AP STUDIO ART SUMMER ASSIGNMENT

Summer Assignments for AP Studio Art – 2D Design and Drawing – Hoggard High School- Ms. Sinclair

I am available for guidance as needed throughout the summer.

My email is anne.sinclair@nhcs.net

Summer Assignments for AP Studio Art – 2D Design and Drawing – Hoggard High School- Ms. Sinclair

Three completed assignments are due the third day of class and are 40% of your grade for the first semester.

In order to complete your College Board Studio Portfolio, you will need to submit 15 pieces in a sustained investigation. The total amount of pieces required will be 12. We try to accomplish all of this during the school year, but you will need “back up” pieces just in case some of the work you completed is not up to par so the more you work on this summer, the better off you will be. Summer assignments help alleviate the pressure during the school year of producing the many quality pieces needed for a successful portfolio.

In addition to your sketchbook assignments, your assignment is to produce quality pieces over the summer. Each artwork should take approximately 10 hours, be drawn or painted on a quality surface (no lined notebook paper or in your sketchbook!), display forethought, good composition, exceptional craftsmanship, have mature subject matter (avoid overused symbols), be no smaller than 9" x 12" and no larger than 18" x 24". Good composition means consider the background as well as the foreground. The negative space should be as attractive as the positive forms. Pace yourself - work consistently. Don't wait until August!

Helpful hints:

1. Draw directly from life Draw directly from life Draw directly from life instead of using reference photos, whenever possible. If you must use a photo, take your own or use a photo from the public domain. Attach the photo to the back of the work. The AP Readers (Judges), as well as art schools love to see a drawing made from life.

2. Use quality materials Use quality materials Use quality materials for your art. Good materials make it easier to create good work. Use at least 80 lb – 110 white drawing paper and stretched canvases for painting.

3. Use standard sizes Use standard sizes Use standard sizes. Stay within the 18” x 24” size, so that these pieces could be used for the quality section of your portfolio.

4. Use your sketch book to plan your artwork. Make several thumbnails, jot down notes, glue in reference images, and do color studies when needed.

5. Use a variety of media and even combining them for mixed media.

6. Use a complete range of values. All drawings must be complete with full values – no exceptions!

7. Apply the elements and principles of design to all of your artwork – if you don’t know them, you better learn them for the FIRST DAY OF CLASS!

8. DO NOT SIGN YOUR NAME TO THE FRONT OF YOUR WORK or place any identifying marks on the front as per AP Guidelines. Be sure to write your name on the back.

9. Visit the AP Central website for the portfolio you are submitting often to see sample portfolios and to become familiar with requirements. Register for a free account!!!

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/studiodrawing http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/studio2d

Projects

Instructions: You are to complete at least three of Instructions: the following assignments over the summer. If you do not do this work, this may put you behind. I also want you to take time over the summer to think about ideas that you may want to pursue as a concentration. Please return with a list of 20 potential ideas to be discussed with the class during the second week of school. Each of the pieces needs to be no smaller than 9" x 12" and no larger than 18" x 24" —nothing larger, nothing smaller. You may choose the type of surface to work on—paper, cardboard, canvas board, plywood, mat board, etc.

These will be used to fill out your portfolio so all AP Studio students MUST complete the assignments. Please keep in mind that although drawing does involve design, the emphasis in this studio is on design—the formal elements and principles (elements: line, color, texture, space, value, shape, and form; principles: unity, balance, contrast, repetition, variety, dominance, etc.). Concept/idea, craftsmanship, and the creation of a visually successful design will all be components of every grade.

You will develop mastery in concept, composition, as well as execution of 2D design elements and principles. As you approach the requirements for this course, you will be expected to use a variety of concepts and approaches to demonstrate your ideas and abilities. Versatility of techniques is also emphasized as you develop ideation and solutions to your problems.

Try some of the topics listed below-

*Do a self-portrait, or several different ones, that expresses a specific mood/emotion–e.g., anger/rage,

melancholy/loneliness, happiness/joy, etc. Manipulate light and color to enhance the psychological atmosphere.

Also, consider the development of the environment/setting.

*Do a portrait, self-portrait, landscape, or still-life in the style of another artist in which formal aspects of design are emphasized—i.e. Monet/Impressionism, Matisse/Fauvism, Picasso/Cubism, Warhol/Pop, Dali/Surrealism,

Van Gogh/Postimpressionism, etc. You may have to do a bit of research to understand the stylistic tendencies of these artists/movements.

*Do some exploration with mixed media. Do a piece (portrait, self-portrait, landscape, or still life) in which you use at least three different media—i.e., a wet medium, a dry medium and some collage element.

*Do a portrait, self-portrait, still life, or landscape using either a complementary, analogous, or split complementary color scheme (you may use black and white as well as shades and tints of the chosen hues).

*Do a drawing/painting of an unusual interior—for instance, looking inside a closet, cabinet, refrigerator, inside your car... use your imagination!

*Do a drawing/painting of your worldly treasures as they come to life—animate them.

*Do a drawing/painting of your hands arranged in a variety of poses. You must carefully plan your composition in order for the separate units to work together visually.

*Do a color rendering of a still-life arrangement consisting of your family member’s shoes—try to convey some “sense” of each of your individual family member’s distinct personalities in your piece.

*Do a drawing/painting of a metallic object such as a motorcycle, spoons, etc. All reflections must be done.

*Remake a master’s work by: Choose 2 or more: changing colors, changing items or a person, or include something that wasn’t there before. (choose from the following artists: Edward Hopper, Mary Cassatt, Edgar

Degas, Jim Dine, Albrecht Durer, Romare Bearden, Keith Haring, Jacob Lawrence, Freida Kahlo, Kathe Kollwitz,

Claude Monet, Edouard Vuillard, Andrew Wyeth, Piet Mondrian, Faith Ringgold)

*Draw a collection of glass bottles. Create an interesting composition.

*Create a self-portrait using torn pieces of black and white newspaper. Within a newspaper, you can find any different values created by the size and spacing of the type and by photos. Use these values create the form needed for a portrait. You may also use some black and gray paper, but the finished work should have 50% newspaper.

CHALLENGE YOURSELF