AP Studio: 2-D Design: Sketchbook Assignments Fall 2013-14

Week SB1 Due TUESDAYS 9/10

Topic
Inspired by Text: Choose a favorite quotes and create an illustration that fits the text. Be Creative and Think outside the BOX. Choose an object. Draw using realism. This must be an object you have never drawn before. No Cell phone drawingsboring. Drop some paint on a page. While the paint is still wet, fold another page over the one with paint, let the paint make an impression. Open both pages. Look hard at the spots. What do they suggest? Think about composition and create something incorporating the blobs. Be imaginative. Artist Choice 1:Journal format Create an object out of paper. For example an origami crane or a paper air plane. Now draw that object in your sketchbook. Play with light and shadow (values) to create what you see. Parents picklet your mom, dad, or guardian choose the object or topic for you to draw this week. Artist Choice 2 THIRSTYDo you have a favorite drink? (Coffee, Pop, Lemonade, etc.) Create an illustration that shows the enjoyment you get from something so simple. Be creative with your choice of imagery and use of LINE. You image may or may not actually show the beverage. STUCK. Maybe you have a fear of being stuck somewhere or doing something. Draw that fear. We see things that are stuck all around us. Draw what you see. Maybe being stuck means something more to you. Illustrate that. o Stuck in a relationship o Stuck in a town o Stuck in the middle of your family o Stuck in this crazy AP art classha ha Artist Choice 3

Complete

SB2 SB3

9/17 9/24

SB4 SB5 SB6 SB7 SB8

10/1 10/8 10/15 10/22 10/29

SB9

11/5

SB10

11/12

Options for Artist Choice are unlimited. Choose something that interests you. For you to progress most as an artist you should try to draw from life/observation as much as possible. Try to avoid copying pictures. There is no tracing. If you do choose to draw from a photo please include the photo for reference and grading purposes.