Two AP Studio Art portfolios are offered to the most advanced students who wish the challenge of college level art courses. These courses are the Drawing Portfolio and the 2D Design Portfolio. Each are year-long classes that require a good deal of out-of-class work. Both portfolios consist of three parts—the breadth section, the concentration section, and the quality section. The breadth and the concentration sections each require 12 original pieces of work. In the breadth section, the art work should show how well the student works in a variety of media and techniques. The student must explore and develop a particular theme in the concentration section. The quality area requires five of the student’s best works and may come from either or both the breadth and concentration section.
Scholastic Art Awards Information:
These two works are by senior Ryan Mayo.
This painting is by junior Craig Park. 
Congratulations to Ryan Mayo for winning 3 Gold Key Awards and Craig Park for winning 1 Gold Key Award in the 2008 Scholastic Art Awards!
Altered Books
First altered book due date date is October 3. The other due dates are: October 3, 2007
November 9, 2007
January 9, 2008
February 27, 2008
April 8, 2008
May 19, 2008
AP Studio Art Syllabi: Drawing and 2-D Design Portfolios
Course Description:
All:
Students will create a body of college-level artwork that shows mastery in concepts, composition as well as execution of drawing or 2-D design. Through informed decision making, studio practice, understanding and applying design concepts, students will show a high level of understanding, quality and growth over time of content, technique and processes.
Students will produce a portfolio that will address and investigate the components of Quality, Concentration, and Breadth. The Breadth portion allows the student to demonstrate a range of abilities and versatilities with techniques, problem solving and formation of ideas. The variety of concepts can be shown through either the use of one or the use of several media. The Concentration section of the portfolio enables the student to develop a body of work investigating a strong underlying visual idea in drawing or 2-D design that grows out of a coherent plan of action or investigation.
Students will have the opportunity to submit their portfolios to the College Board for grading and possible college credit.
Students are encouraged to be creative, informed, independent thinkers and to share their ideas through their art.
Students are expected to understand artistic integrity and the Honor Code policy that deals with plagiarism. Their work is to be original even if inspired by works and photographs created by others.
Drawing Portfolio
The Drawing Portfolio is designed so that students have the opportunity to show their mastery of a variety of line making skills. They will explore drawing and 2-D design skills, processes and techniques.
2-D Design Portfolio
The 2-D Design Portfolio is designed so that students have the opportunity to address two dimensional design issues and show their mastery of them. They will explore a variety of design processes and techniques focusing on the Principles of Design.
Expectations
All
AP Studio Art is a demanding course. The process of creating the number of pieces required in either portfolio is begun during the 48 minute class period each day. Students should be aware that they will need to spend at least an equal amount of time working on assignments outside of their daily class period. The classroom is available to them during the school day, but it would be helpful for them to set up their own studio space at home.
Students will often have assignments to work on in class and additional projects to develop at home. The time spent working on portfolio assignments at home is essential to create the quality of work desired.
Students will have sketchbook assignments due twice a trimester. Some general guidelines for sketchbook work are given, however, students should view this as a place to experiment, collect ideas and explore avenues they would like to develop in their artwork.
Although class time is predominantly spent creating artwork some time is designated periodically for critiques. Class viewing and discussion of individual student’s work can be helpful to the individual and group. Students are expected to participate. A rubric form is provided to help guide thoughts and discussion. Student / teacher discussions are ongoing throughout the year.
Drawing Portfolio
Students are expected to produce a minimum of 24 pieces of original artwork to fulfill the Drawing Portfolio requirements of 12 pieces for Breadth, 12 pieces for Concentration and 5 pieces for Quality.
2-D Design Portfolio
Students are expected to produce a minimum of 24 pieces of original artwork to fulfill the Drawing Portfolio requirements of 12 pieces for Breadth, 12 pieces for Concentration and 5 pieces for Quality.
Grading
The purpose of this course is to assist each student to complete a portfolio of work which represents the best of the student’s effort. The number of works to be completed will be at least 24, depending on the student’s individual concentration. Summer assignments and those projects assigned in the first trimester will deal with the breadth portion of the portfolio. Concentration projects will be worked on throughout the second and third trimesters. At any time during the process of completing a work, the student can discuss the piece with the teacher. All finished work will be part of periodic class critiques and discussions. The student must successfully complete the required number of assignments, using the assessment rubric as a guide to achieve quality work, meet all deadlines and actively participate in class to receive a maximum grade of A. Lesser numbers of works completed and failure to meet deadlines will cause the grade to drop. Required sketchbooks count as one assignment grade.
Course Outline and Schedule
Although the school calendar is planned by the trimester system, AP Studio Art students will have more of a semester approach to the preparation of their portfolios. The first semester is used to develop the Breadth section of the portfolio. A variety of assignments, techniques and concepts are presented to give the students an opportunity to show their abilities, ideas and problem solving expertise.
The second semester is the time used by the students to develop a body of work that is a planned investigation and exploration of an idea that interest them. This will form the Concentration portion of their portfolio.
Sketchbook assignments are turned in throughout the year on schedules dates.
Group critiques are schedules at the completion of assignment. Individual student teacher discussions and critiques are on going throughout the year.
Drawing Portfolio Breadth Assignments:
1. Wax resist process. Introduces a new process. Use of three different media in one piece. Helps students learn to build stronger compositions with values and textures.
2. Drawing composition stressing focal point. Create a focal point with one object.
Group critique on last two assignments.
3. Interior linear line extension drawing. Focus on perspective and depth in the composition using charcoal.
4. Interior linear line extension drawing. Focus on perspective and depth in the composition and develop into a painting.
5. Design a dream dwelling. Use any traditional or nontraditional drawing media. The only limitation is the imagination.
6. A figurative work based on an insignificant moment in the life of a friend or family member.
7. Create a work showing a theme; working with pencil shading and developing contrast; working with enlarging using a grid.
8. Passageways: Spatial Considerations. Explore one space opening into or forming another space. Use lighting to create drama. Look for unusual viewpoints.
9. Drawing series using fruits and vegetables in a still life utilizing a variety of techniques and tools.
10. Still life series continues. Develop into scratchboard work.
2D Design Breadth Assignments:
Student chooses what medium to use in each project.
- A work that shows an obvious use of color – simplified so color pops.
- A work that shows an obvious use of line – line is the focal point. The line is what the picture is about.
- A work that shows an obvious use of shape – the piece is about shape first and foremost.
- A work that shows an obvious use of contrast or variety. Create a piece by adding something different to the design to provide a break in the repetition.
- A work that shows an obvious use of emphasis – one part of the work is dominant over the other parts.
- A work that shows an obvious use of harmony. Unity in the work is shown by stressing the similarities of separate but related parts.
- A work that shows an obvious use of movement. The work should create the look and feeling of action and guide the viewer’s eye throughout the work.
- A work that shows an obvious use of proportion. The work should be concerned with the size relationship of one part to another.
- A work that shows an obvious use of rhythm. The work should show movement by the repetition of elements.
- Text and image collage that communicates both a visual and a literal statement.
- Create a surreal seascape, landscape, or cityscape in which positive and negative spaces are interwoven into a reversal of visible and invisible.
- Portrait or self portrait using distortion and exaggeration to show mood or feeling.