Required AP Art & Design Summer Homework - 200 Formative Points Due: September 8, 2020
Art teacher: Lori Llerandi
AP Art & Design artists may focus on one area of study:
- Drawing and Painting
- 2D (Photography/Collage)
- 3D (Ceramics/Sculpture)
This upcoming year you will be selecting something you want to research. Your artwork will reveal the findings of your exploration. AP refers to this as your "sustained investigation". This topic can be anything you have great interest in and is something you can research and explore. The sooner you select your sustained investigation, the more time you will have to create artwork around your topic.
Become familiar with the AP College Board websites: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/ap-coordinators/exams-special-prep/studio-art
One of the best things you can do to prepare yourself for the upcoming year, is to go on to AP and look at sample portfolios. This will allow you to see student work, read student writing that accompanies the work, and understand how your portfolio will be judged.
Sample portfolios:
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-art-and-design-2d-sustained-investigation-samples-2019-2020.pdf?course=ap-2-d-art-and-design
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-art-and-design-2d-selected-works-samples-2019-2020.pdf?course=ap-2-d-art-and-design
Another helpful tool, is our very own Boulder High Art Website, which exhibits AP work from previous students:
https://www.boulderhighart.com/ap-art--design-gallery--final-portfolios-2019-20.html
By the first week of May, 2021, you will submitting an art portfolio containing between 15-20 artworks in your chosen focus of ONE of the following areas: drawing and painting (illustration, hyper-realism, painting), 2-D (photo, digital, collage), or 3-D (ceramics, sculpture)
Drawing and Painting/2D Portfolio Requirements:
The more you work on this summer, the more successful you will be in this rigorous year-long course.
SUMMER WORK- DUE September 8, 2020
ALL AP Artists must complete the following summer assignments:
· *5 SHORT assignments: 4 hours minimum each. Created using any media (pencil, acrylic, oils, photo, colored pencil, pastel, etc.)
2D students will work on photography. 3D students will work on pottery/sculptures.
· *3-4 LONG assignments: 8 hours minimum each. Created in any media desired
8-9 Total artworks
Each artwork should:
1. Reflect the time for 4 hr. short and 8 hr. long term assignments!
2. Display forethought, good composition, exceptional craftsmanship, have mature subject matter (avoid trite, overused images)
3. Be no larger than 18" x 24".
4. Good composition means consider the background as well as the foreground. The negative space should be as attractive as the positive forms. Pace yourself - work consistently. Don't wait until August!
Activity suggestions: Plan studio time to create. Go on photo shoots for sources. Make a date with a friend or fellow AP student to create on location. Go to a museum, art gallery, art openings, and artist studios for inspiration. Most museums can be attended virtually as well. Go to the library and roam the art books. Let the environment inspire you and imagine how you would use its forms in alternate ways. Artists work FIRST from life, second from ORIGINAL, good, quality, full-page color photos. When you draw, look at the subject matter then your paper, up and down, up and down. Teach your eye to see and your hand to render at the same time. Rely on what you see in front of you - avoid drawing from your imagination unless you are creating abstract lines and shapes.
Check out these PAINTING A DAY BLOGGERS:
http://carolmarine.blogspot.com/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/duane-keiser-a-painting-a_b_2776043
Check out these sketchbook/journaling WEBSITES:
https://thebluereview.net/artist-sketchbooks-that-will-change-your-life-or-at-least-inspire-you-to-start-drawing-6ae04103838c
https://www.thoughtco.com/tips-for-keeping-a-sketchbook-2578741
GOOD LUCK and HAPPY DRAWING, PAINTING, SCULPTING AND SHOOTING!
Ms. Llerandi
Become familiar with the AP College Board websites: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/ap-coordinators/exams-special-prep/studio-art
One of the best things you can do to prepare yourself for the upcoming year, is to go on to AP and look at sample portfolios. This will allow you to see student work, read student writing that accompanies the work, and understand how your portfolio will be judged.
Sample portfolios:
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-art-and-design-2d-sustained-investigation-samples-2019-2020.pdf?course=ap-2-d-art-and-design
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-art-and-design-2d-selected-works-samples-2019-2020.pdf?course=ap-2-d-art-and-design
Another helpful tool, is our very own Boulder High Art Website, which exhibits AP work from previous students:
https://www.boulderhighart.com/ap-art--design-gallery--final-portfolios-2019-20.html
By the first week of May, 2021, you will submitting an art portfolio containing between 15-20 artworks in your chosen focus of ONE of the following areas: drawing and painting (illustration, hyper-realism, painting), 2-D (photo, digital, collage), or 3-D (ceramics, sculpture)
Drawing and Painting/2D Portfolio Requirements:
- 5 original artworks or high-quality reproductions of physical works that each demonstrate synthesis of materials, process, and ideas (40% of total score)
- 15 digital images of works of art and process documentation that demonstrate sustained investigation through practice, experimentation, and revision (60% of total score)
- 10 digital images consisting of two views each of five works that demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas using 3-D art and design skills (40%)
- 15 digital images of works of art and process documentation that demonstrate sustained investigation through practice, experimentation, and revision (60%)
The more you work on this summer, the more successful you will be in this rigorous year-long course.
SUMMER WORK- DUE September 8, 2020
ALL AP Artists must complete the following summer assignments:
· *5 SHORT assignments: 4 hours minimum each. Created using any media (pencil, acrylic, oils, photo, colored pencil, pastel, etc.)
2D students will work on photography. 3D students will work on pottery/sculptures.
· *3-4 LONG assignments: 8 hours minimum each. Created in any media desired
8-9 Total artworks
Each artwork should:
1. Reflect the time for 4 hr. short and 8 hr. long term assignments!
2. Display forethought, good composition, exceptional craftsmanship, have mature subject matter (avoid trite, overused images)
3. Be no larger than 18" x 24".
4. Good composition means consider the background as well as the foreground. The negative space should be as attractive as the positive forms. Pace yourself - work consistently. Don't wait until August!
Activity suggestions: Plan studio time to create. Go on photo shoots for sources. Make a date with a friend or fellow AP student to create on location. Go to a museum, art gallery, art openings, and artist studios for inspiration. Most museums can be attended virtually as well. Go to the library and roam the art books. Let the environment inspire you and imagine how you would use its forms in alternate ways. Artists work FIRST from life, second from ORIGINAL, good, quality, full-page color photos. When you draw, look at the subject matter then your paper, up and down, up and down. Teach your eye to see and your hand to render at the same time. Rely on what you see in front of you - avoid drawing from your imagination unless you are creating abstract lines and shapes.
Check out these PAINTING A DAY BLOGGERS:
http://carolmarine.blogspot.com/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/duane-keiser-a-painting-a_b_2776043
Check out these sketchbook/journaling WEBSITES:
https://thebluereview.net/artist-sketchbooks-that-will-change-your-life-or-at-least-inspire-you-to-start-drawing-6ae04103838c
https://www.thoughtco.com/tips-for-keeping-a-sketchbook-2578741
GOOD LUCK and HAPPY DRAWING, PAINTING, SCULPTING AND SHOOTING!
Ms. Llerandi