Mr. Webb

Course Description

AP Studio Art is a college level course offered to students who have an exceptional desire to pursue higher levels of personal development and growth in the visual arts. AP Studio Art sets a singular national standard for high school art students across the nation. Success on the AP Studio Art examination can enable students to earn college credits and placement in college programs.

The AP Program offers three portfolios: Drawing, 2-D Design, and 3-D Design. The portfolios share a basic, three-section structure, which requires the student to show a fundamental competence and range of understanding in visual problems and critical thinking. The Concentration section is a series of works unified together through one main key concept or idea, such as portraits, still-life, landscape, surrealism, pointillism, and concept(these are just a few broad examples). The Breadth section is designed to display the students ability to manipulate a variety of mediums, styles, and subjects (painting, print making, figures, direct observation, perspective, cubism, non-objective, and many more). The Quality section should show the best examples of the student’s work in terms of displaying critical thinking skills towards composition, as well as mastery of a particular technique and or medium.