Preparing your Art Portfolio
Are you thinking about studying art or art education in college? Have you started to think about what it looks like to put together a portfolio that represents you and your work? While this does vary some from college to college the checklist below will help you start the process. Art Portfolio Basics Your portfolio […]
Are you Looking for a Mentor?
Are you a high school student that’s looking for someone to help you develop your ideas, organize your art portfolio, and to keep you motivated to create? Maybe you’ve already taken all of the AP classes, or you might not be interested in AP class, but really want to learn more about how to develop […]
Do You Have Enough Supplies to Share?
It’s a common pet peeve of many art teachers to have students from other classes sent to their room to ask for supplies. Can you relate? Before you say no, or get mad, here are a few questions to reflect on. Did you purchase the supplies or did the school? Are they consumable or non-consumable? […]
How to Earn a High School on the AP Drawing Selected Works
AP Studio art courses require students to submit a portfolio to the college board. The portfolio has two sections, sustained investigation, and selected works. In the videos below I’ll share 3 examples of the selected work’s sections of the AP Drawing portfolio. Score of 3 Score of 4 Score of 5
Understanding Size and Selected Works
In a previous post, we talked about how the size of your artwork can impact the meaning. Today I want to get more specific and talk about the size of your artwork if you’re working on an AP 2D design or AP Drawing portfolio. For AP portfolios you submit 15 digital images to the college […]
How do You Determine the Size of Your Work?
When creating works of art, do you spend time thinking about what size and the shape the piece should be, OR, is the size and shape of the work determined by the supplies that you have? Does Size Matter? It’s okay if you aren’t always putting a lot of thought into the size of your […]
How Materials Create Meaning
In the videos below we’ll explore examples of the role that materials and processes play when making a work of art. Before we watch the first video, grab your sketchbook and something to write with. I’m going to set a timer for one minute, write down as many materials and processes to create art with […]
You Can’t Force Inspiration… or Can You?
Have you heard or even said the phrase, ” You can’t force inspiration.” In some ways this is true, you can’t force yourself or your students to have inspiration in any given moment, however, there are many practices that you can put in place that encourage and feed into developing inspiration. Understanding the creative process […]
Exploring Materials and Meaning
My husband is a letter carrier, and each year, I design a thank you card for people that give him tips. The inspiration for the design is a combination of things that remind me of the neighborhood where he delivers and working to create with art supplies that I already have. ( I’ve always enjoyed […]