Portfolio

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WI State Standards:

  • AA Cr11h
    Plan: Formulate original concepts by practice, experimentation, and revision. (planning/experimentation)
  • AA Cr12h
    Make: Create works of art that introduce students to media, care of tools, and basic craftsmanship skills.
    (skills)
  • AA Pr10h
    Develop Meaning: Curate a body of work incorporating personal, historical and contemporary art to communicate one or more points of view.
    (aesthetics / communication)

about the course:

Your final portfolio should represent your current skill level and development as an artist.

It should show:

  • Your skills in your preffered media
  • Your experimentation with other media
  • Your personal style and creative voice
  • Drawing skills (including from observation!!)
  • Creative problem solving ability
  • Ability to reflect on and write about your creative process.

timeline

semester 1
weeks 1-3 weeks 4-9 weeks 10-12 weeks 13-19 week 20

Unit 1: Research & Study

Sketch book

Silkscreen printing

Unit 2: Visual Communication

Expressionist piece

Past & Future

Digital Portfolio

semester 2
weeks 1-7 weeks 8-13 weeks 14-19 week 20

Unit 1:Concentration

In-progression

Object concentration

Unit 2: Media Exploration

Linoleum Block printing

Digital portfolio

Your Artist Book (sketchbook)

Keep your visual journal. Things to work on:

  • live sketches from observation (things, buildings, animals, etc.)
  • gesture drawing (people sketches from observation)
  • daily journal with illustrations
  • illustrations
  • character development
  • studies (forms, shading, portraits, hands, etc)
  • sketches for summatives
  • promts
  • your choice of subject