AP Studio Art Resources
Vivian Moreira Komando, PhD, NBCT
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, July 19 – 23, 2010
2D Design Handouts
AP 2D Art (Photo) Syllabus Audit Copy 3
AP 2D Design Art Syllabus 10
Art 200 / Intro Design Class Syllabus 14
Photo I Syllabus 21
3D Handouts
AP 3D Design Syllabus Audit Copy 34
Elements &Principles of 3D Design 42
3D Vocabulary 43
Sculpture I Syllabus 46
Wire Sculpture 49
Ceramics II 50
Ceramics I 53
Ceramics Final - Peace Project 54
Identity Power Project 56
Ceramics Class Critique 59
Decorating Tips #9 60
Drawing Handouts
AP Drawing Syllabus Audit Copy 61
Concentration Checklist 67
Scoring Guidelines 2009 68
Painting I & Drawing I Syllabus 78
Painting I & Drawing I Assignment - Basic Shapes 79
Painting I & Drawing I Assignment – Still Life 82
Painting I & Drawing I Assignment – Abstract Expressionism 84
Painting II & Drawing II Syllabus Winter 89
Painting II & Drawing II Syllabus Spring 91
Senior Portfolio – Puzzling Viewpoints 94
More About the AP Drawing Portfolio 95
AP Central Resources
How the AP Studio Art Portfolio Is Graded 97
FAQs: The New Digital Submission 98
AP Central Course Audit Info 102
AP Central Course Home Pages 104
AP 2D Course Home Page 104
AP 3D Course Home Page 106
AP Drawing Course Home Page 107
Other
Pre AP 108
Why Teach Art 110
Artists to Inspire Concentrations 112
Contact Info 116
AP Studio Art 2D Design Syllabus
Submitted and Accepted for the AP 2D Design Portfolio Audit
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Vivian Moreira Komando, Ph.D
2D Design Syllabus Accepted for the Art 205 / PHOTOGRAPHY
Submitting a Portfolio:
For students wishing to submit an AP 2D Design Studio Art Portfolio using Photography
and Digital Media: You may order / pay for the portfolio through the College Counseling
Office and submit the portfolio if you have taken Photography 205, an advanced
Photography class, or instructor permission. This AP syllabus provides direction for the
highly motivated Photography student to take the AP exam and earn college credit.
The projects below will fulfill the BREADTH Section of the 2D AP Portfolio through Digital
and Photographic projects. You may have other Photographic projects that would also fit
in this section from previous Photography classes. TWELVE pieces are required for
BREADTH demonstrating your knowledge and mastery of the Principles and Elements of
Design. Refer to your AP poster as we work on projects that reflect BREADTH. Work in
digital format may be submitted to an Onlineprinting source to be made into slides.
Otherwise each piece is to be photographed using slide film. The QUALITY Section
consists of 5 actual works from the BREADTH or CONCENTRATION Section, which meet
the portfolio size requirements for submission. NO 3D WORK IS TO BE INCLUDED UNDER
THE 2D PORTFOLIO / QUALITY SECTION. 2D Design using your photography may be
created on a 3D surface with the EMPHASIS on the 2D Design and NOT the 3D aspects of
your project.
Photography / Digital Media AP Class consists of further investigating various forms of
expression and techniques using the Principles and Elements of Design. You will be
introduced to new photographers, digital artists, artists, and more sophisticated
techniques as points of departure to create work that reflects your spirit and your vision.
By exploring photographic and digital media with the camera and the computer, you will
be able to develop a body of work that reflects a range of problem solving and ideation.
You may even decide to focus on one of the studies presented for your CONCENTRATION
Section of your portfolio. We will research, keep art journals / sketchbooks, have class
critiques (at the onset of a project and at the completion of a project), individual critiques
(as you are working), and artistic dialogue that hopefully will inspire you as you create.
There are project requirements, but the projects are open ended enough for you to
develop your own style and mode of expression. Work is expected to be of high quality in
thought, process, and product. The development of the portfolio is an ongoing process
that uses informed and critical decision making to assemble a body of work. You are
expected to use artistic integrity. Work based on another artist’s work or photos must
move beyond mere duplication and become an expression of your own personal voice and
vision.
AP 2D Design Portfolio using Photography / Digital
AP Requirements:
Section I: QUALITY – Excellence demonstrated in original artwork from either your BREADTH
or CONCENTRATION Sections – 5 Actual works
Section II: CONCENTRATION – An in depth personal commitment to a particular artistic concern
– 12 slides / some details / 10 – 12 works
Section III: BREADTH – A variety of experiences utilizing the Principles and Elements of Design
in the formal, technical, and expressive means available to an artist – 12 slides / 12 works / Each
work reflecting the solution to a visual problem based on the Elements and Principles of Design.
Breadth may be achieved in these design studies with the use of one medium of a variety of
media.
