AP Studio Art ! Ms. Megan Church [email protected] • [email protected] Art Club (NAHS) Remind #: 81010, Text @art-nahs Course Description The AP Studio Art Portfolio is designed for students who are seriously interested in the practical experience of art and wish to develop mastery in the concept, composition, and execution of their ideas. AP Studio Art is not based on a written exam; instead, students submit portfolios for evaluation at the end of the year. In building a portfolio, students experience a variety of concepts, techniques, and approaches designed to help them demonstrate their abilities as well as their versatility with techniques, problem solving, and ideation. Students also develop a body of work for the Concentration section of the portfolio that investigates an idea of personal interest to them. The goals of the AP Studio Art course are:! • To encourage creative as well as systematic investigation of formal and conceptual issues in the Quality, Concentration, and Breadth sections of the portfolio. • To emphasize making art as an ongoing process that involves the student in the informed and critical decision making to develop ideation. • To develop technical versatility and skills while using the visual elements and principles in compositional forms. • To encourage students to become independent thinkers who will contribute inventively and critically to their culture through the making of art. The AP Studio Art course addresses 3 major areas in the teaching of art: 1) Concentration - Investigates an idea of personal interest. Should be cohesive (12 actual works) 2) Breadth - Shows a wide range of media, techniques, styles, and ideas (12 actual works) 3) Quality - A sense of mastery (5 actual works - that can be taken from Concentration and Breadth sections) The Different Portfolios: 2-D Design and Drawing! 2-D Design Portfolio! AP Studio Art: 2-D Design Portfolio requires students to produce a minimum of 24 works of art that reflects issues related to 2-D design. Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Mixed Media, Digital Design, and Collage are all appropriate means for expressing design principles. This portfolio is intended to address two-dimensional (2-D) design issues. Design involves purposeful decision making about how to use the elements and principles of art in an integrative way. The principles of design (unity/variety, balance, emphasis, contrast, rhythm, repetition, proportion/ scale, figure/ground relationships) can be articulated through the visual elements (line, shape, color, value, texture, space) . They help guide artists in making decisions about how to organize an image on a picture plane in order to communicate content. Effective design is possible whether one uses representational or abstract approaches to art. Drawing Portfolio! The Drawing Portfolio requires students to produce a minimum of 24 works of art that address a very broad interpretation of drawing issues and media. Line quality, light and shade, rendering of form, composition, surface manipulation, the illusion of depth and mark-making are drawing issues that can be addressed through a variety of means, which could include painting, printmaking, mixed media, etc . Abstract and observational works may demonstrate drawing competence . The range of marks used to make drawings, the arrangement of those marks, and the materials used to make the marks are endless. There is no preferred (or unacceptable) style or content. Using computer programs merely to manipulate work through filters, adjustments or special effects is not appropriate for the Drawing Portfolio. ______ The 2-D and the Drawing portfolio have three sections:! I. Quality: 5 works in one or more media that demonstrates the student’ s mastery in concept, quality, composition and in execution. The five works are submitted with the actual portfolio and should be no larger than 18” x 24.”The works may be from the Breath and/or the Concentration section. They may also be a group of related or unrelated works. II. Concentration: ! 