The Advanced Placement Studio Art: Drawing Portfolio Course Is Designed to Allow Highly

Advanced Placement Studio Art: Drawing Portfolio The Advanced Placement Studio Art: Drawing Portfolio course is designed to allow highly motivated visual arts students to do college level work while still in high school. Students should fulfill the appropriate requirements before taking this course. Those students taking either AP Studio Art: Drawing or AP Studio Art: 2-D Design are usually assigned to the same class period. The course is designed as a portfolio class that requires the completion of three sections: Quality, Concentration, and Breadth Quality: Each student will select five actual works that demonstrate mastery in drawing. The piece may not measure more than 18”*24”, including the matting. Concentration: Each student will develop an idea- based group of works that show progression and growth and create 10-12 concentration pieces. Preliminary sketches are mandatory and should be included in weekly journal checks. Each student will complete a written plan (form attached) for each concentration piece. Weekly critiques will mark individual progress. Breadth: Each student will select 12 works that show understanding of drawing issues. Inventory sheets are attached to aid in the documentation of the portfolio. Each student is required to complete the quality section as well as photograph the Concentration and Breadth sections. Slides must be taken and sent to the College Board to complete the AP test in May. This year digital images are allowed. A daily sketchbook journal is required for this course. Journals will be collected and graded weekly. The journal should contain drawings from life, design ideas and written ideas. Weekly critiques (group) will be a part of the course. Peer critiques are encouraged on a daily basis. Each student will keep a notebook (folder) for the purpose of collection of written critiques, Art history video questions, Internet research, and individual concentration plans. Homework assignments will be due at the end of each term. Homework may satisfy either the Concentration or Breadth sections of the portfolio.

Assessment and Evaluation: Studio Work/Journal/Art History 60% Students are expected to complete 10-12 Concentration pieces and 12 Breadth pieces by the end of the semester. Breadth pieces may be from previous work. The concentration ideas are discussed with the teacher prior to the beginning of each piece. Journals are graded on a weekly basis. Each student will select an artist at the beginning of the semester and will do ongoing research. Documentation will be required. Homework 15% Two pieces will be required each grading period. Work will be critiqued in class. Notebook 10% Notebooks are due at the end of the grading period. 9 Weeks test 15% Students will present portfolios to date at the end of the grading period in verbal and written form. Learning Outcomes: Each student will:  Demonstrate an understanding of drawing as mark making, being able to incorporate gestured and contoured marks.  Demonstrate an understanding of sophisticated drawing issues such as: Light and shade, line quality and weight, suggestion of form, and illusion of depth.  Develop a personal, theme-related concentration of 12 pieces. (Class work, homework, and exam)  Document the concentration in written plans and sketchbook journal.  Choose an artist whose work relates to the student’s concentration.  Research chosen artist, document the research, and develop an exam project based on the artist style and relates to the student’s concentration.  Develop a Breadth portfolio (12) based on a variety of media and drawing technique.  Draw/paint from life and the natural world.  Show a relationship between the drawing/painting from life and the drawing/painting from personal expression.  Show understanding of abstraction in drawing.  Begin a habit of research into the lives of artists through documentary video sources, museum visits, (real or via internet web sites), periodicals, or reference works.  Develop works not copied from others’ work or photographs, published or not.  Seek originality, creative expression, and workmanship.  Express ideas visually, verbally, and in written form.

Text and Resources:  Discovering Art History, Gerald Brommer, Davis Publications, Inc., 1997.  Exploring Painting, Gerald Brommer, Nancy Kinne, Davis Publications, Inc. 2006.  Discovering Drawing, Ted Rose, Davis Publications, Inc. 2000.  Teacher purchased Art History videos  URL websites: Metropolitan Museum of Art metmuseum.org Museum of Modern, New York moma.org Website of all major art museums art-design.umich.edu/mother/museums.html Advanced Placement Studio Art: Drawing Portfolio Concentration

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12. Advanced Placement Studio Art: Concentration plan

Lesson title: Please complete and consult with the 1. Your objective: instructor before beginning the work. 2. Materials needed:

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4. Describe the final product:

5. Draw a preliminary sketch.