This week, you have a choice for your homework:
A. Concentration Try-Out #2
Over the next several weeks, some of your homework assignments will be to try out different ideas from your list of ideas for your upcoming Sustained Investigation.
Each artwork is to be a FINISHED, REFINED, PORTFOLIO-QUALITY artwork. Refer to the College Board's Student Samples for expectations on QUALITY.
Here are samples of student work from AP portfolios. The scores of 4 and 5 show the quality to shoot for in your own Sustained Investigation Try-Outs as as well as all your other work.
More AP Portfolio Samples from BHS Students
Drawing
This portfolio is designated for work that focuses on the use of mark-making, line, surface, space, light and shade, and composition. Students should consider marks that can be used to make drawings, the arrangement of marks, the materials and processes used to make marks, and relationships of marks and ideas. Students can work with any materials, processes, and ideas. Drawing (analog and digital), painting, printmaking, and mixed media work are among the possibilities for submission.
2D Art & Design
This portfolio is designated for work that focuses on the use of two-dimensional (2-D) elements and principles of art and design, including point, line, shape, plane, layer, form, space, texture, color, value, opacity, transparency, time, unity, variety, rhythm, movement, proportion, scale, balance, emphasis, contrast, repetition, figure/ ground relationship, connection, juxtaposition, and hierarchy. Students should consider how materials, processes, and ideas can be used to make work that exists on a flat surface. Students can work with any materials, processes, and ideas. Graphic design, digital imaging, photography, collage, fabric design, weaving, fashion design, fashion illustration, painting, and printmaking are among the possibilities for submission.
3D Art & Design
This portfolio is designated for work that focuses on the use of three-dimensional (3-D) elements and principles of art and design, including point, line, shape, plane, layer, form, volume, mass, occupied/unoccupied space, texture, color, value, opacity, transparency, time, unity, variety, rhythm, movement, proportion, scale, balance, emphasis, contrast, repetition, connection, juxtaposition, and hierarchy. Students should consider how materials, processes, and ideas can be used to make work that involves space and form. Students can work with any materials, processes, and ideas. Figurative or non-figurative sculpture, architectural models, metal work, ceramics, glasswork, installation, performance, assemblage, and 3-D fabric/fiber arts are among the possibilities for submission.
Make each drawing, design, or sculpture portfolio-worthy. Concentrate on design principles and good composition, mark-making, technique, and expression.
As is always expected, spend AT LEAST 3 - 5 hours on your project each week.
OR
A. Concentration Try-Out #2
Over the next several weeks, some of your homework assignments will be to try out different ideas from your list of ideas for your upcoming Sustained Investigation.
Each artwork is to be a FINISHED, REFINED, PORTFOLIO-QUALITY artwork. Refer to the College Board's Student Samples for expectations on QUALITY.
Here are samples of student work from AP portfolios. The scores of 4 and 5 show the quality to shoot for in your own Sustained Investigation Try-Outs as as well as all your other work.
- AP Drawing Samples 2020
- AP Drawing Samples Archive
- AP 2D Design Samples 2020
- AP 2D Design Samples Archive
- AP 3D Design Samples 2020
- AP 3D Design Samples Archive
- AP Art & Design 2020 Digital Exhibit
More AP Portfolio Samples from BHS Students
Drawing
This portfolio is designated for work that focuses on the use of mark-making, line, surface, space, light and shade, and composition. Students should consider marks that can be used to make drawings, the arrangement of marks, the materials and processes used to make marks, and relationships of marks and ideas. Students can work with any materials, processes, and ideas. Drawing (analog and digital), painting, printmaking, and mixed media work are among the possibilities for submission.