12 works unified by a common idea: For this section the student will develop a strong body of work that investigates an original idea. 12 slides are required; two may be details. The concentration is a series of works having a personal interest to the student. The slides submitted should show the evolution of the series; in most cases this would be chronological. Students may not submit slides from the Breadth section in the Concentration. III. Breadth: 12 works showing mastery of varied media, techniques, and subject matter produced through specific assignments. Twelve different slides are required; no detail slides.The work in this section should demonstrate an understanding of the principles and elements of design. This section will be completed in Semester I with assignments to encourage students to be innovative and expressive in their approach to demonstrate a range of abilities, techniques, and problem solving. ______! Required Materials! !Sketchbook - Should be a minimum of 9”x12”. You will have weekly sketchbook checks to gauge progress.! Semester I: The Breadth section will be the focus of the first semester assignments. Each assignment will be evaluated with a written student critique; a group critique will follow every project, giving the students an opportunity to discuss their works with the instructor and peers. Students will receive reviews of the following vocabularies: Printmaking, Drawing, Painting, The Elements and Principles of Design. Students will be required to make 1 visit to an art exhibit each grading period, and to write an essay about a specific artist of interest explaining why the artist’s work (technique, skill, and rendering) captured their attention. Breadth assignments may include: 1. Pop Art Self Portrait: Students will render a self-portrait after the study of works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and other Pop artists of the 1950’s movement inspired by advertising and consumer society. Medium: Gouache or Prisma 2. Pattern Design: Students will research patterns used in art by different cultures then choose at least three different designs to inspire and to create their own works. Medium: Watercolor, acrylic or pastel. 3. Master Style Drawing: Students will study the drawings and techniques of artist such as Leonardo, Michelangelo and Rembrandt then produce an original portrait, or landscape inspired by one or more of the Master styles. Medium: Charcoal and/or pastel, ebony, conte’ 4. Landscape Triad: Students will produce a painting from an observational drawing in color triad. Medium: Acrylic or oil stick 5. Still-life on Gray Paper: Students will draw from a still-life arrangement with dramatic lighting. Medium: Oil Sticks or charcoal 6. Poster Design: Students will study different approaches to graphic design (digital, direct drawing/painting). Following exploration of different approaches the student will design an original poster. 7. Architectural Drawing: Students will make a drawing of a building using one, two, and three point perspective. Medium: Ebony and/or prisma 8. Interior Drawing: A drawing of a room showing depth, shadows, and light. Medium: student choice 9. Fauvist Painting: Students will study the early 20th century style characterized by strong colors and expressive brush work before producing an original painting in the Fauvist style. Medium: Acrylic and/or oil 10. Relief Print: Students will prepare a drawing that will require a variety of textures to be transferred to a linoleum block then printed using various printing techniques. Medium: Ink and ebony 11. Mixed Media: Using a variety of media (photo transfer, collage, paint) students will produce a work that focuses on a specific theme. 12. Symbol Assignment: Students will research the history of symbolism in art before creating a work based on a symbol. Medium: Student choice □ Students will be encouraged to create all of the above Breadth assignments in an expressive, inventive, and experimental manner. □The Semester final will include a written self-critique portion to give the student an opportunity to evaluate their progress during first semester and to set goals with a timeline for the second semester.

Semester II:! The Concentration section of the portfolio (12 works) will be the focus of second semester. A concentration piece will be due and critiqued in class every two weeks beginning the first week of February. In addition, the teacher will schedule informal individual conferences with each student to discuss their concentration ideas submitted at the end of the first semester and to begin production for the twelve required works.The twelve works must show an investigation of a common theme and can be in one medium or different media. The following are a list of Concentration ideas my students have explored: 1. Portraits of people in the artist’s life 2. Exploration of a family heirloom ( patterns and color on teacup collection) 3. Expressive nature of the body/anatomy 4. Full-length self- portraiture 5. Paintings based on solitude 6. Tree symbolism 7. Patterns in nature 8. Inanimate objects 9. Reflections 10. The effects of changing light on a specific landscape 11. Metamorphosis of a form 12. Pattern designs The student is encouraged to choose a concentration that will motivate and inspire them to create original works. ______ Homework!

