Create an artwork that addresses the theme "Order/Chaos".
Your finished drawing, design, or sculpture should be "portfolio-worthy". Concentrate on design principles and good composition, mark-making, technique, and expression.
The manner in which you approach this creative challenge should meet the requirements of your chosen AP Art & Design exam: either Drawing, 2D Design, or 3D Design. Below are explanations of the differences between those exams.
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