Resources for Inspiration, Research, and Art Journals
ONLINE RESOURCES:
http://www.google.com http://www.vivisimo.com http://www.about.com
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~mukluk/phgrm.html
KODAK SITE Taking
great Pictures: http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pqpath=
2/3/38&pqlocale=
en_US&_requestid=11397
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pqpath=
317&pqlocale=
en_US
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/hub/galleryAward/currentWinners.jhtml?id=0.2.26.3.6.5&lc=
en , Visit: Elite Winners Showcase
Picture of the Day http://
www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pqpath=
2549&pqlocale=
en_US&CID=go&idhbx=potd
Polaroid Creative Site http://
polaroid.com/creative/index.jsp?bmUID=1156196342419&bmLocale=en_US
http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/pictures.html http://www.colormatters.com/colortheory.html
http://atlex.com/ Jeremy Wolff: http://very.com/about.htm
http://jeremywolff.com/collages/ http://very.com/travel.htm
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=David+Hockney++photo+collage
http://www.hockneypictures.com/works_photos.htm
http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/hockney.php
Class Resources:
Theresa Airey Creative
Photo Printmaking
Steve Anchell The
Darkroom Cookbook, Second Edition Steve Anchell
Kathleen Thormod Carr Polaroid
Manipulations
Kathleen Thormod Carr Polaroid
Transfers: A Complete Visual Guide to Creating Image
and Emulsion Transfers
Jack Davis The Photoshop 7 Wow! Book
Laurie Ulrich Fuller and Deke McClelland Photoshop CS2 Bible
Christopher James The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes
Scott Kelby Photoshop 7 Down & Dirty Tricks
O'Brien, M & Sibley, N., The Photographic Eye: Learning to See With A Camera, (1995),
Davis Pub. (New edition 2006) Digital software: Photoshop 7.0
Class Agenda:
Class 1 – Intro to Project / Photographers’ Work / Assignment and expectations
Class 2 – Photoshop / Techniques demo
Usual Weekly Agenda (runs in a week and a half segment):
Class 3 – Raw Photo Files uploaded (your weekly assignment) / Review / Critique with
me / Select 3 images for digital darkroom editing Class 4 – Complete editing / Print your
images
Class 5 – Complete printing final images / Mount work
Class 6 – Class Critiques
REPEAT CYCLE
PROJECTS:
September 11 Project 1 – Rule of Thirds and Composing Your Photographs – DUE SEPTEMBER 19 TH
The Kodak web site is a valuable resource for you to use as you develop your eye and your
compositions.
Homework:
Visit the following Kodak website:
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml;jsessionid=FAK1FYN3WM1WDQHIO3JXWIY?p
qpath=332&pqlocale=en_US&_requestid=72199
Just as a composer uses all the instruments in a symphony to create a stirring piece of
music, you should compose each picture so that its parts work together to create a work of
beauty. Each item in a picture has an effect on the whole, so don't just point and shoot. Take a
little time to compose each picture into the masterpiece it could be.
Visit the following sites and make notes in your journal about each topic. Have an image to
illustrate what you are talking about. If one of your summer assignment photos fits – then use that
as your image. Cut and paste links to your browser or right click to open:
Shooting vertical or horizontal
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pqpath=332/391&pqlocale=en_US
Choosing a main point of interest
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pqpath=332/392&pqlocale=en_US
Adjusting your angle of view
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pqpath=332/393&pqlocale=en_US
Placing the subject off center
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pqpath=332/394&pqlocale=en_US
Using leading lines
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pqpath=332/395&pqlocale=en_US
Avoiding distracting backgrounds
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pqpath=332/396&pqlocale=en_US
Including foreground objects
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pqpath=332/397&pqlocale=en_US
Have in your journal examples of people, places, things (3 images) with the Rule of Thirds grid
drawn over them.
http://www.ruleofthirds.com/index.html
People / Rule of Thirds: http://www.ruleofthirds.com/people/index.html
PROJECT:
After reviewing the Rule of Thirds and visiting the above assigned Kodak sites you are to photograph digitally the following:
PLAN YOUR PHOTO COMPOSITION (36 works):
Use may enjoy looking at images on http://www.flickr.com/ for inspiration for this
assignment Start your own photographic portfolio here as well. You will be selecting
your strongest work from these images for the BREADTH section of the 2D Design
Portfolio. Keep Design Elements and Principles as discussed in class in mind as you
compose your images.
Choose 3 images that will be displayed and discussed in our class critique.
1. Hands (such as braiding hair, holding something, working on something) (4
works) Breadth possibilities: Magnification to Abstraction, Emphasis
2. Feet / Shoes (4 works) Breadth possibilities: Unity, Perspective
3. Geometric Shadows / forms (4 works) Breadth possibilities: Geometric forms,
repetition, overlapping, depth
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4. Organic Forms and /or Texture (4 works) Breadth possibilities: Organic forms,
abstraction, texture, repetition
5. Water Drops / Rain (4 works) Breadth possibilities: Shape, volume, form
6. Lines (4 works) Breadth possibilities: Line, movement, variety
7. Store window reflections (4 works) Breadth possibilities: Asymmetry, symmetry,
informal balance, formal balance
8. Remainder of photos are your to choice
September 20
Project 2 – Formal and Informal Portraits / Opposition, Unity, Harmony– DUE SEPTEMBER
29
Homework:
You will be assigned a faculty member to interview about their interests. You will plan a photo
shoot that incorporates their interest. The portraits may be formal or informal in nature. Please
schedule a date for the photo shoot with the next week and be prepared to travel outside your
teacher’s classroom to photograph them.
