Thursday, August 23, 2012

Suggested assignments for Breadth


1 room perspective /3d 
2 nature influence 
3 expressive hands
4 abstract/ sound/ music
5 self-portrait 
6 still life/ realistic
7 random subject generator
8 in motion/ movement
9 clutter/ corners/ closet
10 reflections/transparency
11 opposites- order/chaos heaven / hell
12 figure model

Mock Portfolio



Create a “faux”, “fake” or “mock” Portfolio of the Advanced Placement Studio Art Portfolio you intend to create.
Make 12 breadth (8 for 3D) and 12 concentration in your intended media using a variety of artists and types of works either from the internet or magazines that shows that you understand the intention of the APSA exam.
Due on Monday, August 27th at the beginning of class.

Sketchbook Q1



Choose a topic (your potential concentration idea?) and address the topic in your sketchbook pages.
Five completed spreads are due on Monday, October 8th. (10 single pages)
Develop your concept in a very personal manner and make this a statement about your ideas. The topic might be autobiographical or tackle concepts like solitude, party, love, or war. If you cannot find a topic to address, you might consider investigating lyrics of a song, since you might have feelings and ideas to convey about music and lyrics. Engage in research that provides knowledge about the topic you have chosen.
Add a page extension, include a pop-up image, alter the pages by cutting, and includes a see-through image.
You can blend the idea of journaling with visual exploration in an altered book form.
You can add pages from another book with text on them and use as is or prepared with gesso to provide a surface on which to draw.
Example journals of Dan Eldon (which are published as The Journey Is the Destination) and Everyday Matters by Danny Gregory.
Do some spreads, with are three or more two-page spreads for the book in sketches on the gessoed pages. Include text that is personal (song lyrics work well as a beginning, but students must write a response to the lyrics).
Include a restructured edge on at least two pages, page extensions, a collage, piercings, drawings, pop-ups, photographs from magazines, doors, and secret compartments.

This sketchbook is a work in progress and will be collected once each quarter and worth 100 points.  The sketchbook is also used for required research and planning for class projects. Pages can be added or prepared with gesso as needed.

Drawing breadth concepts in rubric


AP STUDIO ART
Breadth Drawing
DRAWING BREADTH
Look for engagement with a range of:  
Light and Shade                                                           Rendering of Form
Composition                                                                               Surface Manipulation
The Illusion of Depth                                                            Mark-making
Form                                                                                                   Content
Tonal Values                                                                                Line Quality
Perspective and Other Spatial Systems               Composition
Drawing Surface                                                                      Depth                                       
Means of Representation and Abstraction        Pattern                                    
Materials Techniques Styles and so on …

Concept 1 Engagement with drawing issues.
6 The work demonstrates serious, successful engagement with a broad range of drawing issues.
5 The work demonstrates engagement with a broad range of drawing issues.
4 The work demonstrates engagement with a reasonable range of drawing issues.
3 The work demonstrates engagement with a superficial range of drawing issues.
2 The work demonstrates little engagement with a range of drawing issues.
1 The range of drawing issues addressed is extremely limited.

Concept 2 Stylistic as well as technical concerns
6 The work demonstrates command of stylistic as well as technical concerns.
5 A range of stylistic as well as technical drawing concerns is evident in the work.
4 Technical skill in drawing is generally competent.
3 Technical skill in drawing is uneven and/or variable.
2 Solutions to the range of problems attempted may be simplistic.
1 Engagement with drawing issues is questionable and/or lacking.

Concept 3 Confidence and Attitude towards work
6 The work is executed with confidence.
5 The quality of the work is strong.
4 The work is generally good quality; it’s success may be somewhat variable.
3 There may be a sense of experimentation, without a completely competent resolution or exploration of what is being attempted.  
2 Technical skill in drawing is limited. Drawing tends to be awkward.
1 Technique is clumsy and/or inept.

Concept 4 Evidence of Thinking
6 The work shows flexibility of thinking, as evidenced in the variety of works presented.
5 The works shows clear decision making, there is evidence of thinking.
4 There is evidence of thinking in at least some of the works.
3 There is modest evidence of thinking/decision making in the work.
2 Evidence of thinking may be slight or present in only a few works.
1 There is little, if any, evidence of thinking/decision making.

Concept 5 Form and Content
6 Form and content are effectively synthesized to communicate visual ideas.
5 The link between form and content are strong.
4 There is some relationship between form and content.
3 The relationship between form and content is unclear.
2 There is little apparent relationship between form and content.
1 Form, material, and content are unconsidered.

Concept 6 Materials
6 A variety of materials are used effectively.
5 A range of materials is used, in most cases successfully.
4 The work may demonstrate strong-to excellent breadth of drawing issues but be of less than good quality.
3 There may be experimentation, without a completely competent resolution or exploration of what is being attempted.
2 Some works may be of moderate quality but do not address a range of drawing issues.
1 Not enough work is presented to demonstrate breadth.

Concept 7 Experimentation, Risk-Taking, Ambition.
6 Most work demonstrates experimentation, risk-taking, and/or ambition.
5 The work may include some excellent pieces but address less than a strong range of drawing issues.
4 The work may be of  strong or excellent quality, without demonstrating breadth of experience.
3 There may be a sense of experimentation, without a completely competent resolution or exploration of what is being attempted.
2 Some works may be of moderate quality but do not address a range of drawing issues. 
1 Not enough work is presented to demonstrate breadth or the images are virtually impossible to see.

Concept 8 Quality
6 Overall, the work is of excellent quality.
5 Overall, the work is of strong quality.
4 Overall, the work is of good quality.
3 Overall, the work is of moderate quality.
2 Overall, the work is of weak quality.
1 Overall, the work is of poor quality.


2D and 3D breadth concepts in rubric



AP STUDIO ART
Breadth 2D and 3D

Unity/Variety                                          Balance/Emphasis/Contrast
Rhythm                                                    Repetition
Proportion/Scale                                   Figure/Ground Relationship

Concept 1 Engagement with design problems
6 The work demonstrates serious, successful engagement with a broad range of design problems.
5 The work demonstrates engagement with a broad range of design problems.

Concept 2 Principles of design articulation
6 The work demonstrates confident articulation of the principles of design.
5 The work demonstrates successful articulation of the principles of design.

Concept 3 Use of Elements and Principles of Design
6 The work uses the elements and principles of design in inventive or evocative ways.
5 The work may demonstrate successful experimentation or risk-taking.

Concept 4 Technical Aspects
6 The work is technically accomplished.
5 The use of materials is appropriate to the problems addressed, and technique is generally strong.

Concept 5 Experimentation, risk-taking and ambition.
6 Most work demonstrates successful experimentation, risk-taking, and/or ambition.
5 The work addresses sophisticated and/or complex ideas with some success.
4 The work shows an emerging sense of ambition and/or sophistication.

Concept 6 Evidence of thinking-Ideas
6 The work addresses sophisticated/complex ideas with some confidence and verve.
5 The work shows clear decision making.
4 There is evidence of thinking in most of the works.

Concept 7 Form and Content
6 Form and content are synthesized to communicate visual ideas.
5 The link between form and content is strong.

Concept 8 Quality
6 Overall, the work is of excellent quality.
5 Overall, the quality of the work is strong.
4 Overall, the work is of good quality.
3 Overall, the work is of moderate quality.
2 Overall, the work is of weak quality.
1 Overall, the work is of poor quality.