Week 2 - March 23-27
AP Portfolio /
Independent Study
2019-20
Essential Questions: What is art? What makes a good art good? How can I create high quality artwork?
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AP Course and Portfolio examples
Student Art Guide - sketchbook link
Portfolio Development
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in portfolio artwork
Activity:
- wrapping your head around what an AP portfolio is
Assessment:
What is your portfolio concentration? What defines you as an artist?
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- wrapping up the Pop Art Project
Assessment:
Create three new sketches based on your current portfolio piece.
What is
Section I | Selected Works (Quality) — 5 actual works | 33.3% of portfolio score
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What is
Section II | Sustained Investigation (Concentration) — 10 digital images | 33.3% of portfolio score
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Example of portfolio CONCENTRATION
Section III | Range of Approaches (Breadth) — 10 digital images | 33.3% of portfolio score
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SCHOLAR START
Consider the purpose of your art portfolio.
Begin a series of thumbnail sketches of things you would like to add.
Write a short paragraph about how you want to grow this year.
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of�the purpose of the Elements of Art and
of Line
Activity:
- think pair�share
- notes�- sketches
Assessment:
- sketches
AP -
Metamorphosis for Concentration
Mixed Media for Concentration
Portfolio Development
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in portfolio artwork
Activity:
- wrapping your head around what an AP portfolio is
Assessment:
What is your portfolio concentration? What defines you as an artist?
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- wrapping up the Pop Art Project
Assessment:
Create three new sketches based on your current portfolio piece.
What is
Section I | Selected Works (Quality) — 5 actual works | 33.3% of portfolio score
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What is
Section II | Sustained Investigation (Concentration) — 10 digital images | 33.3% of portfolio score
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Example of portfolio CONCENTRATION
Section III | Range of Approaches (Breadth) — 10 digital images | 33.3% of portfolio score
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Shared
Starry Night / Cypresses
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Create a list of 10 potential subjects for a one-class period drawing.
Welcome to Boot Camp!
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in grid portraits
Activity:
- value scale
�- continue drawings
Assessment:
- grid portrait
Create three thumbnails of potential “final” projects showcasing your skills. These must be original, from life or from a photo you have taken.
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in grid portraits
Activity:
- begin brainstorming final�- continue portrait drawings
Assessment:
- grid portrait
Personal Still-life
Find a random object in or on your backpack and draw a thumbnail of it close up.
Focus on creating a dynamic composition.
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- sketching for dynamic still life views
Assessment:
- still-life
Dreamscape / Figure
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- sketching for dynamic still life views
Assessment:
Spend 10 minutes illustrating a dream.
This can be from the outside looking in, living in the dream.
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- sketching for dreamlike portraits
Assessment:
Create three sketches combining partial portraits and partial dreamscapes.
What is dreamlike versus an illustration of a dream?
What dreams are made of...
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- sketching for dreamlike portraits
Assessment:
Continue to develop new dreamlike figure sketches.
5 min.
Mixed Media
Still Life
Sketch your own version of one of these two compositions.
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- sketching for dynamic still life views
Assessment:
- still-life
Again consider mixed media.
What materials might you combine to make a more interesting piece?
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- sketching for dynamic still life views
Assessment:
- still-life
Again consider mixed media.
Sketch this composition of pears and brainstorm three solutions for ground?
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- sketching for dynamic still life views
Assessment:
- still-life
Consider you composition. What are other things that you could use to create an interesting still life?
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- sketching for dynamic still life views
Assessment:
- still-life
Go to Studio - Critique in 4 DAYS!
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- sketching for dynamic still life views
Assessment:
- still-life
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- sketching for dynamic still life views
Assessment:
- still-life
Place your pieces on the front boards. Grab a Written Reflection sheet from the counter. Spend the first 15 minutes writing about YOUR pieces and YOUR process. Follow the prompt.
Positive / Negative Space Figure
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- sketching for dynamic still life views
Assessment:
- still-life
What is the positive space in these pieces? What is the negative space? How can you tell?
Positive/Negative Space Figure Drawing
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- sketching for dynamic figure drawings
Assessment:
- positive/negative space figure drawing
Create a gesture drawing of this pose. Get yourself ready for a series of one minute poses.
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- sketching for dynamic figure drawings
Assessment:
- positive/negative space figure drawing
Recreate one of these figures using a combination of positive and negative space.
Follow link to see more of Cristina Troufa.
More positive/negative space figures -
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- sketching for dynamic figure drawings
Assessment:
- positive/negative space figure drawing
Recreate this figure using only positive and negative space. Focus on the shapes - not lines.
How are you using positive and negative space in your piece?
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- sketching for dynamic figure drawings
Assessment:
- positive/negative space figure drawing
Recreate this gestural figure.
How place even more emphasis on the positive and negative space in your piece?
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- sketching for dynamic figure drawings
Assessment:
- positive/negative space figure drawing
Recreate this edited photo of a frontal portrait turned into a profile figure.
How is this a play on positive and negative space?
SCHOLAR START
Generals CAN:
�- show their understanding of the Element Value and how to apply the Principles of Designs in realistic and abstract artwork
Activity:
- sketching for dynamic still life views
Assessment:
- still-life
Place your pieces on the front boards. Grab an E-card. Share some love on this Valentine’s Day. Tell a classmate what you like about their artwork.
SCHOLAR START
Figure Drawing- Foreshortening
Distorted Portraits
Playing with SCALE