Showing posts with label advanced ap. Show all posts
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Advanced Art / AP Art 11/12 August 23 2010

Studio Exercise

Monday through Thursday August 23 - 26 Students will be developing gestural drawing skills through a series of timed drawings. Friday August 27 we will critique the body of work for the week and introduce the art history reading for the week.

Homework:

Art History reading - The "isms".

Students will continue to work on the quarter drawing assignments (see posting) at their own pace. These drawings are due October 4.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Advanced Art/AP Art 11/12 Homework First Quarter

Advanced Art/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 –


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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Aug. 2010