- Kevin Buxton - AP Art Show (2020)
- Nicole Benjamin - AP Art Show (2020)
- Sarah Schissler - AP Art Show (2020)
- Martello Cesar - AP portfolio exam (2019)
- Marley Gainley - AP exam (2017)
- Anne Zhang - sustained investigation
- Irina Grigoryeva - sustained investigation
- Pablo Aguilar - AP exam
- Jake Ursino - Sustained Investigation
2D Art & Design
This portfolio is designated for work that focuses on the use of two-dimensional (2-D) elements and principles of art and design, including point, line, shape, plane, layer, form, space, texture, color, value, opacity, transparency, time, unity, variety, rhythm, movement, proportion, scale, balance, emphasis, contrast, repetition, figure/ ground relationship, connection, juxtaposition, and hierarchy. Students should consider how materials, processes, and ideas can be used to make work that exists on a flat surface. Students can work with any materials, processes, and ideas. Graphic design, digital imaging, photography, collage, fabric design, weaving, fashion design, fashion illustration, painting, and printmaking are among the possibilities for submission.
3D Art & Design
This portfolio is designated for work that focuses on the use of three-dimensional (3-D) elements and principles of art and design, including point, line, shape, plane, layer, form, volume, mass, occupied/unoccupied space, texture, color, value, opacity, transparency, time, unity, variety, rhythm, movement, proportion, scale, balance, emphasis, contrast, repetition, connection, juxtaposition, and hierarchy. Students should consider how materials, processes, and ideas can be used to make work that involves space and form. Students can work with any materials, processes, and ideas. Figurative or non-figurative sculpture, architectural models, metal work, ceramics, glasswork, installation, performance, assemblage, and 3-D fabric/fiber arts are among the possibilities for submission.
- A Pinterest collection
- Example AP 3D Design portfolio with fashion emphasis - score 5
- Youtube introduction from an AP 3D class
Make each drawing, design, or sculpture portfolio-worthy. Concentrate on design principles and good composition, mark-making, technique, and expression.
As is always expected, spend AT LEAST 3 - 5 hours on your project each week.
OR
B. Cereal Boxes "Painting"
Project:
Using oil pastels, "paint" a still life comprised of two cereal boxes or other packages. Include the table surface, wall, and cast shadows in your drawing.
Set up a cereal boxes on a table top. Light the set up with a single light source, so that there are clear changes in darkness on each of the sides of the box.
This is to be done from direct observation, not from a photograph.
Objectives:
Materials:
Grading Criteria:
Below are some contemporary painters to look and to learn from. Remember to concentrate on the changes in color even within the same surfaces/planes. Also remember that every change in direction (every plane) will have a shift in value and in color temperature. Typically, shadows will be cooler in color (bluer) and where the light hits will be warmer (more yellow, orange, or red), but not always.
To Start:
Project:
Using oil pastels, "paint" a still life comprised of two cereal boxes or other packages. Include the table surface, wall, and cast shadows in your drawing.
Set up a cereal boxes on a table top. Light the set up with a single light source, so that there are clear changes in darkness on each of the sides of the box.
This is to be done from direct observation, not from a photograph.
Objectives:
- Improve observational accuracy
- Build a strong composition
- Mix specific colors with accuracy - Blend oil pastel colors
- Establish 3D form through chiaroscuro and color changes
- Improve your ability to create a rich range of tonal value
- Become skillful with the oil pastel "painting"
Materials:
- Boxes (two package designs)
- Sketchbook
- Pencil
- Oil pastels
Grading Criteria:
- Composition
- Accuracy of line, shape, and color
- Three-Dimensional Form through Chiaroscuro - Shifts of tonal value and color
- "Completeness" - Craftsmanship
Below are some contemporary painters to look and to learn from. Remember to concentrate on the changes in color even within the same surfaces/planes. Also remember that every change in direction (every plane) will have a shift in value and in color temperature. Typically, shadows will be cooler in color (bluer) and where the light hits will be warmer (more yellow, orange, or red), but not always.
To Start:
- Set up your cereal boxes on a table top. Light the still life with a single light source, so that there are clear changes in darkness on each of the sides of the box.
- Draw thumbnails and/or rough drafts of the composition, in pencil, blocking out the basic arrangement of lights and darks.
- On a piece of sketchbook paper, use pencil to lightly draft the outlines of your major shapes.
- "Paint" with oil pastels.