AP Studio Art Pacing Guide and Schedules 2015-2016
1st Quarter
Week
Aug 24-28
AP Drawing Assignment
AP 2D Assignment
AP 2D Photo Assignment
Aug 31 –
Sep 4
Intro to AP Studio/Syllabus/ Process Books/Team
Building
Portfolio Descriptions and Examples/Differences
between Portfolios
Intro to AP Studio/Syllabus/ Process Books/Team
Building
Portfolio Descriptions and Examples/Differences
between Portfolios
Intro to AP Studio/Syllabus/ Process
Books/Team Building
Portfolio Descriptions and
Examples/Differences between Portfolios
Sep 7-11
Concentration Examples/ 10 ideas in Process Book
Concentration Examples/ 10 ideas in Process Book
Sep 14-18
Sep 21-25
Sep 28-Oct 2
Summer Projects Due/Critique
Project #6 Triptych
Project #7 Knot is not a Knot
Oct 5-9
Project # 8 Concentration/ Portfolio (Projects 6, 7,
8)Due PB 25 Pages
Summer Projects Due/Critique
Project #6 Triptych
Project #7 Expansion of the Square dealing with
Negative Shapes
Project # 8 Concentration/ Portfolio (Projects 6, 7,
8)Due PB 25 Pages
Concentration Examples/ 10 ideas in Process
Book
Summer Projects Due/Critique
Project #6 Triptych
Project #7 Double Exposure- Layers in
Photoshop
Project # 8 Concentration (6)/ Portfolio
(Projects 6, 7, 8)Due PB 25 Pages
Oct 12-16
Project # 9 Concentration/Concentration Theme
Chosen
Project # 9 Concentration/Concentration Theme
Chosen
Project # 9 Concentration/Concentration
Theme Chosen
Oct 19-23
Project #10 Self Portrait-Animal Morphing
Project # 10 Paper Relief incorporate Texture into
1/3 of design
Project #10 Texture Series
AP Drawing Assignment
AP 2D Assignment
AP 2D Photo Assignment
Project #11 Concentration
Project #12 Acorn Squash Study
Project #11 Masterpiece Painting/Photo
Project #12 Seeing Through Things
Nov 9-13
Project #11 Concentration
Project #12 Alla Prima Oil Painting – Still Life
Stretched Canvas
Project #12 Continued
Project #12 Continued
Project #12 Continued
Nov 16-20
Project # 13 Color Theory Project
Project #13 Color Theory Project
Project #13 Photo Essay: You pick the topic
(12 images)
Nov 23-27
Project #14 Concentration/
Portfolios Due (#9-12) PB Due 35 pages/
Thanksgiving Break
Project #15 Chiaroscuro Self Portrait/ /Not on
paper or canvas “Think outside the box” /Begin
Taking Pictures for Scholastics and Midterm
Project #14 Concentration/ Portfolios Due (#9-13)
PB Due 35 pages/ Thanksgiving Break
Project #14 Concentration/ Portfolios Due
(#9-13) PB Due 35 pages/ Thanksgiving Break
Project #15 Line, Weight and Pattern / Begin Taking
Pictures for Scholastics and Midterm
Project #15 Multiply Me in Photoshop/ Begin
Taking Pictures for Scholastics and Midterm
2nd Quarter
Week
Oct 26-30
Nov 2-6
Nov 30Dec 4
Dec 7-11
Project #16 Foreshortening/take pictures, upload
and pay for Scholastics
Project #16 Historic Chair Poster in PS/take
pictures, upload and pay for Scholastics
Project #16 A Word Defines This Series (6)take
pictures, upload and pay for Scholastics
Dec 14-18
Dec 21-Jan 1
Project #17 Concentration/ Midterm PowerPoint
(15 works)
Tues.-Comp Lab, Fri.- Exam
Winter Break
Project #17 Concentration/ Midterm PowerPoint
(15 works)
Tues.-Comp Lab, Fri.- Exam
Winter Break
Project #17 Concentration/ Midterm
PowerPoint (15 works)
Tues.-Comp Lab, Fri.- Exam
Winter Break
Jan 4-8
Project #18 Night Painting
Project #18 David Hockney inspired VARIETY
Jan 11-15
Portfolios due (#13-18) & PB (50 pages)
Project #18 Design Combining Organic & Inorganic
Subject matter & Shapes
Design Synetics, p. 61, 81
Portfolios due (#13-18) & PB (50 pages)
Jan 18-22
Project # 19 Concentration
Project # 19 Concentration
Project # 19 Concentration
