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Familiarize yourself with the requirements of the AP Art and Design Portfolio. Spend some time exploring the AP website. Early on in the school year, you will identify a beginning inquiry and decide what type of Portfolio you are interested in completing. Each portfolio focuses on different realms of art making, but all 3 portfolios will focus on work that demonstrates synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas, as well as documentation of practice, experimentation, and revision.

The AP Art and Design program includes three different courses and portfolio exams: AP 2-D Art and Design, AP 3-D Art and Design, and AP Drawing. Your goal is to create a portfolio of college-level work and submit it for evaluation. All three AP Art and Design Portfolio Exams contain two sections. The Sustained Investigation section (15 works) requires you to conduct an inquiry-guided investigation through practice, experimentation, and revision. For the Selected Works section (5 works) you are expected to demonstrate skillful synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas. For both sections of the portfolio, you will share information in writing about your work.

All AP work must be original including Reference Images.

College Board has strict policies regarding plagiarism and use of AI technology. Currently, the use of artificial intelligence tools by AP Art and Design students is categorically prohibited at any stage of the creative process.  Review AP Policies regarding artistic Integrity.

The Drawing Portfolio

This portfolio is designated for work that focuses on the use of drawing skills, including mark-making, line, surface, space, light and shade, and composition.

The 2D Portfolio

This portfolio is designated for work that focuses on the use of 2-D elements and principles of art and design, 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/group relationship, connection, juxtaposition, and hierarchy

The 3D Portfolio

This portfolio is designated for work that focuses on the use of 3-D elements and principles of art and design, including point, line, shape, plane, layer, form, volume, mass, occupied/unoccupied space, texture, color, value, opacity, transparency, time, unity, variety, rhythm, movement, proportion, scale, balance, emphasis, contrast, repetition, connection, juxtaposition, and hierarchy.