqued by small groups in the pair-share and share-square format of cooperative learning. Informal critique sessions will be continually held throughout the course. A variety of formal critique methods will be presented and practiced throughout the year.

Artistic Integrity

Students are not allowed to copy published photographs. No copy work is allowed. Work that is based on a published photo or another artist’s work must be more than a mere duplication. Any published work must serve your vision in a way that moves beyond copying and becomes your original statement.

Classroom Management

Each student will be given a Sketchbook at the beginning of the course with three slide pages to organize their submissions. Throughout the school year, the students will use the following handouts to monitor their work and the progress with returned slides or digital views.

Students will meet together as a class with a bell schedule of three traditional days (Mon.-Wed.) and two block days (Thurs.-Fri). Open Studio time is available after school from 2:14-3:00 daily and Friday during period 6. These times may change without notice due to teacher meetings and other duties. Monday will be a presentation of the weekly assignment and an informal critique of the prior week assignment. Wednesday the weekly homework assignment and a weekly art reading outside of classis due. Friday, figurative drawing will be practiced for part for the period. During the winter break, Concentration must be researched and investigated to be presented to the class as a complete idea to be started the second semester. All artworks are due by May 9th 2009.

Students may opt to use works created in the previous years of art instruction or the portfolio in its entirety may be produced during the school year.

Resources

AP Studio Art Poster

AP Scoring Guidelines

Scholastic Art Magazines

Discovering Drawing, Worcester, Mass.: Davis Publications, Inc. 2000.

Design Synectics: Stimulating Creativity in Design, Worcester, Mass.:Davis Publications, Inc. 1988.

Art in Focus Glencoe McGraw-Hill. 1994.

Discovering Art History Worcester, Mass.: Davis Publications, Inc1997.

REQUIREMENT FOR ART:

You will need to pay a fee for this class of $20.00 to the bookstore. You may go before school, after school or during lunch. You may NOT go during class. After you pay the fee, remember to keep the receipt and bring it to class.

|Student Expectations and Classroom Rules: |

Students are expected to…

Be accountable for your own actions.

Be responsible for your own learning.

Treat others with respect.

Arrive to class on time with the necessary materials to participate in class.

Participate in class (reading listening speaking)

Hand in assignments on time (late work not accepted)

Attend class regularly

Work hard…face the challenge

Have an open mind…have fun

Never give up out of FRUSTRATION. Wonderful artwork sometimes comes out of this frustration.

OFF LIMIT AREAS:

*The Instructor’s desk area and behind it.

*The phone is NOT to be used by students…please do not ask.

*THIS ROOM SHARES MANY DOORS***Do come in from any door but the hallway door.

*Storage area

NO food, drinks, or gum-. (Closed water bottles are acceptable)

NO inappropriate language, behavior, or negative comments about someone else or their artwork

NO leaving the classroom without permission.

NO artwork pertaining to violence, drugs, lewdness, or anything contrary to school policy.

NO plagiarism. Do not turn in another student’s work as your own. You will receive a “0” for the project and a call home. Any further offense will be referred to administration.

NEVER throw anything…any amount!

TOOLS:

Every student must exercise extreme care in utilizing all tools provided in the classroom, keep them clean, well maintained and returned all tools back to their proper designated place of storage. If any student loses or breaks tools he/she will need to replace them. Some tools are sharp and can be dangerous if not used responsibly. Any deliberate misuse of tools will be an immediate referral.

CLEAN-UP:

It is the responsibility of each student to clean his/her workstation, its adjacent areas and tools: equipment, tools, sinks, and floor. If the instructor finds that this method of clean-up is not working, they will assign ALL students to clean up the room at the end of each class as needed. At the end of each nine week period each student is required to help clean tools, equipment and the room as needed.

Consequences:

If students do not follow the rules, appropriate action can be taken on the day of the infraction.

#1 will occur, but any of the following may occur after a private discussion depending on the results of the conversation and the severity of the infraction.

1. Student will be spoken to one-on-one.

2. Parents will be notified (via phone/email).

3. Referral will be submitted to administration.

|Grading Policy |

There will be at least 1 large project each week (subject to change). Most projects are graded on a 100 point scale. Assignments are graded on the following criteria: following procedures, meaningful analysis, effort and timeliness. It is expected that you hand in your work on time. Each project is scored on the following scale:

Letter Grades Points

100-90=A Projects- 100 points

89-80 =B Quiz - 50 points

79-70 =C Homework- 10-20 points(late work is 0 pts)

69-60 =D Activity - 50 Points

Below =F Warm ups - 10 points

Because this is a studio class, participation is very important and you must BE IN CLASS to benefit from all the activities and exercises that are given daily. PARTICIPATION POINTS ARE GIVEN ON A DAILY BASIS. (5-10 points)

1st quarter 40% of your grade

2nd quarter 40% of your grade

Final Exam 20% of your grade

Semester grades will be calculated based on percentage of the total points possible for the entire semester. I do not average the quarter grades. This means that the semester letter grade is approximately 80% and the final exam is worth 20% of the semester grade. I will only round up to a higher semester letter grade of the student is within one tenth of the higher grade, has turned in all assignments, had good attendance and participated in class.

