Components of
North Allegheny Senior High School
Frances Hawbaker
Honors Art, AP Studio Art2D Design &
Drawing Portfolio - Breadth, Concentration. Quality
HONORS ART
• Full Year/Full Time Honors Wt.
• Grade 12 Credit 1.0
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1. To be accepted, you must have a ‘B’ average or
higher in Drawing and Painting 1, 2 or 3.
2. OR, a teacher recommendation from a previous
high school art teacher.
3. OR, at least three sections of a semester art
course in previous years and had a grade average
of the three sections at a ‘B’ or better.
Honors Art
overview
• Honors Art is a studio course in which the student develops a high
level of personal creative expression, aesthetic judgment, and technical
skill in visual art.
• The goal of the Honors Art course is to develop each student further
into the art making process. The foundation is to build perception skills
and help students gain control over their craft while working from
direct observation coupled with their own creative insight.
• My approach is high expectation, repetition, and experimentation.
Building confidence and exploration of an idea is the basis of
development in Honors Art.
Honors Art
Goals, Grading & Exhibits
• Goals; Honors Art is a direct lead into AP Studio Art. During the
second semester, students begin a unit on a concentration. Students
start an abbreviated series of works to be considered as a possible
direction to further develop. In the meantime, more tradition
approaches to skills and techniques continue to develop.
• Grading percentages; 50% class assignments, 25%art journal, 15%
figure drawing, class exercises, creative planning, 10% critique
participation, 5% exhibition.
• Honor Art students are second in line to the contributors of the Nash
Art Exhibit. As part of the course requirement each student takes part
in the food organization for opening night. Also each Honors Art
student is required to display a range of 4-6 works carefully selected
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http://www.northallegheny.org/academics/Art/NASH/promo08.html
Field Trips and Fun Stuff
• Students enrolled in Honors or AP Studio courses have an
opportunity for one to two field trips per school year. Since
2003 I have designed a 2-3 night trips for students to
travel to New York City. We have also taken trips to
Pittsburgh museums and exhibits during school time and
outside of school time.
• Mr. Hawbaker & I have also taken student abroad to Italy,
France and Spain. We are currently considering a trip to
Italy for the summer of 2011 (Planning and enrollment will
possibly being this spring).
AP Studio Art
Drawing & 2D Design Portfolio
Full Year/Full Time AP Wt.
Grade 11/12 Credit 1.0
This course offers an in-depth study and structure of
portfolio building for college preparatory students. It is
designed to meet the demands of the AP STUDIO Art Syllabus
published by the College Board. Students will be prepared
to take and pass the AP Studio Art exam in the
Drawing Portfolio and/or 2D Design Portfolio. Students
will work with a variety of media, as well as personally selected
media while preparing to complete a sequential
portfolio of art work.
AP Studio Art
Criteria for Selection
• 1. To be accepted, you must have a ‘B’ in a previous full
year art course of Honors Art,
• or a minimum of four sections of a semester art course in
previous years.
• 2. OR, submission of Art work to the Teacher of 4-6
recent works and a Journal/sketchbook.
• 3. OR any High School Art Teacher recommendation
AP Studio Art
Overview
• This course offers an in-depth study and structure of portfolio building
for college preparatory students. It is designed to meet the demands of
the AP STUDIO Art Syllabus published by the College Board.
• Students will be prepared for the AP Studio Art exam in the Drawing
Portfolio and/or 2D Design Portfolio.
• Students will work with a variety of media, as well as personally
selected media while preparing to complete a sequential portfolio.
• The work created meets the criteria of AP Studio Art portfolios and
will also double as college entry portfolio application requirements.
• Students express their ideas and understanding of their artwork in a
written commentary that accompanies their body of work.
AP Studio Art
Goals
• The goal of this advanced placement course is to take each student as
far as they can into the art making process. The foundation is to build
strong visual perception skills and help students gain control over their
craft while working from direct observation coupled with their own
creative insight.
• My approach is to individualize instruction and teach the needs of each
student. High energy, commitment and adequate previous experience
in the visual arts are the major contributors to the expected qualities of
a good art student.
• In short; High energy, commitment and risk- taking is key to success.
AP Studio
Grading & Exhibit
• Grading percentages; 40% class assignments, 25%art journal, 15%
figure drawing, class exercises, creative planning, 5% critique
participation, 10% exhibition. Grading is based on total pionts
• Critiques; there are no tests in the traditional sense. Periodically, over
the course of the year, scheduled group critiques and individually
scheduled critiques of each student’s body of work are conducted.
