Discovery School Advanced Art / AP Studio Art Syllabus: Drawing Portfolio
Course Description
Through studio practice, application of design concepts, and informed decision
making, students will assemble a body of artwork that demonstrates a high level of
quality and growth over time of content, technique, and process. Students will
develop mastery in concept, composition, and execution. Students will address
three components in their portfolios: Quality, Concentration, and Breadth.
Students will submit this body of work to the College Board for grading and
possible college credit.
Artistic Integrity
Originality and creativity are important components of this course. Students are expected to use artistic integrity throughout the course. It is preferred that students work from “life”. To facilitate their work, students may work from personal photographs that they themselves have taken. Other artist’s work may be used as a reference for personal artwork.
Plagiarism
Students will not make direct use of another artist’s work and call it their own; this violates copyright laws and is plagiarism, and will result in an automatic failure for the project, and possibly the class. Copying and/or duplication of another artist’s work and calling it your own is cheating and fraudulent, and is not permissible in this course.
Drawing Portfolio
Students will expand their drawing and two-dimensional design skills and
advance their visual communication skills by exploring a variety of drawing processes
and techniques, and compositional and aesthetic concepts.
Expectations
The process of developing a portfolio requires a great deal of time and effort and
the five 50- to 55-minute class sessions per week are markedly inadequate to create
the amount of work necessary for the portfolio.
Open Studio
The open studio is designed to provide concentrated work time in the studio with a teacher present as a resource. Open studio is not required but is recommended for success. An open studio schedule will be posted in the art room. Students should sign up if they plan to attend.
Homework
Students may receive specific assignments or just be asked to spend
time working on a particular in-class assignment at home. They should be
prepared to spend four to eight hours a week outside of class on their work.
Sketchbook
Students will use a sketchbook as a visual journal to work through ideas, to practice
drawing and design skills, and to record their journey through this year. It is expected that students will use their sketchbooks as tools for developing and recording their ideas.
Critiques
The majority of class time is spent making artwork, though students
are expected to participate in group and individual critiques throughout the
semester. Furthermore, individual instructional conversations with the teacher
will assist each student in assessing strengths and weaknesses in their own images
and provide feedback on ways to further develop their individual and unique
drawings and compositions. In turn, these conversations will help the student
discover ongoing ways to improve their art making.
Drawing Portfolio
Students will produce a minimum of 24 works that satisfy the requirements of
the Quality, Concentration, and Breadth sections of the AP Studio Art Drawing
Portfolio.
Student Objectives:
Maintain a strong work ethic
• Work through and solve visual problems effectively.
• Refine the ability to draw/render what you see.
• Understand how art elements and design principles communicate content.
• Increase awareness of the creative process.
• Increase knowledge of art tools and materials.
• Pursue the art making process with a passion—be fearless.
Supplies
Many supplies and basic equipment will be provided by the school, but some
supplies will need to be purchased by each student.
Parents wishing to give a gift to their artist, or students wishing to acquire some personal materials might consider the following (materials in bold are required):
Sketchbook workbook journal (minimum 9x12 maximum 11x14)
An art bin to organize supplies (like a fishing tackle box)
A set of Prismacolor colored pencils, the 12, 24, 36 or 60 color set
Pencils #2
Ebony pencil
Charcoal pencils of varying hardness
Vine and compressed charcoal
Erasers – kneaded, Pink Pearl
Paint brushes – acrylic or oil brushes
Oil Pastels
Pencil sharpener
Pastel pencils
Assessment and Evaluation
Most grading of work is accompanied by a written rubric and comments. Drawing assessment is an ongoing part of the class and takes place individually, in small groups and through self-evaluation.
Portfolio Development
Based on finished work as per term quota
Graded using the evaluation rubrics as established by the College Board
Both volume and quality will be taken into consideration for final grades
Participation
Regular attendance is mandatory.
Use of in-class time.
Attention to lectures, directions and demonstrations.
Participation in critical discussion.
Proper safe use of materials and equipment.
