Grade 11/12 Advanced / AP Art September 20-24

Students will prepare surfaces for their final series of four drawings inspired by the car engine. They will draw on the altered papers with a variety of mark making materials,

Every Monday a homework assignment is due. See the Home Work Assignment sheet below.
Students should bring their sketch book to every class.

AP Studio Art
Home Work
First Quarter

Production: Students are to complete 5 projects from the list of possible tasks. These tasks may be completed in any medium, on a recommended size of 11x14. Work should be no smaller than 9x12 and no larger than 18x24. These tasks scan be completed in a sketchbook. Your artwork should emphasize mark-making, line quality, direct observation and composition.

• Create a still-life containing at least 3 cleaning items (broom, vacuum, mop, etc) leaning against stool or chair – colored pencils, choose 1 color scheme in which to finish the artwork (warm, cool, secondary, etc).
• Create a self-portrait study, where you hold a flashlight under your chin to create shapes of strong lights and darks – Charcoal.
• Create a portrait, self-portrait, landscape, or still life in the style of
  another artist--for example, Monet/Impressionism, Matisse/Fauvism, Picasso/Cubism, Warhol/Pop, Dali/Surrealism, Van Gogh/Post
  Impressionism, etc. You may need to do a little research to fully understand their stylistic tendencies.
• Create a pencil drawing of a still-life arrangement that consists of
  reflective objects and/or transparent objects- think about what is behind the transparent objects or what is being reflected.
• Create a drawing of an unusual interior -- for instance, looking inside a closet, cabinet, refrigerator, inside your car.
• Create a Still-life Self-portrait by drawing your most valued treasures arranged in an interesting composition.
• Create a portrait, self-portrait, still life, or landscape using a complementary, analogous, or split-complementary color scheme (you may use black and white as well).
• Create a drawing of your hands arranged in a variety of poses. You must carefully plan your composition in order for the separate units to work together visually.
• Create a drawing of a futuristic cityscape – Tegucigalpa in the year 2050 (keep in mind the rules of one, two, and three-point perspective).
• Create a drawing of the monsters hiding under your bed, or in your closet
  
  
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