Aside from building stronger bonds in the classroom, group critiques
create an opportunity for students to have their work viewed by peers
who have not seen its progress as closely. Evaluation follows the
written rubric in the AP Studio course description.
• *Exhibit and participation in NASH Art Exhibit participation is
required
NASH Art Exhibit
• Students have had work on display at various venues in the
Community. Student class work is exhibited on a
continuous basis throughout the school year in the Nash
Art Gallery.
• AP Studio Art Students are the major contributors of the
Nash Art Exhibit. As part of the course requirements each
student takes a role to participate in the opening night
events. Each of these students are also required to display a
range of 6-10 works carefully selected and accompanied
by written commentary. A “ringer” piece is designed and
constructed of a new medium for that particular student.
AP Studio Art
Drawing or 2D Design Portfolio
The Studio Art Exam
•The Advanced Placement Program in Studio Art:
is a performance-based visual exam.
•Each student develops and submits a portfolio that serves as a direct
demonstration of achievement.
•The term "drawing or 2D design” is used very broadly; all sorts of art that
involves directly making marks on a surface can fit into the portfolio criteria.
•This includes not only work in traditional drawing media -- such as pencils, ink,
and pastels -- but also many kinds of painting, printmaking, mixed media and
other forms of expression.
The 2D design portfolio may also be works of photography and digital art.
* Sculpture and 3D works of art are not permitted in the drawing and 2d design portfolios.
Components of Breadth Section
Primary Focus for 1st term of AP Art Studio
The Breadth section shows the range of experimentation and experience in drawing.
It is presented as 12 slides, each of which shows a different work. In addition to its
quality, each work is scored on the degree to which it actually shows a variety of
approaches to drawing.
• 15 - 20 works to be completed for AP Art Studio class
• 12 slides submitted for this section of the portfolio
• Student work will encompass a wide variety of projects
exploring multiple media and techniques.
Students will also be exposed to art history with a particular
concentration in modern art and criticism that will assist in
adding to the scope of the work being produced.
Components of Concentration Section
Primary Focus of 2nd semester
The Concentration section shows the student's in-depth commitment to an idea in art
that is personally fascinating. It is presented as 12 slides, some of which may be details
of works. The stress is on a coherent idea and development of the work, in addition to
the artistic success of the work.
•24-30 works to be completed for AP Studio Class
•12 slides to be submitted for this section of the portfolio
- some slides may be detail views of the works done for this section
•Works will be unified by an underlying idea (theme) that displays
visual coherence
•Four main areas for consideration on scoring:
1) coherence / development
2) quality of the concept / idea presented
3) degree of development and investigation
4) quality of the work and technique
Student Commentary
Briefly define the nature of your concentration project.
My concentration consists of fruits and vegetables. I began doing realistic representations of only fruit and related
objects and then incorporated other objects into the picture. Next I distorted the fruits and vegetables and put them
into environments in which they normally are not.
Briefly describe the development of your concentration project and the sources of your ideas.
You may refer to specific slides as examples.
I began this concentration by emulating the American still-life painters. In slide two, I took a closer look at the fruit
magnifying an orange and an apple to capture extreme detail. In slides 3-5, an apple is placed in a strange environment
with shapes unlike the round shape of the apple. I then began incorporating fruit in with unrelated objects that did complement
the interesting shapes and vibrant colors of the fruit. In slide 8, I started enlarging the fruits and vegetables to personify them.
In doing this, I also put them into environments that complemented their natural shapes. For example, in slide 10, the long
carrot lies in bed, and in slide 11, the curved banana looks as if it is sitting upright in the tub. Finally, in slide 12, the pear
becomes the environment, acting as shelter.
What medium or media did you use?
I used oil on canvas, charcoal, and pencil to develop my concentration.*
Additional examples of this concentration may be seen at the AP Central site at:
colleghapcomttp://central.ceboard.
Concentration
Studio Art Drawing: Selections from Concentration Section
By Emily Lou Volkson 2006
….More Concentration Examples
Components of Quality Section
Works from this section my include
some pieces from previous 2 sections
• 8 - 10 works to be completed for AP Studio Art Class
• 5 actual pieces to be submitted (no slides)
• Submitted works are expected
to show mastery of drawing in:
- apparent in composition
- apparent in concept
- apparent in execution
Quality
Scoring Rationale:
These complex and purposeful works demonstrate an excellent
mastery of drawing and painting skills.
The surfaces are subtle, rich, and sophisticated. The works are
well-resolved, confident, and evocative
compositions that create a personal narrative. The works display a
sensitivity in the use of value, color
and subject matter. The pieces are consistently high in quality and
display excellent thinking and
decision-making skills on the part of the student.