Attendance Policy:

Basha High School encourages students to be in class every day. Absences must be excused or the student will be given a “0” for any graded assignment given on the day of the absence at teacher’s digression. Administration may require medical documentation for excessive or habitual absences. Absences must be called in and excused within 24 hours of the absence.

After ten absences (either excused or unexcused) the student may be dropped from the class. Notification will occur after the seventh absence.

Makeup Work

1. Since unexcused absences are considered truancies, all students will not be able to receive credit on missing assignments, tests, and quizzes if the absence is not excused. Makeup work will be accepted ONLY for EXCUSED absences. Unexcused absences will receive a zero.

2. It is the absent student’s responsibility to ask classmates or the teacher what was missed on the day of the student’s absence.

3. The student may ask to meet with the teacher after school or during conference by appointment.

4. The amount of time the student has to make up missing work is equal to the number of days the student has been absent.

HOMEWORK may be assigned for topical research, to bring object(s) and /or materials to help with a class project. Because these items are needed when assigned to be used in class, failure to bring them will earn a 0.

Tardy Policy:

Tardies are not acceptable in my class. The only excused tardy that I will accept must be in the form of a written pass or email, from a teacher, administrator, or counselor.

I do understand on occasion you may be late to class for whatever reasons.

****Please be respectful and courteous and sign the tardy book when you do enter the classroom late and do NOT DISRUPT the learning environment.

Tardy Consequences: (if you skip a # you will go to the next # or an immediate referral will be issued for “Defiance of Authority”) per semester.

Tardy # 1 Student contact

Tardy #2 Lunch detention in my classroom

Tardy #3 Clean art room after school 20 minutes

Tardy #4 Clean art room after school 30 minutes

Tardy #5 Clean art room after school 40 minutes

Tardy #6 Referral to administration

With these rules and regulation and mutual respect I hope that you will feel comfortable in the classroom and create fun and inventive projects. I appreciate this opportunity to share this experience with you at Basha High.

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Clip ----Sign and return – this is worth 10 points if returned by the given due date in class

We acknowledge that we have read Mrs. Meldrum’s entire syllabus

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Drawing Portfolio

_________________________________________ __________________ Section I

Name Date Quality

Quality: Quality refers to the total work of art--the concept, the composition, and the technical skills demonstrated, and the realization of the artist’s intentions. It can be found in very simple as well as elaborate works.

These are two dimensional works, no larger than 18” x 24” including the mat or they could be 18” x 24” including the mounting.

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Optional works:

Comments

Works submitted in Section I may be submitted in Section II or Section III, but NOT both.

Drawing Portfolio

_________________________________________ __________________ Section II

Name Date Concentration

Concentration: An in-depth, personal commitment to a particular artistic concern that focuses on a process of investigation, growth, and discovery. There should be visual unity to the work within this section. For this section, 12 slides must be submitted.

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Optional works:

Comments:

Drawing Portfolio

_________________________________________ __________________ Section III

Name Date Breadth

Breadth: The student’s work in this section should show evidence of conceptual, perceptual, expressive, and technical range; thus, the student should be introduced to a variety of problems in drawing.

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Optional works:

Comments:

ADVANCED PLACEMENT STUDIO ART

Fall 2008 Semester Home Sketchbook Assignments

The artist’s sketchbook is a valuable note-taking tool and, as you know, the artist’s method of note taking includes both words and visual images. Think visually and include images and words that peak your interest. I encourage you use your sketchbook as a visual diary and to do quick preliminary sketches for works to be completed in class. Picasso produced 178 sketchbooks in his lifetime. He often used his sketchbooks to explore themes and make compositional studies until he found the right idea and subject for a larger painting on canvas.

NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED!!!!

Due Date Assignment PTS

7/30/08 #1 Sketchbook drawing of your choice 20 pts

8/6/08 #2 Scholastic Art worksheet on the Fauves 10 pts

8/13/08 #3 Dr- Xerox multiples of interesting objects-incorporate color and mark making

2D- Draw or paint an imaginary landscape, skyscape, or seascapes 20 pts

Scholastic Art worksheet on Peter Max 10 pts

8/20/08 #4 Dr & 2D- Draw yourself by looking in a mirror using color and any style you choose

20 pts

Scholastic Art worksheet on Annie Leibovitz 10 pts

8/27/08 #5 Dr & 2D- Do a color oil pastel piece of a scene in your home or found objects enlarged

or in a still life in the style of Matisse 20 pts

Scholastic art & man worksheet on the Frank Gehry 10 pts

9/3/08 #6 Dr- Merge an organic subject with a manufactured subject

2D- Do a cut paper self portrait using a minimum of six values-color optional 20 pts art & man worksheet on Op Art 10 pts

9/10/08 #7 All- Do an expressive piece based on a strong emotional experience 20 pts

art & man worksheet on Jasper Johns 10 pts

9/17/08 #8 All- Do a social commentary piece with limited color and collage 20 pts

art & man worksheet on Thomas Hart Benton 10 pts

9/24/08 #9 All-Do a work incorporating fear 20 pts

scholastic art worksheet on Amedeo Modigliani 10 pts

BREAK

9/15/08 #10 Dr- Draw a series of views of the same object on one page. This work should be

in color on a toned piece of drawing paper. The drawing style should reflect a

variety of mark making techniques.

