Make sure you understand the summer assignments and obtain your art supplies as soon as possible. If you need help locating supplies or have questions; please contact Ms. Fink before you leave for summer vacation. Make sure that you complete the research for ALL artists mentioned in each sketchbook assignment. Failure to do the research will dramatically reduce your grade! When you return from summer break; that first week of school we will review your work and begin discussing the development of the Quality, Concentration and Breadth areas of your portfolio. Remember that anytime you have questions about your AP portfolio you can refer to your AP Packet. You can email me during the summer if you have any questions. Most of this is Sketchbook Assignments, the last page is your two Art Projects for 2 finished works before school starts. anastasiafink32@gmail.com Supplies needed: A NEW Sketchbook (8x10 or larger) Set of Drawing Pencils- preferably Prismacolors and blenders Ebony Pencil India Ink – black or brown Set of Ink Pens Sharpies Set of Paint (Acrylic or Tempera—your choice) Brushes Drawing Paper (12x18 or larger) Collage Materials (newspaper/magazines, scrap paper, etc.) SKETCHBOOKS WILL BE COLLECTED THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.

Your first assignment is to begin decorating the inside cover and

the next 3 pages of your sketchbook.

---Tell me who you are…VISUALLY for the first 2 pages

(inside cover sheet and first page).

You MUST include a photograph of yourself.

What can you say about yourself on these first two pages, visually.

You can cover your background paper…if you want. ANY MEDIUM CAN BE USED!! Draw..Paint..Collage

just about anything…movie stubs, concert tickets, phrases, quotes, more pictures, fabric,

wrappers…magazine image. Cover both pages of the inside cover!

3d and 4th Page (you can take up more pages) Title it: 100 Things About Me! Number these;

write out 100 things about you! What do you love, hate, quirks, fears, paranoias, heritage, etc.

You can draw pictures, color the page behind the list, have fun with it, but number them. You won’t be able

to do this all at once, come back to it over the summer. I will also have my list for you. Remember, have

fun with it!

Your sketchbook is an extension of you and should represent you as an individual artist. Begin carrying your

sketchbook with you and complete a daily sketch or sketches in your sketchbook. Your sketches are not intended as

final projects. Your sketchbook is for recording observations, ideas, images, trying techniques or materials, writing

to yourself or your muse, etc. that might be used in a finished piece of artwork. The 100 things about you will help

decide a concentration too. Relax with your sketchbook and enjoy it.

We will be using this sketchbook MORE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE throughout the semester.

Examples:

OBJECTIVE: You will investigate simplification of line by drawing the figure.

MATERIALS: Stick from a tree or bush, India ink, sketchbook.

RESEARCH: Before beginning, you will need to research the simplicity and economy of line as found in the

artworks of:

Henri Matisse /Igon Schelie

Keith Haring

One other famous artist who YOU LIKE works with the simplicity of line

You must include the following in your research:

2 Visuals color photos that are representative examples of that artists style

Biography information of that artist (birth, death, time period, marriages, children, schooling,

apprenticeship, how that got into art, their life in general)

Do you like this artist(s)? Why or why not--EXPLAIN (at least one paragraph!!)

PROCESS/LESSON #2:

Using gesture drawings as motivation, you will express with a stick (perhaps from a tree in your yard) and India ink

the entire figure, using as few lines as possible.

Create one drawing per page and make it life size. Label each drawing! Spend only a maximum of ten minutes per drawing.

One page of an entire figure

One page of a head

One page of a hand

One page of a foot

OBJECTIVE: You will investigate ebony pencil as a drawing medium.

You will control gradation and contrast to depict form rather than outlining. You will use the

technique of chiaroscuro to depict three-dimensional forms on a two dimensional surface.

MATERIALS: Ebony pencil, sketchbook.

RESEARCH: Before beginning, you will need to research the term Chiaroscuro.

Also, look at the work of the painters of the Italian Renaissance.

Leonardo Da Vinci

Raphael

And one other artist from the Renaissance time period

You must include the following in your research: 2 Visuals that are representative of that artists style

Biography information of that artist (birth, death, time period, marriages, children, schooling,

apprenticeship, how that got into art, their life in general)

Do you like this artist(s)? Why or why not--EXPLAIN –1 paragraph!

