AP Drawing and Painting

 


Current Assignment


May 17, 2010

Passing out AP art awards from AP art show


Choosing winners for the lower division classes


Begin showing final slide shows of the year’s work


May 13, 2010

Working on Slide show of year’s work


May 11, 2010

MONDAY NEXT WEEK-SLIDE SHOW OF THE WHOLE YEAR’S WORK


Writing letters of advice to incoming AP art students


Preparing digital art files for teacher submission and for SLIDE SHOW on PowerPoint or other slide show venues


May 10, 2010

Preparing flats to return to drama


End of the year schedule


May 7 2010

Portfolio submission and due today


May 6, 2010

Seniors submitting portfolios


May 4, 2010

Removing art from the Shea

Preparing portfolios for AP submission


Matting and covering art work


Preparing questions for concentration section.

What is the main focus/idea for your concentration?


May 3, 2010

ART SHOW COMES DOWN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON DURING 4th period


AP ART STUDENTS meet IN art ROOM AT 3:15 pm THURSDAY


COMPLETED BY THURSDAY AT 3:15pm the following:


Quality pieces matted with back covered with cardboard and fitted cover sheet


All files up on site as JPEG no larger than 3 MB


Labeled with size and media


Written commentary on concentration with reference to “slides”


April 29, 2010

AP ART SHOW RECEPTION FOR THE ARTISTS  7pm


April 26, 2010

Putting together flats

Covering flats with felt

Preparing the Shea


Pass out check list and student expectation for AP art show!


Z block: Matting art work


Quality pieces for the Collegeboard can not be any larger than 18 x 24 but for art show larger pieces are fine


April 20, 2010

Finalizing T-Shirt order including sizes for AP art show


Sign up for help making “digital slides” for Ap College Board site


Sign up for Food for AP art show


Beginning Prep work for writing ARTIST STATEMENT


Artist statement rough due: Thursday


April 19, 2010

Remember to invite Friends and Family to AP art show!


Preparations for AP class

Dates for uploading images to College Board


Schedule until AP exam


Information about AP Art Show Reception


Passing out portfolios


Artist Statement




April 16, 2010

Setting up accounts for AP portfolio with the College Board


March 29, 2010

END OF 12 WEEK MARKING PERIOD


Worksheet and questionaire for 12 week marking period completed pieces in the area of concentration DUE TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY of this week


March 22, 2010

7 completed pieces for area of concentration are due  Wednesday March 31


Continue working on in class acrylic painting of a figure


March 15, 2010

Three more completed piece for area of concentration due at the end of the next 6 week marking period


Organizing the painter’s palette

Blocking out main shapes with compliments/white/black


March 10, 2010

Women’s History Month

Examples of European Women Artists


Continue preparations for painting on stretched canvas


Gesso

Warm/gray wash on surface of gesso


March 9, 2010

Gesso stretched canvas

Students should have completed 7 finished concentration pieces by this coming Friday


February 26, 2010

Stretching Canvases


February 25, 2010

AREA OF CONCENTRATION #6

should be completed by tomorrow


Constructing Frame for Figure painting


February 22, 2010

Bring in a photo of someone you wish to paint


Examples of portfolio: clothed figure drawings for AP portfolio


Examples of finished figure paintings


February 18, 2010

Celebrating African American History Month Inspiration images from African American Artists


Bring in a photo of a person that you would like to do as a clothed figure painting


February 5, 2010

Looking at Concentration pieces


February 4, 2010

Slide Show today

Figure Drawing and Design


February 2 2010

#2 Concentration due Friday February 5


#3 Concentration piece due Thursday Feburary 11


January 29 2010

Critique of first piece from area of concentration


January 28, 2010

Tomorrow Friday January 29

Bring in Concentration and one figure drawing piece


January 25, 2010

Bring in a completed Area of Concentration piece in for Friday


January 22, 2010

HOMEWORK: Area of concentration is your homework

Dates for the semester were handed in in class.


Today: Figure drawing on colored pastel paper


January 21, 2010

How will your pieces be looked at by the College Board

Discussion about the context in which your breath and 3-d work well be viewed


Discussion about field trip


Figure drawing


January 11 2010

Group figure drawing


Wednesday December 9 2009

Individual Portfolio Reviews now through the end of the semester


Monday December 7 2009

List of assignment required for individual portfolio reviews passed out today


Thursday December 4, 2009

Sign up for individual portfolio reviews


Another set of examples of area of concentration: REFERENCING master artists in your area of concentration


Monday November 23, 2009

Looking at Area of Concentration from past students


Begin considering what you will be doing for your area of concentration


Monday November 16, 2009

Friends

Sanded Pastel paper


Monday November 9,  2009

Emphasis on enlargement

Finding objects/plants etc to enlarge on pastel paper


Thursday October 28 2009

Georgia O’Keeffe video

Drawing skulls on dark pastel paper


Friday October 13 2009

We went over the poster from the collgeboard today.

Quality

Concentration

Breadth


Tuesday October 13 2009

Video watching master artists work with brush painting


Looking at artwork from Japanese internment camps


Brush painting practice

on sumi Rice paper


Friday October 9 2009

Discussion of Avedon show


Finish Pen and Ink piece at home


Tuesday October 6 2009

Richard Avedon Field trip at the MOMA


Answer questions and be prepared to talk about the show and the museum on Wednesday


Thursday

Homework Pen and iNk work in class


Monday Sept 21 2009

Field Trip Permission Form should be signed by parents for Field trip Oct 6


Due on or before Friday:

Line drawing of  shoes

Value drawing of shoes

Charcoal Master study

Charcoal student choice piece

Pen and Ink study



Tuesday Sept 15

Pen and Ink Master study


Choose one piece to Matt


Tueday Sept. 7

    CHARCOAL DRAWING         Contintued


Working on Film Noir drawings in class


Bring in a photo or image of your choice which you would like to do with Dramatic lighting


FRIDAY

CRITIQUE OF HOMEWORK DRAWING


CONTINUE IN CLASS FULL VALUE DRAWING


Tuesday

Warm up exercises for artists

Blind contour of objects and partner artists


Quick warm up drawings of single objects


examples of line drawing and value drawing


Using shammy and tortillon



Monday August 24

Line drawing in class


Homework: Line drawing of at least 3 objects from your room


Demonstrate your knowledge of foreground

middle ground

background

Artwork by Vanessa