AP+Studio+Art


 * AP Studio Art **

AP Studio Art is an advanced class for **serious** art students who are considering a career in the field of art or design. It is extremely challenging, fast paced, and work intensive. Students must be able to work independently, and meet deadlines. Becasue AP students are placed in a regular class, they need to be able to focus and work on task, on their own work, while class instruction is taking place. **AP Students should plan to complete 2 hours of homework per week, and will need to complete about 1 finished work of art per week.**

In order to earn AP Credit, student must successfully sumbit an art portfolio to the AP College Board. Serious art students who choose not to submit a portfolio are welcome, but will not earn AP credit. This class will appear as "Advanced Art" on the high school transcript, and they will not earn college credit for the course. //**This is the only difference, and AP Art and Advanced Art are the same course.**//

**The AP Portfolio consists of three sections: Quality, Breadth, and Concentration.**
*You must mail the actual artworks to the AP Board, and no work can exceed 18x24 inches. Quality pieces can be included in either the Breadth OR Concentration sections as well, but there can be NO OVERLAP between Concentration and Breadth || You should demonstrate mastery of technique, concept, composition, and execution. || click for examples: || *The images of this work will be submitted digitally || You should show a high level of skill with different techniques, media, subjects, and concepts. ||  || *The images of this work will be submitted digitally || All work should be connected in style and theme, and demonstrate an extremely high level of skill. ||  || For more details on the AP Studio Art Scoring Guidelines, click here
 * **Quality ** ||  ||   ||
 * 5 works, demonstrating the highest level of skill.
 * **Breadth ** ||  || click for examples: ||
 * A selection of 12 artworks that show your range of skill, and demonstrate a variety of approaches and concepts.
 * A selection of 12 artworks that show your range of skill, and demonstrate a variety of approaches and concepts.
 * **Concentration ** ||  || click for examples: ||
 * A body of work that explores a spefic theme, idea, etc. (ex: 12 ink portraits expressing different emotions and focusing on texture)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">A body of work that explores a spefic theme, idea, etc. (ex: 12 ink portraits expressing different emotions and focusing on texture)

Check out Advanced and AP work from YSHS Students @here !

The following are art examples from some of the highest scoring portfolio submissions in 2-D Design and Drawing, nationwide. These images are from the AP College Board website. If you click on the image, it will take you the the AP website with a larger image and details... and more here
 * [[image:pex1.jpg width="150" height="147" link="@http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/moore.jpg"]] || [[image:pex6.jpg width="167" height="249" link="@http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/grannito.jpg"]] || [[image:pex3.jpg width="171" height="147" link="@http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/rosas.jpg"]] ||
 * [[image:pex2.jpg width="149" height="272" link="@http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/jackson.jpg"]] || [[image:pex4.jpg width="171" height="260" link="@http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/nguyen.jpg"]] || [[image:pex5.jpg width="184" height="256" link="@http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/tagore-erwin.jpg"]] ||

If you want to view an entire portfolio, here are a few videos and slideshows of completed examples from other schools: and Concentration || Breadth, ||
 * Drawing Example 1, score of 5 || Drawing Example 2, score of 3 || Example 3, Breadth
 * 2-D Design, score of 4 ||  || Drawing, Score of 4

As you can see, you need at least 24 pieces of artwork just to submit a portfolio. Our goal is to create at least 27 works of art, so that you are not forced to submit every single piece, and can eliminate any weaker pieces. For a sucessful year, you should:
 * // Whoa, thats a lot of work..... //**
 * plan to be working on projects at home and at the same time working on assignments in class
 * take your sketchbook with you EVERYWHERE, and draw as often as possible
 * read about artists, look at the work of other artists, and get inspiration everywhere you can

Your sketchbook is your visual journal. It should be an extension for your artistic self, not just a place where you keep sketches. You will use it for: You will have 1-2 weekly sketchbook assignments. Sometimes they will be very specific, and sometimes you will use your sketchbook to work on skills and projects of your choice, according to your needs. In ALL sketchbook assignments, you want to demonstrate skill and thought. //**Do not just draw an object in order to earn your weekly points- this will not help you to grow as an artist or plan real projects, and you WILL get behind.**//
 * Sketchbook: **
 * practicing skills and techniques
 * experimenting with different media
 * developing ideas for projects, and doing preliminary drawings for major projects
 * taking notes and writing down ideas

Projects: **

Students will choose a concentration midway through the first quarter, and will independently develop projects based on their concentration goals. We will also have assigned projects that will develop skill and produce work suitable for the Breadth portion of the portfolio. Below, you can see examples of each (under construction, visit again soon!)

Concentration Exploration Activity

//For a complete Course of Study, click here: //