AP Studio Art

Have You Started Your AP Summer Work?

Blog Assignment: (you need to do a MINIMUM of 3 posts this summer)

Try to do art everyday, even if it is a sketch, a small maquette or a series of photos.

Here are some sites to visit. Visit at least one and find an artist to comment on, post a site about an art movement or artist you like (make sure it is school appropriate).

3-D design:

Boulder Pottery Guild, become an apprentice or take a class.

http://www.boulderpottersguild.com/apprentice.html

ETSY, a place to market and sell your work (eventually)

Check out Barb Dunshee

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5738991

Clay fest

http://www.clayfest.com/

Cool and inexpensive wire sculpture pieces

http://www.maryhanks.com/sculptures

Famous Sculptor, Henry Moore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjfp7NxUUl0

Dale Chihuly

2-D Photo

How many ways can you show the same subject? EXPERIMENT within a theme.

How to plan a photo shoot with small drawings (stick figures are ok)

This student focuses on the issue of teen dieting.

https://sis-art.wikispaces.com/Jiwon+

Photos of malls

Brian Ulrich

http://gregruffing.blogspot.com/2009/03/target-riverside-illinois-july-2008.html

Photojournalism: Documenting teens and young adults

http://images.americanyouthbook.com/c/americanyouthbook

F-Stop Magazine

http://www.fstopmagazine.com/portfolio5/jessica.html

Drawing

Justin Clark: look at his charcoal drawings: create a drawing showing point of view and/or perspective.

http://hijustin.com/fine-art/

Dale Chihuly is a famous glass sculptor but his gesture drawings are active and powerful. Create a piece in his style.

http://www.chihuly.com/drawings/drbyseries.html

Good Examples of AP Drawing for Breadth

http://genegill.com/reseda/drawing.html