Summer+Homework+2010

=Here is the copy of the summer homework you were given at our meeting.=

Assignment Description:
Summer Homework Complete several required elements to begin your AP ART journey. Make a decision about which portfolio you will do and begin to create work that will help you focus on the completion of that portfolio. (2D Design, 3D Design or Drawing (painting is in this one too))

Online Requirements:
1. Join the AP Studio Art wiki and reference the details there about each of the three portfolios, so you know what’s expected http://phsapartstudio.wikispaces.com/ (not all of the links are active yet, but they will be once summer starts.

2. Set up a blog on @https://www.blogger.com/start This blog will be used to track your creative journey. View it as an online sketchbook. Give your blog a creative name that describes what you’re interests are. Email me at my home email: jeannebjork@earthlink.net with the name and link to your blog so I can follow you. I will have a blog too that I will share with you. You will be required to post once a week throughout the summer. Each post should pertain to your artwork, a situation you attended or saw that inspired you creatively, an article you read, someone online that you saw: anything that is creative and inspiring to your artwork. These posts should include photos of your artwork (drawings, paintings, sculptures, photos, collages etc). You should also start following each other and commenting on each others’ posts. Collaboration between classmates is a big part of the AP experience.

3. Set up a www.flickr.com free account to use to post photos and back up what you shoot. Join the phsartroom group at @http://www.flickr.com/groups/phsartroom/

4. Visit the College Board website and get to know the details of each portfolio. Look at some of the sample portfolios that are posted there online. @http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_studioart.html?studioart

5. Use the Internet to research your concepts for projects. Find artists that inspire, intrigue and cause you to learn new ways of doing things. If you like collage then research who is doing collage. If you like to paint find a current painter that inspires you. Bookmark your finds at @http://delicious.com a social bookmarking site. Share your delicious link on your blog.

Sketchbook and Photography Requirements:
1. Get a new sketchbook to track your AP Studio Art journey. Sketch, paint, or collage daily for 30 minutes. You could make your sketchbook from scratch using recycled, altered books or other paper or you could do a store bought one. There should be evidence of daily work. Date your work and don’t tear pages out even if you don’t like everything. Consider using some of the attached ideas for what to sketch.

2. Visit at least one art museum, gallery or art fair/show and document it through sketches or photos or a collage of postcards and images collected there. Write about what you saw. Discuss 3 favorite works of art and tell why they were your favorite. Tell where the art gallery was, name of it, name of artwork you liked and the artist who did the work. Also tell about the media they used and how their work might influence your own work. Post this to your blog along with images from the visit.

3. Shoot photos that will support your work. Post your images to flickr.com and be sure that you are ready to show them upon our return to school in the fall. You should have images that show the following: MAKE SURE YOUR PHOTOS ARE IN FOCUS. REMEMBER A POINT AND SHOOT CAMERA MUST BE AN ARMS LENGTH AWAY FROM THE SUBJECT IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE IN FOCUS Close-ups of nature especially flowers, interesting wood/rocks, shells, people, bugs, animals, fish anything else you can find and zoom in on etc.
 * Texture close-ups where what it is doesn’t matter, but the entire image is the texture (fish scales, sewer lid, tree bark, close-up of an orange peel, raindrops on a lake, dock or pier up close)
 * Portraits: Photograph people and animals that mean something to you, do complete figure portraits of people in action and still portraits of head and shoulders, try to shoot photos in different lighting for dramatic effects
 * Still life of objects you set up or naturally occurring still life (visit Sendik’s and check out the fruit/vegetable stand or the farmer’s market, both great places for still life photos) Remember from a compositional point of view groupings of 3s and 5s are considering pleasing to the eye
 * Favorite places you like to go, coffee shop, grandma’s kitchen, Milwaukee, cottage
 * Cityscapes featuring interesting architecture, textural surfaces, lighting and compositions
 * Miscellaneous stuff you’re interested in (industrial stuff, old machine parts, musical instruments, art supplies, places you visit, food)
 * Junk drawers, messy garages, old attics, places that are disheveled
 * Ordinary objects and subjects from unusual points of view.

Artwork Requirements:
Produce 3 works of finished art that are portfolio worthy. These should be works that are completed in media that will qualify for the portfolio you are considering doing. This work will help to satisfy your Breadth section of the portfolio. Breadth means that you show a range of subjects and media within the chosen portfolio. You should be able to complete one major work of art per summer month so June, July and August. If you do more that’s great, but remember what is meant by a finished work of art.