It is expected that students will spend a considerable amount of time outside the classroom working on completion of assignments. Ideas for projects or solutions to problems should be worked out in a sketchbook both in class and outside of class. The sketchbook is an essential tool in recording ideas, capturing visual information, working on compositional issues, and just fooling around. Sketchbooks are checked every Friday for progress. Required Figure Drawing at Coppini Academy of Fine Arts! Students will be required to go Coppini 1 time within a 9-week grading period. I will check with all students periodically to see if they have attended a figure drawing session at Coppini. They will receive a “0” for a missed session. This will be graded within the “homework” section of the gradebook. (If there are moral reasons a student or parent finds this assignment inappropriate, I will require a different type of figure drawing assignment by this student) Figure Drawing sessions are offered on:! Wednesdays 6:30-9:30 Thursdays 7:00-9:30 Be sure to take your sketchbook or other drawing paper to the session. Use charcoal, pencil, ebony, colored pencil, marker, conte crayon, etc. Have fun, and mix it up each week! For more info, go to: http:// www.coppini.us/classes.html * Coppini Academy of Fine Arts • 115 Melrose Place, San Antonio, TX 78212 • (210) 824-8502 Required Museum/Gallery Visits! Students will be required to go a museum or gallery (McNay, SAMA, ArtPace, etc.) 1 time within a 9-week grading period. I will check with all students periodically to see if they have attended a museum/galllery. Students will be required to write a 1-page essay about the art work they viewed. The essay can be about one specific piece or an exhibition as a whole. This will be graded within the “homework” section of the gradebook. Projects/Evaluation!

Projects are open-ended in nature and explore a variety of approaches to design made during the first semester. Assignments have end dates. Students should make every effort to complete work by the end date; however, there may be circumstances that cause an assignment to be delayed. It is important that students have a discussion with the instructor if work is going to be turned in late or they will miss a critique. Work is evaluated in progress and in the finished state through critiques with teacher and peers. The AP Studio Art rubric provides the grading criteria. Assessment of student work is based on original compositions and artistic integrity. The teacher will conduct discussions and assign readings that reflect what constitutes ethical behavior in the making of art. ______ Grading! Portfolio Development/Projects (40%)! • Based on finished projects/work as per nine weeks (2-3 projects per grading period). • Graded using the evaluation rubrics as established by the College Board • Both volume and quality will be taken into consideration for final grades Participation/Class Time (40%)! • Regular attendance is mandatory. • Use of in-class time. • Attention to lectures, directions, and demonstrations. • Participation in critical discussion. • Proper safe use of materials and equipment. • Cleanup duties and storage of work. Sketchbook/Homework (20%)! • Weekly checks of the sketchbook will be done (usually Fridays) • Coppini Figure drawing sessions • Visits to Galleries/Museums ______ “RULES” for working in your sketchbook:! 1. DO NOT make “perfect” drawings. Make imperfect drawings; make mistakes; make false starts. Let your hand follow your feelings, not what your brain is telling you to do. 2. ALWAYS FILL the page you are working on. Go off the edges whenever possible. Do not make dinky little drawings in the center of the page. Make every inch count for something. 3. Do not start something and abandon it. Go back later, change it, and make it into something else. Being able to rescue bad beginnings is the sign of a truly creative mind. 4. Always finish what you start no matter how much you don’t like it. 5. Put the date on every page you finish. 6. DO NOT DRAW FROM OTHER PEOPLES’ PHOTOGRAPHS, magazines, etc. The use of published photographs or the work of other artists for duplication is plagiarism. Draw from observation, things you see in the world. Learn to translate the dynamic three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional world. 7. NO CUTE, PRETTY, PRECIOUS, ADORABLE, or TRITE images. This is a college-level art class, not a recreation program to make pretty pictures to hang in your house. Expect your ideas about what makes good art to be challenged. 