AP Art Blog: Second Blog Post Assignment

Course Description

In the AP Art class students will study a wide range of topics that they as an individual artist will choose to explore. The AP Art class is two semesters and is designed to allow students who are wishing to major in art or receive art appreciation credit to explore their artistic abilities and create a portfolio on a concentration of their choice. In this class students investigate all three sections of the AP Portfolio which are Quality, Concentration, and Breadth. The creating of these portfolios is an ongoing process in which students are expected to use critical decision making to develop their artwork. Students are encouraged to push the media in creating dynamic compositions to advance their learning experience and submit in their portfolio. In studio classes students are encouraged to explore and develop their personal interests and ideas in order to develop an individual artistic voice. Students are allowed to explore a variety of concepts and approaches to demonstrate their abilities and versatility with their art making. For more information you can visit the AP site:

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_studioart.html

AP Art Blog Summer Assignment

Participate in blog sessions by posting artwork and help each other by commenting on artwork and suggesting ideas. Students will also post an exhibit review. You need to register on the blog site and upload your artwork on the site for a participation grade. Art work posts will be due by JUNE 24th and JULY 29th. Each time you post art you should post 1 or 2 original works for drawing and 5 for photography you completed this summer. Please add at least one comment about each person’s art work the following days JUNE 25th and JULY 30th. Exhibit reviews should be posted with links to the museum or gallery website by AUGUST 3rd.

Summer Art Review

Visit a museum or gallery this summer. It can be anywhere in the world that you may find yourself this summer. Bring back a ticket or a brochure from the exhibit and write 2 strong paragraphs about your experience at the exhibit (either good or bad). The first paragraph should be OBJECTIVE- simply describe the work (style, time period, 2-D, 3-D, etc.), without adding your opinion. The second paragraph should be SUBJECTIVE- this is where you will write how you felt about the exhibit. Did you love it? Hate it? Your opinion matters only in this 2nd paragraph. Post the website of your exhibit along with your review on the blog site. Brochures or tickets from the exhibit will be turned in first day of school for a grade.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Second Blog Post Assignment

Sorry this is a couple of days late, it slipped my mind!
My last two pieces are not yet done, i've been working on other art projects and they also slipped my mind, but no worries! They shall be done by the time we are back in your classroom, Mrs. Telleri.

Portrait:
I decided to do a self portrait, a picture of myself i snapped with my iphone that i happened to like. I will probably do some sort of color splash with it once i'm done with the pencil work. Something with the eyes.

Water:

I will be using watercolor for this picture. the sketching phase is pretty much done, just gotta paint it. Her hair is the ocean, there will be a night sky with a moon, seeing as the moon controls the tides. I will be starting a different water-themed oil painting soon hopefully, but it most likely won't be done in time for school.

1 comment:

SarahCarroll said...: Both of these drawings look really good! The self-portrait looks very realistic and I like the idea of colored eyes.Also for the water one, I love how you're going to make it surreal. It reminds me of your art piece from last year that was in the contest. That one was also very pretty and cool and nice. :); August 4, 2012 at 12:07 AM