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Here are your summer assignments for AP and studio art!
Advanced Studio Art
SUMMER
ASSIGNMENTS
Hello! Welcome to the wonderful, challenging and
creative world of Studio Art and AP Studio Art.
In this course you will be pushed to take your artwork to new
heights. As a member of the Studio Art
portion of this class, you’ll be stretched by new ways of thinking and the
challenge of making creative connections.
As a member of the AP Studio Art
portion of this class, your work should
be of the highest quality and should be comparable to the work being created at
the college level. With guidance, in-
and out-of-class critiques, studies of famous artists and a highly developed
planning process to your artwork, you will get to this point. It all starts now with your Advanced Studio Art Summer Assignments.
OBJECTIVE
Over
the course of the summer you are expected to spend 2-5 hours a week working on
your summer assignments. This time will
be spent working in your sketchbook, viewing art work, and creating works of
art. The assignments are aimed to help
you better understand yourself as an artist, and if you are an AP student, the
assignments will help in meeting the AP requirements of Quality,
Concentration and Breadth.
REQUIREMENTS:
1) Buy (or get one from the Art department) a
hardcover sketchbook, at least 9x12
2) Write an artist biography
3) Visit 1 gallery and 1 museum or 2
galleries over the summer and document the experience in your sketchbook.
4) Complete at least 30 sketches (full pages) in
your sketchbook.
ASSIGNMENTS:
You have 3 sections of assignments to complete
by the end of the summer. KEEP YOURSELF ON TRACK AND DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST
WEEK OF SUMMER TO COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENTS.
A REALISTIC GOAL IS TO HAVE 15 DRAWINGS COMPLETED BY JULY 20.
Do not rush through your
work. Take your time and make conscious
thoughtful decisions in all of your sketches, note taking and art making.
1)
Write your artist biographical
statement in the first page (or two) of your sketchbook. (If you hand write it, do so VERY LEGIBLY or
type and paste it in) For instance, you
can write about the childhood experiences that helped make you an artist, how
long have you and for what reasons do you create art, where do sources for your
ideas come from, under what conditions you learn and create the most, the
abilities you are proud of, what you want to be able to do and improve
upon...etc. (Make a rough draft, edit,
and rewrite BEFORE you insert it into your sketchbook. Make it a neat, easily read presentation.)
2)
Visit 1 museum and 1 art gallery. (Or, as an alternative, two galleries.)Record
your thoughts, ideas, and sketches from your visit that can help to inform your
work throughout the semester. Take pictures and glue them into your sketchbook
and include notes, thoughts and dates.
If a work appeals to you, write about it, sketch the composition or come
up with an idea of your own that has been inspired by the artwork. If you are curious about the art making
process, describe it and research it or make careful notes. (Don’t just say, “
I like this artwork”- figure out why.) You are required to visit 1 museum and1
art gallery over the summer - but hopefully you will do more.
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a) Make sure you include the date that you visited, and artists' names and
mediums. Use a minimum of one page of notes from each visit (Including
sketches, photographs, discussions with friends or others you spoke to about
the artwork.
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b) Select ONE artwork from each location and analyze the work. Either take a digital photo of the work or
make a detailed sketch. Study the artwork, then illustrate and/or write about
the artist’s use of the most significant elements
of art: line, shape, color, value, texture, space and the most significant principles of design: unity/variety,
balance, emphasis, contrast, rhythm, repetition, proportion/scale,
figure/ground relationships. Include at least one full page for this analysis
–In addition to the one page above.
3) Sketchbook
Assignments: Minimum 30 entries (Not
including Artist Bio and museum visit entries).
Here
you are required to complete 30 sketches. Remember that these are sketches,
meaning that the purpose is for idea development and creative growth. These are
not intended to be fully developed, completed drawings ready for an art
exhibit. Work in a sketchbook should display a willingness to experiment and
explore, an awareness of good composition, and the usage of mature subject
matter, avoiding trite, overused symbols.
