Create Four Compositions from the List of Possible Subjects (400 points total)

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1 In this course, students will learn to use 2-D design principles to organize and image on a picture plane in order to communicate content. Students will demonstrate mastery through any two-dimensional medium or process, such as graphic design, digital imaging, photography, collage, fabric design, weaving, fashion design, fashion illustration, painting and printmaking. Students will develop technical skills and familiarize themselves with the functions of visual elements as they create an individual portfolio of work for evaluation at the end of the course. The summer homework assignment has four parts; complete all parts and be prepared to submit them on the first day of class in August as well as participate in an oral critique about these experiences. Pace yourself to complete all of the work on time. Materials: sketchbook (9x12 recommended), 18x24 drawing pad, pencils, charcoal (vine, compressed), tortillion stumps, erasers, spray fixative, colored pencils, ink Research (75 points total) Complete significant research on three different well-known artists. Use your sketchbook as an investigative journal and record as much as you can about each of these artists. Describe and document the issues that are explored in the work of these artists through writing, sketching, and pasting in images. The research should fill at least 10 pages in your book. Examples: Henri Matisse, Georgia O Keefe, Pablo Picasso, Banksy, Roy Lichtenstein, Edward Degas, Andre Derrain, Francoise Nielly, Frida Kahlo, Paul Gauguin, Edward Hopper Sketchbook (50 points total) 31 days! Work in a personal sketchbook/visual journal/altered book. Draw, write, doodle, paint, collage in this book every day for 31 days in a row. Create Four Compositions from the List of Possible Subjects (400 points total) Criteria: The purpose of these works of art is to build up your compositional skills and possibly fulfill some of the portfolio requirements for Breadth or Quality. These works are expected to fully resolved works of art and will take time. Plan to complete an average of one drawing per week. Use the subject list below or come up with your own idea that demonstrates depth of skill and content equivalent to what is proposed below. Use pencil, charcoal, pastels, paint or any other media Use 18x24 drawing surface: paper, canvas, Bristol board, mat board, etc. Consider effective use of art elements and design principles

2 Idea 1: Create 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. Idea 2: Experiment 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. Idea 3: Zoom in on a section of metallic objects, such as a close-up of part of a bike or motorcycle, or spoons or an eggbeater. Make use of hard-edge metal reflections and cast shadows. Idea 4: Divide a page, canvas, board i.e. the working surface into three equal inset spaces. Do three views of one landscape. Limit yourself to a specific color scheme. Idea 5: Draw an object with interesting texture that shows repetition of shape. Idea 6: Draw at least one shoe of each family member in your household in an interesting way. Idea 7: Create an entire composition consisting of 2 shapes and variations of those shapes. Use complementary or analogous colors to create mood. Hand paint papers with unique textures to cut and paste. Idea 8: Set up a still life with a strong light source, near a window or with a flashlight. Try eggs on torn or crumpled paper, tin cans or glass jars, or fruit on drapery, or raid the vegetable bin of the refrigerator. Again, be sure to compose the entire page. Idea 9: Create a unique design using newspaper, black ink/paint, white paint, and some sort of masking tape. Idea 10: Draw a close up of a cross section of a piece of fruit. AP College Board Reflection (25 points total) AP Studio Art: 2-D Design Title a page in your sketchbook, AP College Board Reflection. Go to the College Board website listed above. Write a one page reflection on your understanding of what is required of you as an AP Studio artist and what personal goals (3-5) have you set based on looking at other high school artist s portfolios. This may be handwritten or typed and taped into your sketchbook, just be clear and thorough in your writing. Next, think about ideas that you may want to pursue as a Concentration and return with a list of 20 potential ideas to be discussed with the class during the second week of school.

3 COURSE SYLLABUS Due dates will be almost every Friday. Students must have work for critique on the due date. A zero in the grade book will result in not turning in work by the assigned due date. Any zeros will warrant a phone call home. Semester 1 Quarter 1 Week 1: 8/13-8/17 Intro to course, critique and grading of summer homework Week 2: 8/20-8/24 Breadth Piece 1 due 8/24 AP Art Summer Homework Display 8/23 Week 3: 8/27-8/31 Applying to Art Schools, Scholarships, Resumes, Portfolios Reviewing AP Portfolios from AP Art Game: Guess the Score Week 4: 9/3-9/7 Breadth Piece 2 due 9/7 Week 5: 9/10-9/14 Breadth Piece 3 due 9/14 Week 6: 9/17-9/21 Breadth Piece 4 due 9/20 Interims 9/21 (to include summer homework 1-4, breadth1-3) Week 7: 9/24-9/28 Breadth Piece 5 due 9/28 Week 8: 10/1-10/5 Breadth Piece 6 due 10/5 Week 9: 10/8-10/12 End of first 9 weeks (to include summer homework 1-4, breadth pieces 1-6) Review Photographing artwork, sizing for the digital portfolio, and other simple edits in Photoshop Concentration proposal due 10/12 Quarter 2 Week 1: 10/15-10/19 Concentration Piece 1 due 10/19 Check Google Classroom for concentration ideas from the FAEA conference

