A.P Portfolio Class Summer assignments
These assignments will enhance your portfolio and the drawings will be a part of the final. The finished work will be turned in the first day back to school and will be graded.
1. Get a new hardbound sketchbook and earmark the first 6 pages for your summer assignments. If you can’t afford a new sketchbook, use a You will be “collaging” drawings, paintings, images, writings, and other detritus from your life to tell a story about your vision(s).
--Look at https://www.tracibunkers.com/blog/videos for time lapse examples of art journaling.
The prompts…
a. First two facing pages(inside cover and facing page. These two pages will be a self portrait/thoughtful expression of who you are, where you are from, your interests, loves, life story, etc. Illustrated in pictures, drawings, writings etc.
b. The next two pages...What inspires you? Food, media, music, art, people, home etc. Create an open page spread filled with images, drawings, writings etc.
c. The big dreamer page. What would you like to do, see, accomplish in this year, life, etc? Fill pages 5-6 in the same manner as 1-2 and 3-4.
2-4. Create 3 realistic drawings from observation. These can be still life, landscape, or people, but it must be from live observation. Expect to put in at least a few hours on each drawing. You may use graphite, chalk or pastel. These works should have...
a. depth (foreground, mid-ground, and background).
b. Values that encompass the entire value scale.
c. De emphasis of line(value more important than line).
5. Create at least one expressive self portrait that is rife with doodles, sketches and likeness to you. Watercolor, pastels, pencil, etc.
Sketch/Ideabook Examples
5. Create at least one expressive self portrait that is rife with doodles, sketches and likeness to you. Watercolor, pastels, pencil, etc.
Sketch/Ideabook Examples
Examples of still lifes, landscapes.
Expressive Self portrait Examples.