Cleanup responsibilities and storage of work.
Course Outline
Students will primarily be preparing work for the Breadth section of the portfolio
during the first semester. A variety of concepts and approaches will be used
to demonstrate abilities and versatility with techniques, problem solving, and
ideation.
Students will transition into more open-ended and exploratory work
for the Concentration section of the portfolio during the second semester. Each
student will develop a cohesive body of work for the Concentration section, which
is a planned, sustained investigation of a visual idea in drawing.
Each student will present, to the class and teacher, an action plan for the development and completion of their investigation. Dates for critique will be set and provided students along with each assignment. Students will be expected to have projects “critique ready” at the beginning of class on each assigned critique day. Individual critiques with the teacher and group critiques with peers and the teacher are mandatory.
Course Overview
Projects maybe expanded or revised to meet the interests and needs of individual students.
First Quarter
Aug 11
Still life
Form and value
Transparency
Reflected light/form and value
>Getting a Handle on your Portfolio.
>Contract and Permissions
Aug 16
Still life
Form and value
Transparency
Reflected light/form and value
>
>Contract and Permissions
Aug 23
Gesture Drawing – capturing reality and movement with relative speed and accuracy
Art History – the “isms”
Aug 30
Gesture Drawing – capturing reality and movement with relative speed and accuracy continued
Sept 6
Sept 9
Mid term
Subtractive drawing techniques
Sept 16
Cross-Contour Drawing—experiment with cross contour
drawing using a variety of subjects including
still-life objects as well as the human form.
The Modern Movement
Sept 20
Fruit/Vegetable Drawing Series—create a series
of drawings using colored pencils that capture
the fruit or vegetable as it is in varying stages of
ripeness to rottenness (or begin with the whole
fruit and draw various stages of it being eaten).
Sept 27
Perspective Drawing
Oct 4
Figure Drawing Unit—
Oct 12
End of first quarter Oct 15
Figure drawing continue
Second Quarter
Oct 18
Chiaroscuro
The Rs – Renaissance, Rocco, Realism
Oct 26
Batik on paper
Nov 1
Still life on patched paper
Nov 8
Mono prints
Nov 15
Mid Term
Report
Trilogy
In the beginning…Art and Community/Society
Nov 22
Trilogy continued
Nov 29
Drawing with a brush
Dec 6
Drawing with a brush
Dec 13
End of quarter Dec 16
Color Study
Third Quarter
Jan 5
Drawing Portfolio Concentration Section—begin or continue work
on the concentration
Post Modern and Beyond the 20th Century
Jan 10
Drawing Portfolio Concentration
Jan 18
Drawing Portfolio Conc. and Critique
Jan 24
Drawing Portfolio Concentration
Jan 31
Drawing Portfolio Conc. and Critique
Feb 7
Midterm
Feb 9
Drawing Portfolio Concentration
Feb 14
Drawing Portfolio Conc. and Critique
Feb 22
Drawing Portfolio Concentration
Feb 28
Drawing Portfolio Conc. and Critique
March 7
Drawing Portfolio Concentration
March 14
End of quarter March 17
Drawing Portfolio Conc. and Critique
Fourth Quarter
March 28
Drawing Portfolio Concentration
April 4
Drawing Portfolio Conc. and Critique
April 11
Drawing Portfolio Concentration
April 27
Conc. and Critique - Drawing Portfolio Selecting quality work, preparing slides, matting/mounting quality work, finalizing concentration
statement…
May 3
Mid term May 4
Drawing Portfolio Concentration
Install show hold opening reception – May 5
May 9
Conc. and Critique
May 16
Concentration -Selecting quality work, preparing slides, matting/mounting quality work, finalizing concentration
statement…
May 23
Selecting quality work, preparing slides, matting/
mounting quality work, finalizing concentration
statement…
May 31
Work and Slides Due—Portfolio review,
slide show, and celebration of the year’s work.
June 6
End of fourth quarter June 8
Return all work – clean studio
ec 08/2010
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