AP Studio Art: Summer Work and Contract
Welcome to AP Art!
1. This year you will be choosing to work on either -
● The Drawing Portfolio:
“Explore drawing issues including line quality, light and shade, rendering
of form, composition, surface manipulation, the illusion of depth and mark-making through a
variety of means, such as painting, printmaking or mixed media.”
Portfolio Examples:
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-studio-art-drawing/portfolio/2017-studio-a
rt-drawing-complete-portfolio-sample?course=ap-studio-art-drawing
Make a list of the qualities that you think have made the example portfolios successful. They are
graded on a scale from 1(bad)- 6(amazing), some of these are not top-scoring portfolios, so
don’t think all of them are 6 level portfolios. We will be discussing how portfolios are scored in
class so it is important that you have an idea of what makes one successful.
OR
● The 3D Portfolio:
“In the 3-D Design Portfolio, students are asked to demonstrate their
understanding of design principles as they relate to the integration of depth and space, volume
and surface. The principles
of design (unity/variety, balance, emphasis, contrast, rhythm,
repetition, proportion/scale, and occupied/unoccupied space) can be articulated through the
visual elements
(mass, volume, color/light, form, plane, line, texture).”
Portfolio Examples:
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-studio-art-3-d-design/portfolio/2017-studi
o-art-3-d-complete-portfolio-sample?course=ap-studio-art-3-d-design
Make a list of the qualities that you think have made the example portfolios successful. They are
graded on a scale from 1(bad)- 6(amazing), some of these are not top-scoring portfolios, so
don’t think all of them are 6 level portfolios. We will be discussing how portfolios are scored in
class so it is important that you have an idea of what makes one successful.
2. Review portfolio requirements here:
https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-studio-arts-course-description.pdf
● Drawing Portfolio on page #21
● 3D Portfolio on page #17
3. Visit an art museum and sketch something that interests you. I have listed some of the big art
museums in Massachusetts but feel free to visit one anywhere:
Museum of Fine Arts
Institute of Contemporary Art
Peabody Essex Museum
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Harvard Art Museum
