AP/IB StudioArt SummerAssignments
CONGRATULATIONS on registering for one of the most challenging & rewarding classes this
school has to offer! After taking this course you will be an informed and critical decision-maker
as you develop a portfolio that is personal to your individual talents and interests, while demonstrating mastery of art principles. You will explore your creativity and become an independent
thinker in your contributions to art and culture.
First thing... e-mail me with a Gmail
account so I will have your e-maill
address. I will then send you an
invite to join the AP/IB Studio Art
Google doc folder for the course.
I have created three assignments for you to jump-start
your creative process. Each assignment is to be created in
the medium you are most familiar. Each one of you should
have had two courses in an art area prior to signing up
for this course. The majority of your work this year will be
created in that medium.
Each assignment has a research, planning, studio, and
reflection component to them. They will be collected and
graded the first week of school. These are to recorded
in your research workbook/visual arts journal. Along with
your three summer assignments I would like each one of
you to present five previously created pieces of artwork in
a “finished” state. These eight finished pieces are due on
the first Tuesday of school in class. “Finished” means
reworked if necessary.
Google Doc Folder includes...
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Summer Letter from me
Abstract Letter Assignment
Abstract Letter Examples
Bicycle Assignment
Bicycle Examples
Forshortening Assignment
Foreshortening Examples
AP/IB FAQ Document
“Visual Arts Journal” Information
“Visual Arts Journal” Examples
IB/AP Learner Profile
AP Websites
Info on how to sign up for Remind 101
Websites resources
College checklist
Research Workbook/Visual Arts Journal
The aim of the researchworkbook/visual arts journal is to support and nurture the acquisition of skills and
ideas, to record developments, and to critique challenges and successes. It is expected that much of
the written work submitted for the assessment tasks at the end of the course will have evolved and been
drawn from the contents of the visual arts journal. This is your own record of development throughout
this course:
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the development of art-making skills and techniques
experiments with media and technologies
personal reflections
your responses to first-hand observations
creative ideas for exploration and development
your evaluations of art practices and art-making experiences
your responses to diverse stimuli and to artists and your works
detailed evaluations and critical analysis
records of valued feedback received
challenges you have faced and your achievements.
AP/IB Studio Art Summer Assignments
Rework and/or finish five previously created
assignments from your art course last year.
Have these five and the new three ready to
put on display the first week of school.
Abstract Letters
Design a composition using positive and negative
space. Using the lines of the letter, create even
amounts of positive and negative space within the
whole design. The space values should move across
the design creating movement for the eye.
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Develop your perceptual skills by setting up a still
life of a bicycle and create an interesting composition as your subject matter. Do several gesture
drawings of the composition in your workbook
before you start on your final piece.
Foreshotening
Create an art piece that uses foreshortening as a
key component in the composition. Think about
distortion and perspective in the space. Use color
to enhance the feeling of the subject matter coming
out of the picture plane.
Detailed instructions, examples and rubrics for each project are in the AP/IB Studio Art Folder
on the google docs I will share with you once you e-mail me at [email protected]