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AP Course Skills & Big Ideas

Investigate materials, processes and ideas.

Make art and design: Making Through Practice, Experimentation and Revision.

Present Art and Design: Communicate ideas about art and design.

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AP Course Skill 1 (Assessed in class, not on the exam)

1A. Generate Possibilities for investigation. This will happen through mind-mapping and visual brainstorming

1B. Describe how inquiry guides your investigation through art and design.We’ll look at this back in the classroom and discuss as a group

1C. Describe how materials, processes and ideas in art and design relate to context. Another topic for class discussion

1D. Interpret works of art and design based on materials, processes and ideas used. This will happen through looking at art and thinking about what you see this summer

1E. Investigate materials, processes, and ideas. This will happen through your journaling this summer

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AP Summer Assignment Basics:

Use your kit to make an idea journal of at least 14 pages. See my YouTube Playlist for tips on gluing together your pages.

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Brainstorm

Brainstorm / Mindmap / make lists on at least three pages throughout the book, choosing as a center bubble one of the following or your own topic of choice for each page. You should fill your page as best as you can. (see HERE for mind mapping examples):

Things that interest me
Things that I like/make me happy
Issues that I find compelling/interesting/frustrating
Places that I’ve been/have heard about/want to visit

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Analyze / Review a Body of Art

Include at least one art analysis/review somewhere in your book:

In person or virtually, visit a museum, gallery, or venue where an artist is showing work. There must be at least 5 images by the artist in the “show”. Please try to visit the work of an artist you do not know well already.
Print out or copy as best you can, one+ image that is “typical” of the body of work
Glue the image into your book. Take notes on the image:

Describe the image in as much detail as you can (subject, composition, colors, textures, media, etc)
Interpret the image based on the image and how the artist created it.
Answer this: Why/how are you coming to your conclusions?

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Design Your Pages

Fill the rest of your pages with choices from the choice board (slide 10).

You may substitute your own ideas, as long as each page is cohesive
You may repeat any choice up to four times
You may collage, paint, draw, or use any method you wish to fill your pages
You may include parts of your book or cover pages entirely
AP: Fill at least 10 additional pages. Ideally, you’d finish your book by the time we meet again.
Altering the cover of your book is optional (collage, paint, etc).

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Remember to save 3 pages for mind mapping ideas and 1+ page for your art review. (This will give you 14+ completed pages)

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Page Choice Topics

Texture	shoes	maps	leaves	architecture
Lines	hair	sky	flowers	doors
color	eyes	clouds	trees	windows
black/white/grey	skin	water	wind	paths
pattern	food	birds	vessels	dreams
shapes	hands	mountains	travel	fields
interesting	laughing	floating	rivers	unusual

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