APAD Portfolios DUE : Friday, May 7th, 2027
AP Art and Design portfolio exams contain two sections: Sustained Investigation and Selected Works
This section (60% of your total score) should show a body of 15 related works that demonstrate an inquiry-based investigation of materials, processes, and ideas.
Your Selected Works section (40% of total score) should feature five artworks that best demonstrate skillful synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas.
Your work should focus on the application of drawing skills, including mark-making, line, surface, space, light and shade, and composition.
Think about marks that can be used to make drawings, the arrangement of marks, the materials and processes used to make marks, and relationships of marks and ideas.
There’s no preferred or unacceptable content or style.
Here are some formats you can submit: drawing (analog and digital), painting, printmaking, and mixed media work.
Don’t submit video clips—they’re not allowed. You may submit still images from videos or film and composite images.
Your work should focus on the application of two-dimensional (2-D) elements and principles, including point, line, shape, plane, layer, form, space, texture, color, value, opacity, transparency, time, unity, variety, rhythm, movement, proportion, scale, balance, emphasis, contrast, repetition, figure/ground relationship, connection, juxtaposition, and hierarchy.
Think about how materials, processes, and ideas can be used to make work in a two-dimensional space.
There’s no preferred or unacceptable content or style.
Here are some formats you can submit: graphic design, photography, collage, fabric design, weaving, fashion design, illustration, painting, and printmaking.
Don’t submit video clips—they’re not allowed. You may submit still images from videos or film and composite images.
Follow these technical guidelines when submitting your work in the AP Digital Portfolio.
your portfolios will need to be done before the end of year art show.