2D- Do a detailed line drawing of the underneath side of the kitchen or bathroom sink

showing perspective and depth

20 pts

scholastic art worksheet on Christo and Jeanne-Claude 10 pts

5/22/08 #11 Dr- Grid an interesting photo. Distort or warp the grid and draw, making sure to add

your own voice to the work

20 pts

scholastic art worksheet on Andy Goldsworthy 10 pts

Always take composition into your consideration before you begin your work and remember to draw from life. NEVER use photos as your source of reference. The use of published photographs or the work of other artists for duplication is plagiarism.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT STUDIO ART

Fall 2008 Semester Home Sketchbook Assignments

The artist’s sketchbook is a valuable note-taking tool and, as you know, the artist’s method of note taking includes both words and visual images. Think visually and include images and words that peak your interest. I encourage you use your sketchbook as a visual diary and to do quick preliminary sketches for works to be completed in class. Picasso produced 178 sketchbooks in his lifetime. He often used his sketchbooks to explore themes and make compositional studies until he found the right idea and subject for a larger painting on canvas.

All sketchbook assignments are to be a full range of values and you should try to achieve a full successful composition.

NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED!!!!

Due Date Assignment PTS

7/30/08 #1 Bring something organic to draw (twigs, leaves, pods etc.) 10 pts

Draw yourself by looking in a mirror and any style you choose 20pts

Scholastic Art worksheet on Annie Leibovitz 10 pts

8/6/08 #2 Black and white drawing of your choice 20 pts

8/13/08 #3 Color piece of your choice-dry media. 20 pts Scholastic Art worksheet on the Fauves 10 pts

8/20/08 #4 Color piece of your choice- wet media 20 pts

Scholastic Art worksheet on Helen Frankenthaler 10 pts

8/27/08 #5 Do a color oil pastel piece of a scene in your home or found objects enlarged

or in a still life in the style of Matisse 20 pts

Scholastic art & man worksheet on the Frank Gehry 10 pts

9/3/08 #6 Do a cut paper self portrait using a minimum of six values-color optional 20 pts art & man worksheet on Op Art 10 pts

9/10/08 #7 Read an article from the newspaper about art. Cut it out and answer the questions

in the worksheet. 10 pts

9/17/08 #8 Do a social commentary piece with limited color and collage 20 pts

art & man worksheet on Thomas Hart Benton 10 pts

9/24/08 #9 -Do a work incorporating fear 20 pts

scholastic art worksheet on Amedeo Modigliani 10 pts

BREAK

10/15/08 #10 Draw a series of views of the same object on one page. This work should be

in color on a toned piece of drawing paper. The drawing style should reflect a

variety of mark making techniques.

Do a detailed line drawing of the underneath side of the kitchen or bathroom sink

showing perspective and depth 20 pts

scholastic art worksheet on Christo and Jeanne-Claude 10 pts

10/22/08 #11 Grid an interesting photo. Distort or warp the grid and draw, making sure to add

your own voice to the work 20 pts

scholastic art worksheet on Andy Goldsworthy 10 pts

10/29/08 #12 Xerox multiples of interesting objects-incorporate color and mark making 20 pts

Scholastic Art worksheet on Peter Max 10 pts

11/5/08 #13 Do an expressive piece based on a strong emotional experience 20 pts

art & man worksheet on Jasper Johns 10 pts

11/12/08 #14 Do a mixed media illustration piece for an existing book 20 pts

Scholastic Art worksheet on Chinese Painters 10 pts

11/19/08 #15 Do a reductive drawing using the eraser as a tool 20 pts

Scholastic Art worksheet on Jim Dine 10 pts

11/26/08 #16 Draw a contour still life of personal grooming items 20 pts

Scholastic Art worksheet on Greek vase painting 10 pts

12/3/08 #17 Do a paper collage then layer with drawing 20 pts

12/10/08 #18 Do a scratchboard emphasizing one of the principles of art. 20 pts

12/17/08 #19 Do a work of art emphasizing isolation. 20 pts.

Always take composition into your consideration before you begin your work and remember to draw from life. NEVER use photos as your source of reference. The use of published photographs or the work of other artists for duplication is plagiarism.

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