3rd Quarter
Week
Jan 25-29
AP Drawing Assignment
AP 2D Assignment
AP 2D Photo Assignment
Continue Project # 19 Concentration/Upload Work
to College Board website
Continue Project # 19 Concentration/Upload
Work to College Board website
Continue Project # 19 Concentration/Upload
Work to College Board website
Feb 1-5
Project #20 Character Drawings and/or Paintings
Project #20 Spray Paint Design
Project # 20 Night Series (6)
Feb 8-12
Feb 15-19
Project #21 Concentration
Project #22 Abstracting in Stages-Progressive
Abstraction/Portfolios Due (Projects 19-21)
Process Book (65)
Project #21 Concentration
Project #22 Progression Towards Simplification;
Design Synetics, p.212 / Portfolios Due (Projects
19-21) Process Book (65)
Project #21 Concentration
Project #22 Scanner Art in PS/ Portfolios Due
(Projects 19-21) Process Book (65)
Feb 22-26
Feb 29Mar 4
Mar 7-11
Project #23 Concentration
Project #24 Social Commentary/Research
Project #23 Concentration
Project #24 Social Commentary
Project #23 Concentration
Project #24 Social Commentary Photo Essay (12)
Project #25 Concentration/Portfolios Due (#22-24)
Project #25 Concentration/Portfolios Due (#2224)
Project #25 Concentration/Portfolios Due (#2224)
Mar 14-18
#26 Landmark Painting on Location / Process Book
(75 pages)
#26 Industrial Design/Package Design / Process
Book (75 pages)
#26 Re-imaging/Re-imagining & Process Book
(75 pages)
Mar 21-25
Continue Project #26/ Take 3rd Quarter Pictures
Continue Project #26/Take 3rd Quarter Pictures
Continue Project #26/Take 3rd Quarter Pictures
Portfolios due (#14-18) & PB (50 pages)
4th Quarter
Week
Mar 28Apr 1
Apr 4-8
AP Drawing Assignment
AP 2D Assignment
AP 2D Photo Assignment
Spring Break
Spring Break
Spring Break
Project #27 Concentration/Upload Projects 1627 to College Board Website
Project #27 Concentration/Upload Projects 16-27
to College Board Website
Project #27 Concentration/Upload Projects
16-27 to College Board Website (Photo
Students Only- Start Printing 5 Quality Photos)
Apr 11-15
Apr 18-22
Project #28 Metallic Surfaces
Project #29 Concentration/5 Quality Works
due/Help Hang NW Annual Art Show/NW Art
Show April 24th
Project #28 Artist Book
Project #29 Concentration/5 Quality Works
due/Help Hang NW Annual Art Show/NW Art
Show April 24th
Project #28 HDR Photo
Project #29 Concentration/5 Quality Works
due/Help Hang NW Annual Art Show/NW
Art Show April 24th
Apr 25-29
Upload #28 & #29/ Portfolios Due (projects 2529), Typed Concentration and PB Due (85 Pages)
Upload #28 & #29/ Portfolios Due (projects 2529), Typed Concentration and PB Due (85 Pages)
Upload #28 & #29/ Portfolios Due (projects
25-29), Typed Concentration and PB Due
(85 Pages)
May 2-6
Uploads to College Board Website MUST be
completed and Forwarded to Teacher/Pack
Portfolio
Uploads to College Board Website MUST be
completed and Forwarded to Teacher/Pack
Portfolio
Uploads to College Board Website MUST be
completed and Forwarded to Teacher/Pack
Portfolio
May 6
AP Studio Art Exam!!! Afternoon Exam
AP Studio Art Exam!!! Afternoon Exam
AP Studio Art Exam!!! Afternoon Exam
May 9-13
Process Book Due (100 pages)/Finalize AP Studio
Art PowerPoint Final, save and print (6 to a page)
Process Book Due (100 pages)/Finalize AP Studio
Art PowerPoint Final, save and print (6 to a page)
Process Book Due (100 pages)/Finalize AP
Studio Art PowerPoint Final, save and print
(6 to a page)
May 16-20
May 23-27
May 30June 3
June 6-10
Work on Murals
Work on Murals
Finals
Work on Murals
Work on Murals
Finals
Work on Murals
Work on Murals
Finals
Finals/Make-up Finals
Finals/Make-up Finals
Finals/Make-up Finals