PROCESS/LESSON #3:

Spend only a maximum of ten minutes per drawing. THINK ABOUT THIS!! One sketchbook page will be used to draw the forms of a still life using value rather than line. I SHOULD

NOT SEE ANY LINES, ONLY VALUE. THINK ABOUT WHAT IS INSIDE THE LINES!

One sketchbook page will be used to draw the forms of a building using value rather than

line.

Objective:

You will investigate texture by studying quality of drapery.

MATERIALS: Sketch pencils.

RESEARCH: Before beginning, you will need to research the quality of drapery used by

Jean-Auguste-Dominique

Ingres

Jacques-Louis David

You must include the following in your research: 2 Visuals that are representative of that artists style

Biography information of that artist (birth, death, time period, marriages, children, schooling,

apprenticeship, how that got into art, their life in general)

Do you like this artist(s)? Why or why not--EXPLAIN

PROCESS/LESSON #4:

Using your drawing pencils you will observe and develop your own idea and position about the subject of draped,

folded, crumpled, or cascading fabric. Your drawing may be of just the fabric or it may include other

objects/figures.

Spend only a maximum of ten minutes per drawing.

1 page of an unmade bed

1 page of a favorite article of clothing in your closet

1 page of a piece of overstuffed furniture

1 page of curtains

1 page of dirty clothes in a basket

1 page of clothes hanging to dry

OBJECTIVE: You will investigate combining collage with ink drawings in your sketchbook.

MATERIALS: Paper object, ink pen, sketchbook.

RESEARCH: Before beginning, you will need to research the use of collage and mix media by such artists as:

Robert Rauschenberg

Romare Bearden

You must include the following in your research: 2 Visuals that are representative of that artists style

Biography information of that artist (birth, death, time period, marriages, children, schooling,

apprenticeship, how that got into art, their life in general)

Do you like this artist(s)? Why or why not--EXPLAIN

PROCESS/LESSON #5:

Glue a movie ticket, wrapper from a piece of gum or candy, airplane ticket, or etc. to a page in your sketchbook.

Use your pen/pens to draw around or on the paper item to help the viewer better understand the symbolism of the

paper item; FILL UP THE ENTIRE PAGE IN YOUR SKETCHBOOK.

Spend only a maximum of fifteen minutes per drawing.

Produce two different pieces in your sketchbook using mixed media.

THE FOLLOWING WILL COUNT AS TWO SEPARATE PROJECT GRADES AND WILL BE DUE THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. THEY WILL POSSIBLY BE USED IN THE BREADTH SECTION OF YOUR PORTFOLIO OR COULD BE CONCENTRATION!

AP SUMMER ASSIGNMENT #1: Completed 2D/Drawing Studio Project

OBJECTIVE: You will investigate various approaches to self portraits and complete a portrait of yourself. You can

select a style to work in but you must identify the style and artists or artist that works in the style you select.

MATERIALS: Your choice

RESEARCH: Before beginning, you will need to research self-portraits by:

Chuck Close

Frida Kahlo

You must include the following in your research: 2 Visuals that are representative of that artists style

Biography information of that artist (birth, death, time period, marriages, children, schooling,

apprenticeship, how that got into art, their life in general)

Do you like this artist(s)? Why or why not--EXPLAIN

PROCESS:

Using the style selected for your self-portrait, you will complete your painting, drawing or mixed media creation to

express the outer or inner images you want expressed about yourself.

This should have a minimum size of 12x18

AP SUMMER ASSIGNMENT #2: Completed 2D/Drawing Studio Project

OBJECTIVE: You will investigate various approaches to figure rendering and complete a drawing or painting on at

least two figures. You can select a style to work in but you must identify the style and artists or artist that works

in the style you select.

(Your research needs to be 1 page long; it can be a compilation of each of the artists listed below, but you

must have at least 2 visuals on one of the artist of your choice)

MATERIALS: Your choice.

RESEARCH: Before beginning, you will need to research artwork of figures by:

Jacob Lawrence

Toulouse-Lautrec

PROCESS:

Using the style selected for your figurative artwork, you will complete your painting or drawing to express the

outer or inner images you want expressed about your figures. Since you will be working with figures think about all

the images/symbolism that could be involved.

This should have a minimum size of 12x18

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