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Next artist lecture is on Tuesday, Oct. 7th held from 2:20-2:50 pm in the presentations room! Brian Kershisnik will be the guest artist for this presentation.

ap course description

Advanced Placement Studio Art class is an advanced course that will require your maturity, responsibility, and self-motivation. In this course you will be involved in art making, study of art issues and understanding our unfolding contemporary culture. Art making is not for the fate of heart. It requires uncanny self perception, cultural awareness and just plain hard work.
This course requires your commitment in and out of the classroom. Your success will depend upon it! The projects assigned, while possessing requirements, should be executed with your own life experiences and interests in mind. I’m not sure at the final destination of where this course will take us, because you and your classmates will help determine this year’s journey. At the end of this course you are required to take the AP studio test in order to receive Advanced Studies credit. The IB students will need to meet the appropriate requirements for the HL/SL diploma.

the advanced placement course is designed to help students prepare for and successfully pass the college board's advance placement studio art test. the ap studio art portfolios are designed for students who are seriously interested in the practical experience of art. ap studio art is not based on a written examination; instead, students submit portfolios for evaluation at the end of the school year. phs ap studio art candidates prepare their portfolios through this ap course. for additional information, student examples, and calendar please visit the college board. The objectives of this course is to assist students in preparing a portfolio of artwork. The focus of the course is this portfolio which students submit for evaluation by the examiners. The students must develop self-discipline, personal insight, critical judgment, and technical skill - all necessary for the preparation of this portfolio. The students should be able to demonstrate the interrelationship between personal research and studio work, in both oral and written form. By the end of the course the students should be able to critically analyze the formal, technical and aesthetic qualities of art and design. They should be able to relate this material to its cultural, historical and social context.

The AP Program offers three portfolios: Drawing, 2-D Design, and 3-D Design. The portfolios share a basic, three-section structure, which requires the student to show a fundamental competence and range of understanding in visual concerns (and methods). Each of the portfolios asks the student to demonstrate a depth of investigation and process of discovery through the concentration section (Section II). In the breadth section (Section III), the student is asked to demonstrate a serious grounding in visual principles and material techniques. The quality section (Section I) permits the student to select the works that best exhibit a synthesis of form, technique, and content.

what are the differences between the IB art and AP studio art? The primary difference is in the structure of the portfolio. There are no separate sections in the IB portfolio as there are in the AP portfolio. Another difference is in the method of evaluation. The IB portfolio is evaluated by the teacher, a visiting examiner who comes in person and reviews the work. This gives the student a chance to actually talk with the examiner. And photographs - not slides - of student work, along with sections of the research workbook, are sent to the central office in Cardiff for moderation (a check for consistency among work of students around the world.) The research workbook is evaluated by the visiting examiner along with the portfolio, whereas in the AP course only finished works, whether original works or slides of work, are evaluated.

visual journals

Keeping an art journal is a powerful way to move beyond words and begin to express your daily experiences also with images. This journal will become a invaluable resource as you use the entries as triggers to inspire, direct and shape your artwork.
There are many ways to keep a visual arts journal. You can begin by collecting interesting images from old magazines to create collages, draw, paint, etc. Almost any visual expression will do. Try working with a symbol for an abstract idea that is a significant part of your life. What message does the image have for you? What other images does this one call to mind? What memories does it evoke? When we use images in our journals, we often come to deeper insights about ourselves and the world around us. See http://www.visualjournaling.com for additional examples and approaches.

 

course calendar

click on text below to open calender

august

september

october

november

december

january

 

presentations

click to download pdf presentation

contemporary art

visual journals

ap drawing

ap 2D

how are the AP portfolios evaluated?