4 Week 2: 10/22-10/26 Breadth Piece 7 due 10/26 marties Awards Reception 10/24 Week 3: 10/29-11/2 Narrowing Down Concentration Concentration Piece 2 due 11/2 Week 4: 11/5-11/9 Parent/Teacher Conferences & Open Studio 11/6 AP Concentration Display 11/6 Breadth Piece 8 due 11/9 Week 5: 11/12-11/16 Breadth Piece 9 due 11/16 Week 6: 11/19-11/23 Thanksgiving Break Week 7: 11/26-11/30 Breadth Piece 10 due 11/30 Interim 11/26 (to include breadth 7, breadth 8, concentration 1, concentration 2) Week 8: 12/3-12/7 Breadth Piece 11 due 12/7 Week 9: 12/10-12/14 Breadth Piece 12 due 12/14 Week 10: 12/17-12/21 Midterm Exams Mid-Point Portfolio due (contains breadth 1-12, concentration statement, concentration 1-2) Portfolio Presentation will take place during scheduled exam time End of 2 nd 9 weeks Semester 2 Quarter 3 Week 1: 1/7-1/11 Concentration Piece 3 due 1/11 Week 2: 1/14-1/18 Concentration Piece 4 due 1/18 Week 3: 1/21-1/25 Concentration Piece 5 due 1/25

5 Week 4: 1/28-2/1 Concentration Piece 6 due 2/1 Prepare all Arts Fest Pieces Week 5: 2/11-2/8 Concentration Piece 7 due 2/8 Set up for Arts Fest 2/8 after school Week 6: 2/11-2/15 Concentration Piece 8 due 2/14 No school Friday Week 7: 2/18-2/22 Peer Review of Concentration Write Up Week 8: 2/25-3/1 Concentration Piece 9 due 3/8 End of 3 rd nine weeks Week 9: 3/4-3/8 Peer Review of Concentration Write Up End of 3 rd 9 weeks (to include concentration 1-9) Quarter 4 Week 1: 3/18-3/22 Juried Art Pieces for framing due 3/18 Concentration Piece 10 due 3/22 Week 2: 3/25-3/29 Concentration Piece 11 due 4/2 Week 3: 4/1-4/5 Selection of Quality and Review of Key Scoring Descriptors Parent/Teacher Conferences & Open Studio 4/2 Week 4: 4/8-4/12 Concentration Piece 12 due 4/12 Week 5: 4/15-4/19 Uploading to the Digital Portfolio Matting and Mounting Quality Pieces Week 6: 4/22-4/26 Interims 4/22 (to include Concentration 1-12) Matting and Mounting Quality Pieces

6 Week 7: 4/29-5/3 ALL AP PORTFOLIOS MUST BE FORWARDED TO THE TEACHER BY FRIDAY MAY3, Week 8: 5/6-5/10 Assembly of Physical Portfolios will most likely be 5/8, but may be sooner Week 9: 5/13-5/17 Final AP Art Activity- Reflection Portfolio with 12 breadth, concentration statement, 12 concentration, 5 quality, and prediction of score with justification Week 10: 5/20-5/24 Review and Share Final Portfolios Week 11: 5/27-5/31 MCHS Graduation 5/30 No School Friday *Assignments, Critiques, and other events are subject to change in order to best align with the school calendar and general AP calendar.

7 AP Studio Art Parent/Student Contract Please sign the form below and return to the AP Art Teacher prior to the end of the school year. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Amanda Jones via at or by phone- (772) x837. I,, have read the summer homework and fully (Print student name) understand the expectations as outlined in the homework assignment. I am aware that AP Studio Art is a college level course, rigorous in nature. By signing this, I making a commitment to do the work that is required and adhere to the due dates. Student Signature I,, have read the summer homework and fully (Print Parent name) understand what is expected of my child over the summer. By signing this, I am acknowledging there has been a conversation with my child about the rigor and high expectations in any Advanced Placement course. Parent Signature