8. Don’t be boring with your work. Challenge yourself and us! 9. Avoid showing your work to others unless you know they are going to understand what you are trying to do in your sketchbook. You don’t need negative feedback when you are trying out new ideas or experimenting. This is a place for risk taking. Don’t invite criticism unless you are confident that it won’t derail your free spirit. ______ Ways to work in your sketchbook:! • Draw, draw, draw, draw, draw, paint, paint, paint, draw, paint, draw, collage, etc. • Use pencils, pens, crayons, sticks, charcoal, burnt matches, pastel, watercolor, acrylic, fingers, basically anything that will make a mark. You have the power to make a mark. • Draw what you SEE in the world. No drawings from published images (plagiarism) or personal photographs. You need to learn to draw without the crutch of someone else’s composition or flattening of space. • Use gesture, line, and value in your drawings. Try to create a sense of light and depth in your images. • Use the principles of perspective to show depth in a drawing. • Glue stuff into your sketchbook, i.e., ticket stubs, gum wrappers, tin foil, lace, lists, receipts, sand, leaves, twigs, pebbles, shells, earrings, shoelaces, whatever. Make a collage with the stuff. Add these things to pages that you started but don’t like. Let your imagination go wild. • Build the pages up by layering things, paint on top of collage, newspaper, and drawing. Attach pieces of fabric and photographs and paint over parts of them. What did you do? What are you trying to say? • Express yourself! Work to develop mastery in concept, composition, and execution of your ideas. • Make decisions about what you do based on how things look. Go for the tough look, not the easy solution. Do not be trite; say something important about the world you live in. • Take a news story and interpret it visually, use abstraction to express an idea. • Play around with geometric and organic forms, interlocking and overlapping to create an interesting composition. Use color to finish the work. • Create a self-portrait using distortion, or Cubism, or Impressionism, or Minimalism, or Pop. • Create a drawing of the interior of your room but add collage elements for the lamps, and furniture. Glue sheer fabric over the collage. Draw an image on the sheer fabric of yourself moving around the room. • Make at least 50 gesture drawings from observation of the figure. • Make at least 25 contour drawings from observation of anything around you. Remember to use the whole page! Fill the space behind the objects you draw. Make it count for something. • Make a simple contour drawing of an arrangement of objects. Repeat the drawing four times. Explore different color schemes in each of the four drawings. Write about how the color changes the feeling in each image. • Write about your work. Write about what you like about a drawing, what you don’t like about it. Write about your hopes for your artwork. Write about why you like to make art. • Write about how your artwork could impact another’s thinking or feeling. Write about what you want to say with your artwork, and what it means to you in the larger sense. • Lastly, this experience should be for your growth as an art student, as a person who values art as a means of expression. Keep it for yourself so that you will feel free to work without judgment. Remember this is an ongoing process that uses informed and critical decision making to develop ideas. ______ Technology! Students will develop and present a digital portfolio: • Using a computer graphic editing program (i.e. Photoshop) Art History, Alternative Approaches and Visual Culture! • Participate in class presentations and discussions of artists, art periods, alternative approaches, past and contemporary cultures, and underlying visual issues. • Relate their own artwork to the artworks of other artists, art periods, alternative approaches, past and contemporary cultures, and underlying visual issues. • Research self-selected artists and visual issues. • Develop a multi-artist synthesis or homage artwork. • Incorporate the understanding of a selected artist/cultural issue into student’s focus concept. ______ Artistic Integrity! Students are not allowed to copy published photographs. Work based on photographs or the work of other artists must move beyond mere duplication and provide the basis for a personal approach to an idea. AP Portfolio Score! 5 4 3 2 1 Scores of 5 are equivalent to A+ grades in the corresponding college course. Scores of 4 are equivalent to grades of A–, B+ and B in college. AP Exam 3 scores are equivalent to grades of B–, C+ and C in college. Requirements for Students’ Digital Images! File format: All images must be submitted in JPEG format (file name extension .jpg) . Image size: • Landscape orientation: • Recommended maximum size: 780 3 530 pixels (10 .83 3 7 .36 inches) • Recommended minimum size: 480 3 480 pixels (6 .67 3 6 .67 inches) • Portrait orientation: • Recommended maximum size: 530 3 780 pixels (7 .36 3 10 .83 inches) • Recommended minimum size: 480 3 480 pixels (6 .67 3 6 .67 inches)