You
can use your sketchbook to plan your approach to the drawings listed below. You
must complete 30 sketches and spend approximately 30 minutes per idea. Choose from the list below of observational, expressive,
fantasy, and memory drawings. You might choose to alter or modify any idea
suggested below. Work hard, push
yourself, and think creatively.
pile of laundry waiting to
be washed
dark object in a dark
environment
a pile of kitchen utensils
collection of objects with
contrasting textures
stack of shoes
spools of thread
thread
collection of books
clothing hung from a hook
or from the back of a chair
three or more popcorn
kernels
piece of cake- make it
look delicious
contents of a trash can
collection of tools
reflection in a shiny surfaced object
favorite story that
grandparent or older relative has told
your greatest fear
your biggest hope for the
future
a drawing that illustrates
the phrase “there is an insufficiency of intellect”
a careful drawing that
illustrates the word “haste”
what is in your closet
a portrait lit by light
coming through mini-blinds
find a noisy place – draw
‘noise’
find a quiet place – draw
‘quiet’
draw a favorite snack food
pile of pillows
fabric with pattern
fabric with stripes
look up words you do not
know and illustrate them
insects
draw on top of an old
drawing
man vs. nature
draw on a piece of
newspaper
close up of an object
making it abstract
transformation
negative space only
only objects I found at
this location_________
non objective
contradiction
outside vs. inside
plugged in
extreme light source
extreme perspective
Chinese proverb
social statement
a tiny image repeated
several times
café
park
view from a car mirror
what was for dinner
glass bottles
shoes
create a textured (actual
or visual?) surface and draw on it
sink with dishes in it and
soapy water
yourself in 15 years
Abstract drawing of a
building
opposites
a favorite snack food
fill a plastic bag with objects and draw
metallic objects
autumn forest floor
ARTISTIC INTEGRITY
There are many means in which to make artwork. However,
when artists use published photographs or someone else’s artwork in their
creations, it is plagiarism. We will have an extensive classroom discussion and
reading that the class will participate in. Therefore, if and when a student is
considering using reference photos that anyone has taken (besides the student)
or any other artwork that they have not created, they MUST conference with the
AP art teacher. If the insertion of the work is deemed necessary, 2-D Portfolio
students need to develop the artwork so that it resonates with their voice and
moves beyond duplication. Drawing
Portfolio students are adamantly discouraged from using photographs and are
strongly encouraged to draw from observation as much as possible.
RESOURCES
New this year is blogging and more and more
use of the web. You will be required to create a blog and maintain it as an
integral part of the class.
Prescott Powers
Woodstock Academy
June , 2012
*resources for summer assignments:
M. Bryant - Ursuline High School
D. Gomez – Mt. Mansfield Union High School
York County School Division
J. Leake Woodstock Academy
G. Hanczar – Woodstock Academy
Studio Art
SUMMER
ASSIGNMENTS
Below is a list of drawing ideas. Please complete at least 7
drawings to be presented in your studio class on September 7. Each drawing
should be fully modeled (shaded) and should be fully developed (no
single objects floating in plain white space on a page!) compositions showing a
full range of value. You might use
masking tape to define margins. A minimum size is 8X10, but 11x14 may be more
workable.
Larger than these sizes is, of course, permitted. The purpose
in completing this body of work over the summer is that you will be able to use
these pieces in a portfolio for college application and that your drawing and
creative thinking skills will not suffer from neglect over the summer.
Some are observational; some are fantasy or memory drawings.
You may alter or modify any idea suggested below, but all seven of your ideas
should derive from this list. Work hard,
push yourself, and do great stuff!
Draw a pile of laundry waiting to be washed
Draw a dark object in a dark environment
Draw a pile of kitchen utensils
Draw a collection of objects with contrasting textures
Draw a stack of shoes
Draw a pile of spools of thread
Draw a collection of books (one, closed, stacked)
Draw clothing hung from a hook or from the back of a chair
Draw three or more popcorn kernels
Draw a piece of cake- make it look delicious
Draw the contents of a trash can
Draw a collection of tools used in a certain profession
Draw your reflection in a shiny
surfaced object
Illustrate a favorite story that grandparent or older
relative has told
Draw your greatest fear
Draw your biggest hope for the future
Create a drawing that illustrates the phrase “there is an
insufficiency of intellect”
Make a careful drawing that illustrates the word “haste”
Draw what is in your closet
Draw a portrait lit by light coming through mini-blinds
Find a noisy place – draw ‘noise’
Find a quiet place – draw ‘quiet’
Draw a favorite snack food
from the "Graduate Thesis Exhibition '12" set