Color theory

color harmony

mandala assignment

 

ap portfolio structure

click here to view how your portfolio's are 'read' or evaluated

 

student artwork

student focus/artwork

ap student of the month

 

concentration ideas

1. Image based a quote of phrase.
2. Images based on a musical idea.
3. Create a series using common material.
4. Image based on an emotion.
5. A repetition of all or part of a figure.
6. Based on a political statement.
7. Based on art style.
8. Based on a repeated color scheme.
9. Explore birds.
10. Exploring the geometric form.
11. Juxtaposition of texture.
12. Reinterpreting the colors of death.
13. Irony of a gloomy subject.
14. The feeling of isolation.
15. Contrasting the whole to the part.
16. Black, white and color.
17. Emphasizing using color/ inverted color.
18. Extreme emotions.
19. Images symbolizing loss.
20. New takes on famous paintings.
21. People and Nature.
22. Subtle Surprise.
23. 7 deadly sins.
24. Cultural artifact from the future.
25. Patterns of leaves.
26. Bubble space.
27. Floating objects.
28. Reinterpret animal pattern.
29. Private in Public.
30. Deconstruction of construction. City bones.
31. Houses as roots.
32. Images the color of language.
33. What does the future look like.
34. Wrapped objects. A study of shape or form.
35. The movement of water.
36. Colorize a form in black and white.
37. Leftover materials.
38. Ancient and pop icon. Marilyn Monroe sarcophagus
39. Fake out materials.
40. Cultural deserts contrasted real deserts.
41. Objects made form natural materials.
42. Examining to make a vanishing ritual.
43. 2-D to 3-D combining both in one piece.
44. Right/Left brain.

Here are some suggestions for areas of D-2 exploration:
Design Elements and Principles:
• Line – shoot a roll exploring all kinds of line (straight, curvy, leading lines, etc.)
• Repetition/Pattern
• Shape/ Space/ Form
• Value/Contrast
• Focal Point

Subject Ideas:
• Portrait/Self Portrait
• Landscape
• Night Photography
• Documentary/Narrative

Technique Ideas:
• Toning/ Hand Coloring
• Polaroid Transfers
• Destructive Creativity
• Montage/ Collage
• Image and Text

Media Ideas:
• Mixed media
• Computer generated/ Computer prints
• Drawing/Painting

 

disclosure document

click to open a pdf verison of the art one disclosure document (pages 1-2)

 

ap mini rubric guides

drawing rubrics

2d design rubrics

3d design rubrics

 

 

websites of interest

Journals

http://www.1000journals.com/
http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/menu2.htm
http://www.alteredartist.com/
http://www.edwardkinsella.com/
http://www.rarebookroom.org/Control/nwtopt/index.html
http://www.1000journals.com/
http://www.lookatbook.com/
http://www.platformsmagazine.com/15/
http://www.zuzafun.com/book-art

 

Drawing

http://www.thelotuseater.com/
http://stellaimhultberg.com/Portfolio_2006.html
http://www.nolinovak.com/
http://passages.kenart.net/0219.htm
http://www.slawekgruca.com/
http://www.coro36ink.com/oilpaintings/
http://www.polykarbon.com/tutorials/
http://www.editions-du-heron.com/2_parutions_bx_livres_cardon_p.73.htm
http://www.drawingpower.org.uk/menu3.htm
http://www.davearchambault.com/
http://www.kimba.com/
http://www.mangarevolution.com/tutorial_display.php?tutorial_id=160
http://www.lingnanart.com/Yang-Shan-shen/L-master-yang-Art-eng.htm
http://www.dueysdrawings.com/still_life_tutorial.html
http://www.lotteklaver.nl/?tag=pink&paged=2
http://www.raquelissima.com/web/index.html
http://www.zuzafun.com/donts-wash-your-car
http://mattduffin.com/
http://www.amyhuddleston.artsites.us/gallery/drawings/
http://www.timshelbourne.com/wash_tutorial.html
http://www.raquelissima.com/
http://io-noi-aldo.sonance.net/blogpix/a_knowles.jpg
http://www.jenstark.com/drawing_09.html

 

concentration focus

http://www.subway-life.com/
http://oknotizie.alice.it/go.php?us=20b05a31c8c4b429
http://www.earthwallpapers.org/
http://www.scholastic.com/artandwritingawards/artifacts/
http://www.antonygormley.com/newsite/home.html
http://www.alexgrey.com/
http://www.kayruane.com/
http://www.banksy.co.uk/menu.html
http://www.artomat.org/artomat_artists.php#
http://www.15x15.org/
http://www.brandonbird.com/
http://www.darkdaytime.net/
http://www.abeautifulrevolution.com/
http://www.christiannortheast.com/
http://esplanade.sg/2007/07/07/mural-paintings-from-another-angle/
http://www.jennybirdart.com/
http://www.bobbyneeladams.com/age.html
http://www.duyhuynh.com/
http://www.dusso.com/
http://www.goodsellart.com/
http://www.ubutopia.com/
http://jenstark.com/sculpture_14.html
http://fun.blogonline.ru/283908.html
http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7489&Itemid=199
http://www.portalsgallery.com/Artists/halt/halt.htm
http://www.zaeliabishop.com/

