Beautiful line.

Fresh work created by artist
Cathleen Rehfeld

So my question is this - are you all looking at art?  Are you using your sketchbook every day?  Every other day?  How often?  Are you passionate about what you see and how you want to express it?  I found myself painting - oddly almost every day!  I saw work by an artist who paints very small (6 x 6") very fast (one hour each) paintings and they are amazingly fresh.  I was inspired.  What inspires you?

Beautiful work by artist Benjamin Cohen

Now THIS is painting...just a thought...

And don't any of you forget it...

Amazing Wire Portraits

AP Art Deadlines for 2013

AP Studio Art deadlines are demanding and must be adhered to.  The timeline is explicit and must be followed in order to create a strong portfolio to be turned in to the CollegeBoard on May10th.  

1. Concentration 1, 2 & 3 - Summer Assignments - due 8/27 - CRITIQUE
2. Breadth 1 - due 9/5
3. Breadth 2 - due 9/14 - CRITIQUE
4. Breadth 3 - due 9/24
5. Concentration 4 - due 10/4 - CRITIQUE
6. Concentration 5 - due 10/15
7. Concentration 6 - due 10/25
8. Breadth 4 - due 11/5
9. Concentration 7 - due 11/15 - CRITIQUE
10. Concentration 8 - due 11/26
11. Concentration 9 - due 12/6
12. Breadth 5 - due 12/17 - CRITIQUE
13. Concentration 10 - due 1/8/13
14. Concentration 11 - due 1/18/13
15. Concentration 12 - due 1/28/13 - CRITIQUE
16. Breadth 6 - due 2/7/13
17. Breadth 7 - due 2/19/13
18. Breadth 8 - due 3/1/13
19. Breadth 9 - due 3/18/13 - CRITIQUE
20. Breadth 10 - due 3/28/13
21. Breadth 11 - due 4/8/13
22. Breadth 12 - due 4/19/13 - CRITIQUE

The weeks of April 22 - 26 and April 29 - May 3rd, all work is to be photographed, blogs with sketchbooks are to be finalized, written concentrations are to be finalized and submitted to me, registration for submitting portfolios is to be completed and work uploaded to your AP site.  This year there will be NO EXCEPTIONS.

May 10th - AP Portfolios are submitted.

Congratulations.  You did it.

AP Studio Summer Work

AP Studio Drawing/Painting and 2D

Summer Homework

Summer work is required.  Your “AP” status will be evaluated by having the work done by the first day of class.

1.    Make a sketchbook.  Find an interesting book you can turn into a sketchbook or make one of your own.  Not only should you be recording your ideas and sketches of your work and everyday thinking but I will be grading summer sketchbooks based on the summer assignments you have done.  Due the first day of school.

2.    Begin making a list of your concentration ideas.  This may be the most important thing you do all summer and needs to be clear, concise and thought-provoking.  If you can’t think of 15 individual artworks for the idea you have, think of another concentration to do.

3.    Go to the College Board website and see what has been done and what portfolios have received high scores.  Make a list of those ideas that intrigued you for a discussion on the first day of class.  The sites for both AP Studio Drawing and AP Studio 2D are:

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/7881.html

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/3987.html

4.    Make three works of art, complete and portfolio-ready, using the concentration idea you like the most.  We will be discussing concentration ideas at the beginning of the year.  Your work should be interesting, relate to each other, be of any materials as long as they remain 2D, and be ready to be photographed.  Photography and computer generated work is only acceptable if you plan on created a 2D portfolio.

5.    Look at art.  Look at art even more.  Now go make art.