Interior Perspective

Now we're going to move from your fine art aesthetic to your design aesthetic. If you don't have experience with the rules of perspective you should do some research and practice. Starting Tuesday you will find a suitable spot around the building to demonstrate your perspective view. You must recreate what you see using perspective and point of view. Pencil will be your main medium but you can introduce pen/ink into your detail if you'd like. Depth and Space should be your main elements to create. Good Luck!

Stretching A Canvas

This week we will be making our canvases for our Artist Influence Paintings. I will supply all the materials along with an in class demonstration. To get a head start, feel free to view this video demonstration provided by DickBlick.com on how to stretch a canvas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cm6JlY57Zg

Contemporary Artist Painting

                       Contemporary Artist Painting

Students must research a contemporary artist to use as the model for their painting. This artist must be relevant, still making art, and interest you in either their style and/or subject matter. Students need to explore an artist through writing and drawing in their sketchbooks. This includes one page of informal research (bullet points are fine) and 4 sketches. The research should be a mini biography explaining their background, artistic inspiration, current exhibitions, and any other relevant information. Your sketches should resemble the artist either through their subject matter or their style. Some intriguing artists to consider may be:

Paul Andrus
Dion Archibold
Banksy
Janet Fish
Anselm Keifer
Raquel Martins
Rebecca Silus
Michael Sprouse

Still Life Exercise

To help evolve our drawing skills, we will spend a week on close up still life drawings. Using viewfinders, you will focus on an area of the items presented to create a successful composition. You will use various materials such as: conte crayon, charcoal pencil, pen, and colored pencil on various paper sizes. Above you can see examples of similar drawings.

Welcome to AP Art Studio 2012-2013

AP Art Studio is going to be fun and intense! I am glad all of you decided to be apart of the initial year and together we will make this a success for all. So let's get your artistic hands moving NOW!

Below I have listed your sketchbook assignments. This must be brought to class completed once we return from our "break". Be prepared to discuss your work with your teacher and your classmates, as this will be common practice throughout the school year.

Everyone must keep a working sketchbook at all times. This book should be with you EVERYDAY to record any ideas, thoughts, sketches, and practices from your artistic mind that you can capture.  It will be your building block to a successful portfolio and will be part of the grading process. You will get one sketchbook with your art fees paid and any replacements or supplements will be at your cost.

Sketchbook Assignments:

10 DRAWINGS: You may use any media of your choice including but not limited to: pencil, ink, charcoal, pastel, watercolor, collage, and/or mixed media to create 10 sketchbook page drawings based on possible themes you are interested in pursuing for your Concentration* portion of the AP Art Portfolio. These drawings can be about any idea and are based on your interpretation. They should have a wide range of possibilities for us to discuss and one will later be chosen as your final theme. 

*The Concentration portion of the AP Art Portfolio is based on a body of work that is unified by an underlying idea that has visual coherence. Please follow the links to find examples of student Concentrations in past AP Art Portfolios: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/214575.html

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/218380.html

10 DRAWINGS: You may use any drawing media of your choice including but not limited to: pencil, ink, charcoal, pastel, and/or watercolor to create 10 sketchbook page drawings based on observation from life. These life drawings can originate from places (landscapes-urban or rural), objects in nature, objects in everyday life, people, and animals. These will be discussed and looked at to determine your strengths and weaknesses. As teacher and student, we will work together to highlight your strengths and adjust your weaknesses while building your portfolio. Please follow the links to find examples of various life drawings done by AP Art Studio students.

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/Dr_C_4_Gongaware_06_lg.jpg

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/Drawing-Con-Hardiman-1-l.jpg