PROJECT:
After interviewing your assigned subject, plan a photo shoot to capture your subject and their
area of interest. Photos may be serious, whimsical, with or without props, include others, etc.
Plan accordingly. Shoot 36 stills of your subject. Determine which compositions work best in
regards to the Rule of Thirds and which captured your subject in the best way that reflects their
interests. Print one 8” x 10” each of YOUR BEST 3 PHOTOS.
Choose 3 images that will be displayed and discussed in our class critique.
October 2
Project 3 – Pop Art Style / Hue , Intensity , Saturation – DUE OCTOBER 13
Homework:
POP ART – Research Andy Warhol and Steve Kaufman. Have images in your journal of Pop Icons.
PROJECT:
Take new portraits to use for this project. You may photograph yourself for this project. You are to
apply color to the photograph with a high degree of saturation / intensity in Photoshop.
Manipulate your first image (as demonstrated in class using hue and saturation). Save the image.
Repeat this process changing the hue until you have a series of 3 or 4 of the same image with
varied color additions. Add color based on color theory as discussed in class. Print and arrange
each colored digital. Arrange and mat your series, which will be displayed and discussed in
our class critique.
*Archive work this week*
October 9
Project 4 – Retro LP / Album Cover Design / Style, Period, Theme– DUE OCTOBER 27
Homework:
Research retro LP (Long Playing) album covers. If you have any LP albums, bring them to class for
“Show and Tell”. (Ask your parents if they have any.) After watching the Liz Phair video, Why Can’t I
(http://launch.yahoo.com/ar260264videosLizPhair), in class and looking at LP’s, plan a design in your
journal to create an LP (Long Playing) featuring you. The LP may be any genre of music, but your cover
must include props 2 designs required.
PROJECT:
Create 2 LP versions (one US LP and one European version) of an album cover where you are
the star! You may have a group, but you must each design different covers. We will review text
design in Photoshop. Have your digital files to use in Photoshop and layer together for your cover
designs. Mat your project, which will be displayed and discussed in our class critique. This
critique will occur during Parents’ Weekend. Make sure to invite your parents to the
critique.
October 23
Project 5 – Photo Montage / Cubism / Perspective, Space, Planes – DUE NOVEMBER 7
Homework:
Research David Hockney’s photography and Jeremy Wolff’s work. Have 3 examples of Hockney’s and 3
examples of Wolff’s work in your journal. (Links under Online Resources)
Research Picasso / Cubism, Braque / Cubism, and the Cubist grid. Be prepared to discuss Cubist theory
in class. You will see a teacher created Power Point on Cubism and the above artists.
PROJECT:
You are to photograph and assemble your own Cubist composition in the style of Hockney and
Wolff by selecting a subject to photograph. Take multiple photographs of you subject. Once your
images are printed, reassemble in the Cubist style. Remember: do not copy other artists’ work.
This is plagiarism. Use http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/hockney.php for a fun preview
Mat your project, which will be displayed and discussed in our class critique.
November 9
*Archive work at the end of this week*
Project 6 – Power Point – PRESENTATIONS DUE November 15 & 17
Homework:
From the list of photographers given in class, select one to create a Power Point Presentation.
You will receive a handout for the format of the Power Point. This is in preparation for your final
exam project, where you will select a photographer of your choice to inspire the work you create
for your final. Your final is the CONCENTRATION section of your portfolio.
Select a photographer that inspires you from the class Power Point Presentations. Create work
inspired by the work you have seen. You may present an alternate plan to me based on any of
the previous class assignments to create your CONCENTRATION. You will need 12 images for
this section. You are also to review your portfolio images with me during this time to select your 5
QUALITY pieces for the QUALITY section of the portfolio.
November 28
Project 7 – Final: CONCENTRATION + 5 QUALITY pieces printed and mounted – DUE
December 12
Mat your CONCENTRATION project, which will be displayed and discussed in our FINAL
class critique. We will meet during winter term to do a final review and to upload your
portfolio to have the images made into slides.
AP 2D DESIGN Art Syllabus
Vivian Moreira Komando, PhD, NBCT
AP Color and Design and AP Photography / Digital
Breadth – Based on the Elements and Principles of Design, this section of your portfolio demonstrates your understanding and application of design elements and principles in various ways.
12 Required pieces
Visit Dr. Marvin Bartel’s site:
http://www.goshen.edu/art/ed/Compose.htm#elements
Six Visual Elements (art elements)
We think of the elements as the basic visual material with which to make art. It is hard to imagine anything visual without the use of one or more of these elements.
We think of the principles as ways to work with and arrange the elements.
Visit: http://www.goshen.edu/art/ed/Compose.htm#principles
Design Principles or design rules
Emphasis- some say "Center of Interest." It is about dominance and influence. Most artists put it a bit off center and balance it with some minor themes to maintain our interest. Some artists avoid emphasis on purpose. They want all parts of the work to be equally interesting. Think RULE of THIRDS!