AP Studio Art-Drawing Design Syllabus - Steinbrenner High School

plagiarism and appropriate idea sources. Student summer work will be critiqued at this
time, and a sharing session will be held about the information learned through the summer
work about different Drawing artists. Students can use this information throughout the
year to help develop their own styles and ideas within two dimensional drawing designs.
Breadth (weeks 1­12)
Within the Breadth Section of the portfolio twelve digital images will be needed of 12
different works (1 views of each work). The Breadth Section is designed to demonstrate a
variety of concepts, media, and approaches while emphasizing the elements and principles
of drawing design such as balance, emphasis, contrast, figure/ground relationship,
proportion, repetition, unity/variety, color, value, texture and rhythm.
Breadth pieces will be completed first in the AP process. Students are encouraged to feed
off one another – discussion and informal critiques are expected almost daily in order to
enhance final products. Formal classroom critiques and/or written personal critiques will
be completed after each piece is completed. It is also expected that students think about
comments and suggestions previously given to them by the teacher or peers when creating
each new work. Students should think about the portfolio process as a building block
process – each skill, technique, and idea learned needs to be retained in order to move
ahead. Unique and individual responses are expected for each assignment.
Each year the progression of the Breadth assignments should change depending on the
strengths and interests of the students enrolled in the course.
Possibilities of Breadth assignments include:
• Monochromatic Painting: Students will design and create a monochromatic
painting. The design must have a theme as well as repetition of subject or object
matter including the hue and tints and shades of that hue.
• Perspective Drawing: The student will use varies spatial systems to design an
image with the illusion of three­dimensional forms including aerial views (multiple
views). See M.C. Escher
• Still Life Collage: The student will sketch 5 or more objects, scan, and alter the
image. They will manipulate the still­life collage by adding different color,
textures, and contrast to produce a center of interest.
• Golden Mean Drawing: The student will use the Divine Proportion and the golden
rectangle to produce the ideal human form after studying Vitruvius, Leonardo da
Vinci, and other Renaissance artists.
• Portraits Mixed Media: The student will do gesture drawings of the skull of class
mates, facial features­all angles, and facial expressions in their sketch books. The