Ideas for Sketchbook and Artwork:

 * 1) Sketch the people who mean the most to you
 * 2) Sketch yourself
 * 3) Sketch the flowers, plants, trees in your yard
 * 4) Zoom in on objects from nature and try to capture the realistic texture of each object
 * 5) Set up a still life of summer-themed objects and sketch
 * 6) Paint with watercolors in your journal
 * 7) Sketch, draw, paint, sculpt or photograph what you are about to eat/drink.
 * 8) Sketch the action of your life, fishing, swimming, waterskiing etc. whatever you do bring your book and sketch
 * 9) Use the alphabet for inspiration and do a page per letter. For example: A is for apples and sketch all the different apples whole, cut in half, seeds only, branches from apple trees etc. or A is for anteaters and go to the zoo and draw what you see!
 * 10) Draw, paint, sculpt or photograph the animals in your life
 * 11) Draw your home and the buildings you see around you
 * 12) Go to downtown Milwaukee and draw what you see
 * 13) Create a cartoon strip that illustrates your summer adventures
 * 14) Illustrate the books you read and the songs you listen to this summer
 * 15) Surf the web for art sites and write a review of what you saw, include pictures from the sites along with web addresses.
 * 16) Try to illustrate your emotions
 * 17) Illustrate words in a style that makes the word look like what it is
 * 18) Develop a texture collection using lots of different media
 * 19) Go to an art store and buy one new art tool that you can afford and use it for drawings, paintings etc.
 * 20) Interview someone asking them about art that has influenced them or made an impression in their lives sketch the person while you interview them
 * 21) Work on facial expressions and draw frowns, smiles etc. notice the changes that faces go through. Do this with flesh on and flesh off (bones only)
 * 22) Create a self portrait, but in the style of a famous artist
 * 23) Collaborate with someone and make a project with both of you
 * 24) Create a handmade book, that is sculptural.
 * 25) Set up around your city and record what you see. Zoom in on details of your surroundings. Complete 2-3 sketches before beginning. Think about interesting and unusual compositions.
 * 26) Draw/paint/photograph/collage a seated human figure from head to toe placed in an environment. Show all the details of the figure and the surrounding background.
 * 27) Draw/paint/photograph an architectural structure in detail or whole.
 * 28) Do a portrait of a friend or family member in full color. Try to capture their mood and personality.
 * 29) Do a landscape drawing/painting/photograph outside from observation showing surrounding vegetation.
 * 30) Do a color composition of an imaginary world (no action figures).
 * 31) Set up an interesting still life in natural light using kitchen utensils and appliances and draw/paint or photograph. Or try other objects like shoes, bathroom supplies (toothbrushes, hair brushes etc)
 * 32) Do a double human figure drawing within an interior setting showing all the detail of the figures and their surroundings. Do the same assignment, but use collage to represent the figure.
 * 33) Do a close up highly detailed drawing of a bicycle, motorcycle or engine of a car from an unusual angle.
 * 34) Do a line drawing in ink of a very cluttered area or unusual area of your home or the city. (Inside of a closet, open a drawer, look down the basement steps or up into the attic, inside of the refrigerator) Now do the same assignment but use ripped colored paper to represent the composition and glue/collage the paper to recreate what you see.
 * 35) Do a detailed color rendering of a house-plant or other plant in the garden, zoom in.
 * 36) Draw or paint clear and shiny objects trying to capture the reflective surfaces and the details of what is reflected in them.
 * 37) Use only colored shapes and create an interesting composition/design. Do a series of these in different colored papers, recycle as much as possible.
 * 38) Research one artist or art movement that you are really interested in and create artwork that some how pays homage to that artist or art movement. Do not copy the artist’s work, but create your own that has been influenced by it.
 * 39) Design a cd cover for your favorite musician
 * 40) Design a movie poster for your favorite movie
 * 41) Create a music video that portrays a fairy tale with a modern twist

If working on the 3D Design portfolio then find 3D materials in nature and sculpt with these. You can also try carving soap or wood. Toothpicks and other recycled home supplies can be used in creative ways. Research 3D artists that you find especially interesting and try to work in the style of those artists. Consider working small to keep things in control since you may not have a lot of space. See me for more ideas on what to do if you want to do the 3D portfolio. You may also look at the above ideas and see how you could interpret them in 3-dimensional media.

If you get stuck and need help you can email me: **jeannebjork@earthlink.net** or you can find me on Facebook or Flickr (bellafiore). If you get really stuck and need to meet I will be teaching summer school at the ACMS from 8:00-12:00 daily from June 21st onward. If you let me know ahead of time I can meet you after summer school to help. Starbucks or something is cool, just ask for help if needed.