Links to Official College Board Pages
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Drawing: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-drawing/portfolio
2D: https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-2-d-art-and-design
3D: https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-3-d-art-and-design
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About the class
The Advanced Placement Studio Art class is a year-long, rigorous course of study in which you, the student, may receive college credit. The AP College course curriculum is followed in the teaching of this course. This course 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. The course teaches students how to develop their own work so that it moves beyond duplication. Plagiarism, the copy of published photographs or artwork, is not tolerated in this course. Artistic integrity and original compositions are emphasized and discussed. Your work should be based on your personal expression and own artistic vision and voice. In this course, students will focus on making through inquiry, investigation, practice, experimentation, revision, communication and reflection.
Summer assignment
Choose 5 of the prompts below
All drawings should maintain good COMPOSITION/USE OF PAGE throughout and should be done from direct observation unless otherwise indicated. All drawings should be done using pencil/graphite unless otherwise indicated.
1. Arrange a still life using 3 or more tools, light from 1 side and draw.
2. Draw the interior of a public space, for example the seating area at Starbucks, Duncan Donuts, the HS cafeteria etc. Include people and activities taking place.
3. Arrange a still life that indicates something about your personality, light from one side and draw.
4. Draw an interior architectural element found in the school building; for example the gargoyles found in the arches located in the main entrance lobby.
5. Do a detailed drawing of your bare foot or someone else’s bare foot. Include light and shadow and anatomical structure.
6. Look in a mirror and do a self-portrait in PENCIL. Light from one side and indicate all shadow mapping (bed bug lines) and value changes on face. 7. Do a still life arrangement with 3 or more reflective surfaces light and draw.
8. Choose 3 or more natural objects (sea shells, pine cones, bones, etc.) and do an interesting still life arrangement. Light and draw.
9. Draw a reflective object other than a mirror such as a silver vase, a very reflective pot a chrome doorknob etc, and draw showing your reflection in the object.
10. Do a drawing of people engaged in some kind of work, for example landscapers pruning trees, King Kullen clerk stocking shelves etc.
11. Do a detailed drawing looking out a window. 12. Arrange a still life using an open book and some other object.
13. Draw a half-eaten food, for example an apple or snickers candy bar that you have taken a bite out of. 14. Do a detailed drawing of your hand holding some object.
15. Arrange a still life of something spilled, for example a spilled cup of water or bag of M&M’s 16. Draw an unmade bed.
17. Do a drawing of the interior of your bedroom closet, show a bit of the door frame, wall and floor. 18. Do a still- life drawing using a woman’s and a man’s shoe.
19. Do a drawing of the interior of your bathroom. 20. Draw a face showing an emotion other than happy; it can be anyone’s face including yourself 21. Do a detailed drawing looking out a window 22. Arrange a still life using an open book and some other object
23. Draw a half-eaten food, for example an apple that you have taken a bite of
24. Do a detailed drawing of your hand holding some object
25. Do a detailed drawing of an eye
26. Arrange a still life of something spilled, for example a spilled cup of water
27. Arrange a still life using 3 or more reflective surfaces