them into artwork:
This is an example from Jill McCarthy's sketchbook.2011-2012 AP Studio Art 3-D Design Summer Assignments
During the summer, you will be doing some preliminary work for your portfolio.
Sketchbook/Journal:
I would like you to visit art museums (a list of San Francisco museums is in
your folder) or galleries to get ideas for
projects. You can glue (postcards or images from magazines) or draw examples in
your sketchbook/journal. By the way, you can also take
photos (either still or digital) and put these into your sketchbook/journal.
You should have several pages of ideas in your sketchbook.
Examples:
These are examples from
Marion Boddy-Evans'
website showing the step-by-step process and use of sketches and transforming
them into artwork:
This is an example from Jill McCarthy's sketchbook.
Email Check-In:
I will be contacting you via your e-mail to check with each of you to see how
you are doing. I plan to touch base with
you every other week. Please realize that this is the only way we can communicate so
it is important that you send me a response even if it is short
in length. Also, know that you can contact me
(gbennett@mercyhs.org)
and I will try to get back to you within a day
or two.
Assignments:
Select three of the assignments listed below. The idea is to get some projects
constructed so that you can finish them off with
paint, glazes, etc. when we return. Our first day of classes is Friday,
August 19. This special schedule day will give us time to set up
your storage area and issue supplies. We will review your projects in class on
the first full day of classes either August 22 or 23.
1. Using found, simple
objects (like toilet paper rolls, cardboard or wooden boxes); create two
sculptural forms that are buildings. This
example, Cascade, 1964, by Louise Nevelson, is in the collection of
the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
2. Using several different materials, create two
3-dimensional weavings that show off the different materials. It could be
something as
simple as string woven around pencils and
pens. Here is an example of a work, Wave Lamp, by New
Zealand based woven sculpture artist, Vivian Keenan.
http://www.viviankeenan.co.nz/
3. Using different materials create two assemblages
(groupings or collections).
Click on4_thumb.jpg)
Beach
House shown here to view Canadian artist, Barbara Bickell's assemblages.
Another artist, Frieda Howling, also does assemblages, such as
Bountiful Resource/Bountiful Future.
4. Using clay, create two forms that evolve from a
seed pod. Here are some examples:
www.poppiesshop.com
www.eccoblue.org
5. Using any material that can be manipulated into
a 3-dimensional form, create one magnified
(enlarged) object. Here are some examples by Claes Oldenburg
www.dcbestbets.com
www.hawaii.edu
6. Try to create sketches for a series of
three-dimensional works that begin with representational (realistic)
interpretations
and evolve into abstraction. Look at these
different examples of apples. You might want to do one drawing and overlap
another drawing from a different viewpoint
of the same image and then another.
www.cspinet.org www.planetquake.com www.mw-software.com
See you in August! You can
contact me at
gbennett@mercyhs.org and you can also check my
webpage for
AP Studio Art –
3D Design
for information on museums, art classes, projects, and links.
Contact Ms. Bennett at
(415) 334-0525, voice mail 312
or
e-mail: gbennett@mercyhs.org