 

sculpture

http://www.megabunny.com/cool-pencil-carvings/
http://www.rednosestudio.com/
http://www.makoto-komatsu.com/
http://www.stoneshaper.com/how.html
http://philippefaraut.com/
http://www.bathsheba.com/sculpt2/
http://www.sculptshop.com/home.php?SID=
http://www.boredstop.com/shadow.htm
http://www.ninalevy.com/
http://www.roberthague.com/sculpture/
http://www.tomhaney.com/portfolio_drawers.htm
http://www.woodthatworks.com/
http://www.sculpture.org/
http://www.sculpturesite.com/
http://my.execpc.com/~bilhenry/
http://www.artseek.com/medias/sculptors/n.html
http://www.anaduncan.com/
http://www.r-h-g.co.uk/Artists/Jilly%20Sutton/images.html
http://www.joeseigenthaler.com/Home.html
http://www.arthurganson.com/
http://www.richardmacdonald.com/
http://bestyoulike.com/?p=493
http://accad.osu.edu/~ayoungs/index.html
http://www.mattbilfield.com/Matt%20Bilfield/peggy.html
http://www.kevintitzer.com/wp_gallery.html?_T02=1
http://www.2loop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=33
http://www.amazingincredible.com/show/55-baby-suit-and-other-surreal-portraits
http://stan-peterson.com/
http://haha.nu/creative/fork-art/
http://www.jenstark.com/sculpture_20.html
http://www.zuzafun.com/book-art

 

painting

http://www.amyruppel.com/moreart.html
http://dinodream.com/taze.asp?id=2012&tip=art
http://www.ralphlgoings.com/
http://www.isabellearsenault.com/
http://www.coro36ink.com/oilpaintings/
http://www.fredwessel.com/
http://www.davidfebland.com/
http://recentworld.com/2007/06/16/amazing-3dimensional-wall-paintings/

 

printmaking

http://www.nina.klausen.com/artprints.asp
http://www.ukiyoe-gallery.com/
http://www.keithsheridan.com/

 

illustration

http://www.kenart.net/illo_darkwaters.htm#top
http://www.adrianjohnson.org.uk/main.htm
http://magnusblomster.com/
http://www.feric.com/
http://artjob.ru/category/art/page/16/
http://www.processrecess.com/
http://www.devotedbee.com/
http://www.conceptart.org/
http://www.dmfriend.com/
http://www.diterlizzi.com/flash.htm
http://www.tweedlebop.com/
http://www.joeledbetter.com/
http://www.boywonderkyle.com/
http://mattdixon.co.uk/gallery.htm
http://www.bagger43.com/
http://www.lettl.de/
http://juliadenos.com/
http://www.bugtown.com/alice/
http://www.art-dept.com/illustration/whitehurst/
http://www.theartworksinc.com/
http://www.crackedhat.com/crackedhat.html
http://www.admetam.org/arsmoriendi/
http://dadaly.net/thumbs.php
http://nbahob.narod.ru/planeta.html
http://www.gillianblease.co.uk/main.html
http://www.lukechueh.com/
http://www.cwardillustration.com/
http://www.stephentompkins.com/
http://www.colorblok.com/#
http://www.byroglyphics.com/2007.html
http://www.chrisbuzelli.com/
http://www.philipstraub.com/illustrations_page.htm
http://www.graphic-exchange.com/07illus.htm

