AP Studio Summer Assignment

The AP Studio Art course is designed to provide students with an experience as enriching as a college level studio course. While it has a rigorous schedule and makes high demands on art students, it also provides the rich reward of artistic discovery and learning as evidenced in a final portfolio of 24 superior artworks.
I have placed a link, located on the left to the College Board's description and scoring guidelines for the AP Studio Art course. You should take some time this summer to familiarize yourself with the requirements and scoring guidleines found at the link in order to be fully prepared when the school year begins. Our first critique, which will begin with a review of your summer work will use the Quality criteria for its rubric. I have also included a number of web sites, both museum and artist websites featuring sketchbooks for you to review and be familiar with.

Also, over the summer, each student enrolled in the AP Studio Art course must complete the following 2 assignments:

1. Sketchbook Guidelines
Begin a sketchbook, or continue with one in progress, and record a minimum of 10 observations throughout the summer. The sketchbook is a critical tool in advancing your skills, both drawing and design, and its importance cannot be overstated at this point. The sketches should be visual notetaking, but may also combine words, collage and various media. They ARE NOT required to be finished drawings, but should record ideas that you may work with as your concentration develops.
Sketchbooks are like visual diaries for artists.
Your sketchbbook should be a comprehensive document that illustrates your artistic development and research. The purpose of your sketchbook is to encourage and record personally driven research and discovery that function interactively with independent and assigned artwork. you should also include a combination of writing, drawing, clippings, and collage.
Your sketchbook should include:

 Drawings from observation analytical research
 Thumbnail sketches for future projects
 Drawings of artwork or sculpture from a museum
 Studio idea development for major projects
 Written critiques of your work and art historical work
 Documentation of discoveries, media experiments
 Personal reflections, musings, future directions

Museums and Galleries
http://www.gis.net/~scatt/sketchbook/links.html
http://www.gis.net/~scatt/sketchbook/links.html
http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/sketchbooks/
http://www.aaa.si.edu/guides/site-visual/index.cfm

Individual Artists
http://www.waynejiang.com/sketchbooks/
http://www.jamesjean.com/travelbookmenu.html
http://www.tomwood-painter.com/Sketchbooks/sketchbooks.html
http://www.eyecandy.co.uk/Rebecca%20Bradley/index.htm
http://www.johncopeland.com/index.html
http://www.sabrinawardharrison.com/
http://www.sketchbooks.org/mikelkrumins/
http://www.jennifernew.com/ http://www.johnclapp.com/artw_pages/sketch_pages/sketch_main.html
http://www.andersonkenny.com/
http://www.daneldon.org/
http://www.dannygregory.com/


2. Still Life Drawing
One finished still-life drawing of any collection of objects you choose. The drawing must be a minimum of 14" x 17" in size and 18" x 24" maximum. This drawing will be used in our first week critique and will be graded using the scoring guidelines located at the College Board link.

College Board Scoring Guidelines

There are several factors you should keep in mind when starting this drawing:

a. Choose an interesting point-of-view.
b. Pay special attention to the use of perspective.
c. Think carefully about what objects you choose to include in the composition. Think about unusual objects that reflect some aspect of you as an artist.
d. Be prepared to discuss the elements in the drawing including value, texture, and form.

In addition, students should begin to formulate ideas for their Concentration series. The College Board site has links to Concentration examples from past years for you to review, and you may find these helpful in developing your own theme. While we will be working on developing our Breadth portfolios as the new school year begins, the sooner you can begin work on your Concentration series, the better.

Have a great summer!!