SUMMER 2018 ASSIGNMENTS
whssummerapartassignments.docx | |
File Size: | 29 kb |
File Type: | docx |
ONE: GET ONLINE
- Explore our AP Art Website
- Join the WHS AP Studio Art group on Facebook. (First create a FB account and then send Mrs. Crouch a friend request)
This group will allow you to easily communicate with me and with other incoming students in AP, as well as all those who came before you. Their advice will be invaluable to you. Trust them, they know what they’re talking about! You can share photos of your summer assignments and get valuable feedback before you turn it in for a grade in August.
- Join our REMIND group so I can send you reminder text messages. Text @crouchap1 to 81010 to join.
- Explore the College Board AP Art Website
During the Summer, I will tag you in a post in our Facebook group and have you link to one of these portfolios that you find inspiring or interesting. You’ll have to explain why you liked it. If you don’t join the Facebook group, you’ll have to present it in front of the class at the beginning of school.
TWO: BRAINSTORM/ SKETCHBOOK
Sketchbook/Journal Pages
Requirements:
• 10 or more pages FILLED
• Fill up and develop each page in any manner you would like
• Cut, tear, paste, write, draw, paint, weave, collage, use multiple media, record, anything to create interesting ideas on each page
Click on the SKETCHBOOK tab at the top of our class AP Website to find inspiration. Also Google Cal Arts Sketchbooks for some amazing HIGH SCHOOL examples of great sketchbooks.
DUE IN AUGUST
THREE: GO, LOOK, SEE ART
On our Facebook AP group, you will be tagged in a post during the Summer. In this post, you will write a short Gallery or Art Exhibition Review. To complete this you must:
Explore one or more art galleries/exhibitions/museums and share your thoughts. You may go to any show that has professional level artwork. You are welcome to do this while traveling. Cincinnati, Columbus, and Pittsburgh have very nice art museums. Locally, the Huntington Museum of Art is my favorite (free admission on Tuesdays!). The 3rd floor of the Clay Center in Charleston usually has art on display. Charleston regularly holds events called Art Walk. If I hear about any other local events, I will post them in the Facebook group.
I am planning to do a group trip to the Huntington Museum of Art on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, but this date may change. Tuesdays are free admission. I plan to invite past AP students as well. Additional details will be given on the AP Facebook page.
In your Review you will address these areas:
Name, title, location, general information and possibly the title of the show.
Describe, react & share your overall experience.
Discuss 3 or more specific pieces that affected you both positively or negatively (share photos please if you were allowed to photograph them!)
FOUR: MAKE ART
Complete 3 Developed Drawings. Select THREE from the following list of drawing/painting ideas:
1. Moody Self-Portrait: Create a self-portrait that expresses a specific mood. (sad, happy, goofy, playful, melancholy, peaceful, grumpy, angry, etc.) Choose your mood before you begin and be deliberate about trying to express it. Research (Google) the psychology behind color and how color affects our mood. Think about lines and how they can express feelings. Do some research online and view other artists’ self-portraits. Note the styles and techniques they used. Think about the background behind you and/or the negative space around you.
2. Shiny Objects: Create a Still Life arrangement of 3 or more reflective (shiny) objects and draw or paint it. Your goal is to convey a realistic representation. You will see colors from the room you are in reflected onto the object. Think about the composition of objects on your page. (Remember the Rule of Thirds and make objects go off at least 2 of the edges) Dead center = Dead boring.
3. UNUSUAL interior. Don’t draw a boring room. Think about more interesting subjects, such as the inside of a closet, cabinet, drawer, refrigerator, inside of a car, under the car’s hood, etc. Remember to think about composition. Feel free to zoom in and make objects go off the page. Look for interesting LIGHT and SHADOW.
4. Shoe Still Life: Create a Still Life arrangement of your shoes, or other family members’ shoes. Look for different types of shoes with interesting shapes, textures, and colors. Draw or paint it and remember to think about your composition on the page. Make at least some objects go off the page. Try adding interesting lighting and making shadows part of the drawing.
5. BICYCLE DRAWING: Create a drawing or painting of a bicycle or tricycle. Draw or paint it from an UNUSUAL angle. (Do not draw it straight across the page or from the side) Try including some interesting shadows that the bike makes in your composition. Make parts of the bike go off the page. Note: Some art schools (RISD)actually require a drawing of a bike for admission.
6. Expressive landscape: Use expressive color (not realistic color) to create a landscape that expresses a mood or feeling. Drawing on location is preferred, but you may work from a photograph that YOU HAVE TAKEN. Think about color psychology and how they affect our emotions. The color choices will affect the mood. The mood can be sad, happy, etc.
7. Reflective self-portrait: Draw yourself by looking in an unusual reflective surface (NOT a normal mirror). This could be a metal appliance, (toaster?) a computer monitor, a broken, tiled, or warped mirror, chrome motorcycle parts, a shiny sphere, etc.
8. Café/Coffee Shop drawing: Find a local place where you can sit inside and draw for a long period of time (Mall, museum, food court, local restaurant {tip your server!}, coffee shop, bookstore, museum, gallery etc) Try to capture the essence of the location. In other words, if it is a relaxed location, how should your drawing feel? Draw the people and/or things you see. Don’t feel like you have to draw the whole room. Before you go: look at Vincent Van Gogh’s Café Terrace at Night and Night Café with Pool Table. How might your artwork appear different at night versus during the day?
Each artwork needs to show a at least of 8-10 hours of work to receive a passing grade. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE.
FIVE: GET FEEDBACK
By August 1st, share your work on our Facebook group. I will probably tag you in a post to remind you. If you do not join our Facebook group, you will have to post your work in front of the class to critique in August. By August 1, I don’t require that the pieces are finished, but rather in progress and AT LEAST 50% complete. The best time to ask for help, is before it’s finished. Feel free to post images and ask for Feedback prior to August 1.
SIX: BECOME A PHOTO HOARDER
Take photos often. Always approach photos by thinking creatively. How can you show what you want to show in a way that is DIFFERENT than the usual? See a cool shadow? PHOTO IT. See a cool reflection, PHOTO IT. See a cool lighting effect, PHOTO IT. Always take MORE THAN ONE photo. Look at things from different points of view. Try getting down low and snapping photos from a worm’s eye view. Try getting up high and taking photos from a bird’s eye view. Make your friends, family and pets look like giants by photographing them looking up from their ankles. Try making interesting shadows and photographing them. The more high-quality photos you have for references in Fall, the better and faster you can make your art!
If you don't have enough space on your phone, try downloading the Google Photo App. It will backup your photos to your Google Drive. There are other similar apps, too.