Glass Half Full

After completing Water glass painting

Update your blog with a picture of your painting And any sketches you have done

 Answer the following questions in paragraph form

Does your object in the water reflect some personal choice?

What  are you saying about yourself in your personal choice of object?

·         IF I HAD A DO-OVER WHAT WOULD I DO?
WHAT DO YOU FEEL BEST ABOUT YOUR WORK.

·          WHAT WERE MY GOALS AND INTENTIONS IN THIS ARTWORK?

·         HOW DID I ACCOMPLISH THEM?

·         WHAT IS MY PAINTING ABOUT? (reflected light? Composition? Texture of surface? Dramatic shadows? Backlighting? Interesting markmaking? Smoothness ? etc…)

·         WHAT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGE I HAD TO FACE?

·         HOW DID I MEET THAT CHALLENGE?

·         WHERE DOES MY PAINTING REALLY WORK?

·          WHAT ARE SOME THINGS HAVE I LEARNED THAT I CAN BRING INTO MY NEXT PAINTING? (ANY THING FROM PAINT MIXING TO NEW COMPETANCIES)

·         WHAT ARTIST/MENTOR CAN I NAME THAT HELPED ME AND WHAT DID I LEARN FROM THEM?  (Diebenkorn, Janet Fish, Thiebaud, Craig Stephens)

checking out the AP Portfolio

Do a search for AP Studio portfolios and then go to AP Studio Art Drawing Portfolio, click on The Studio Art Portfolio and check out all the examples of each section.

· In your journal respond visually and verbally ( 2 page spreads or 4 consecutive pages to the following prompts:

1. Look on the College Board website and determine what the needs are for these sections?

2. Look at previous student portfolio examples on the website. Determine then state what you think makes a strong AP Drawing portfolio. Do some sketches or use the images from the website. Do any of them resonate with what you would like to do? Why/why not?

3. Thinking back to the pieces you have already completed, what do you think you can use and in which sections of the portfolio? Note them in your journal( you can change your mind)