 

photography

http://www.jamesnachtwey.com/
http://www.sonjamueller.org/
http://www.johnclearygallery.com/currentexhibit.html
http://unaesthetic.net/
http://flickr.mathewvp.com/
http://flickrville.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dollen/353829287/
http://www.jochemvanwetten.nl/gallery.htm
http://www.urchinrock.com/
http://andrzejdragan.com/
http://www.theswitchboards.com/articles_professionalphotos.html
http://two.xthost.info/ww2/lightgraffiti/
http://fredaskew.com/
http://philip.photium.com/
http://www.benjaminkrain.com/
http://www.michaeldavidadams.com/
http://www.jamespomerantz.com/main.php
http://tct-art.com/
http://www.arnorafaelminkkinen.org/
http://www.manipulator.com/
http://sammblake.com/
http://palanimohan.com/
http://www.fredrikodman.com/
http://www.kimba.com/
http://www.skelton.biz/
http://www.carlbengtsson.com/
http://www.davidfokos.net/
http://www.giovannialtana.com/
http://www.brentstirton.com/
http://www.goodsellart.com/
http://www.evasionk.be/
http://www.eoloperfido.com/
http://www.autofocus.us/
http://www.nonphotography.com/

 

graphics/design

http://www.shinybinary.com/
http://www.danwitzstreetart.com/streetart.html
http://www.thismachinekills.com/
http://streetstickers.co.uk/
http://www.fontself.com/fontes_HB_en.html
http://www.d5ive.com/
http://www.dafont.com/top.php
http://www.gric.at/
http://illustratorhelp.com/
http://www.hypnoteis.nl/
http://www.psdtuts.com/tutorial_mac.html
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/photoshop-blog/07/07/smudgeguard.html
http://www.iamboredr.com/2007/06/23/the-hole-in-cds/
http://typenav.fontshop.com/
http://logopond.com/
http://www.moorstation.org/typoasis/themes.htm
http://www.ezphotoshop.net/view_tut.php?id=147
http://www.marconi.nu/
http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/font-update-7-free-grungy-script-fonts-you-shouldnt-miss/
http://trash80.net/junkfood/art#seed=36864&hex=ca9aca&pallet=analogous
http://www.plan59.com/main.htm
http://textures.forrest.cz/
http://www.graphic-exchange.com/home.html
http://inspirionary.blogspot.com/
http://levitated.net/gravityIndex.html
http://www.showfont.net/
http://odedezer.com/
http://www.thinkingwithtype.com/
http://freelanceswitch.com/working/34-places-to-get-design-inspiration-online-and-off/
http://fladdict.net/
http://www.huskworks.com/
http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp
http://www.ni9e.com/typo/typo_dylan.html
http://www.thismanslife.co.uk/main.asp?contentid=designgraphics&designcontentid=graphics-illustration
http://www.11amdesign.com/faq/index.php?sid=1708%C3%A2%C5%92%C2%A9=en&action=artikel&cat=1&id=343&artlang=en
http://freelanceswitch.com/working/34-places-to-get-design-inspiration-online-and-off/
http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/
http://www.rewardprograms.org/thefreegeek/features/top_25_geekiest_free_fonts_and_where_you_can_get_them.html
http://textorizer.whatfettle.com/
http://www.photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/articles/logo/logo.htm
http://www.eduardorecife.com/
http://www.bamagazine.com/
http://www.pixel-templates.com/
http://www.typogenerator.net/
http://www.internetvibes.net/gallery/nice-avatar-set-613-avatars-100x100/
http://peha.ovh.org/illustration.html
http://creativebits.org/cool_business_card_designs
http://kuler.adobe.com/
http://www.art-e-zine.co.uk/vi.html
http://photoshopcandy.com/?p=20
http://www.5nak.com/
http://www.fusion-graphics.com/fonts/fonts.php
http://www.desktopography.net/
http://www.silentglow.com/2_design.html
http://tutorialblog.org/free-vector-downloads/
http://www.style-files.com/2007/08/08/souvenirs-from-italy-by-inga-sempe/
http://www.11amdesign.com/faq/index.php?action=artikel&cat=1&id=343
http://www.bluemarmalade.co.uk/en/products-polyrap.htm
http://www.levitated.net/daily/
http://pinkzap.com/?p=390
http://www.popartmachine.com/
http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/cassettes.html
http://freshome.com/2007/03/21/furniture-from-weapons-a-peaceful-use-of-weapons/
http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/
http://www.jasonshogreen.com/
http://www.psdtuts.com/tutorial_snowtext.html