SOP: WHAT TO INCLUDE IN YOUR SKETCHBOOK or PHOTOBOOK
Assignments are meant to help you throughout the year to sharpen your artistic skills.
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TYPES OF RESEARCH Involves collecting information from a variety of sources. It is critical that you be interested and involves in your own personal research throughout the year. SCHEMATIC DRAWINGS AND SKETCHES, TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS, FINDING IMAGES OF SURFACES, TEXTURES, ARTWORK, PERUSING COLLEGE AND ART SCHOOL CATALOGS, VISITING GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS, VISITING WORKING ARTISTS, KNOWING WHAT ARTISTS YOU FAVOR AND KNOWING ABOUT THEIR WORK, KNOWING ABOUT ART MOVEMENTS, READING ABOUT ARTISTS, READING CURRENT PERIODICALS, USING THE INTERNET AND YOUR LIBRARY CARD. PASTE, TAPE, GLUE EXAMPLES OF RESEARCH DIRECTLY INTO YOUR SKETCHBOOK.
DEVELOPMENT Involves understanding what you have researched. As an advanced student, you need to spend time problem solving and recording visual ideas on your own. This involves solving problems first on paper and use the drawing/or post editing as a means to solve problems that may occur in the development of a final piece for your AP portfolio. FOR EVERY PROJECT, PLAN ON PRODUCING AT LEAST ONE PAGE THAT SHOW YOUR IDEAS, THOUGHT PROCESSES, AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. WITHIN A PAGE SPREAD. YOU MAY HAVE THE VISUAL RESEARCH(EXAMPLES OF FAMOUS ARTISTS WORK) ON THE LEFT SIDE AND YOUR SKETCH BOOK INTERPRETATION ON THE RIGHT.(DRAWINGS) OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH (Right page) Involves making from direct observation and personal experience. USE YOUR SKETCHBOOK TO DRAW FROM LIFE/PHOTOGRAPH FROM LIFE AND INCORPORATE YOUR VISUAL RESEARCH. It CAN BE A TWO PAGE DRAWING/PHOTO, A ONE PAGE DRAWING/PHOTO THAT CAN BE A FULL SIZED PIECE, OR UP TO FOUR THUMBNAIL SKETCHES/CONTACT SHEET FILLING THE ONE PAGE. (THIS COULD BE A RESOURCE FOR LARGER AND MORE DETAILED DRAWINGS WITH A RANGE OF VALUES FOR A FUTURE ASSIGNMENT.) ARTIST'S RESEARCH (Left page) Involves research and response on one of the two types of suggested artists to mash up. RESEARCH AND RESPOND. ENTRY SHOULD FILL UP ONE, WHOLE PAGE, BUT MAY BE ABOUT MULTIPLE ARTISTS.EACH RESEARCH ENTRY CAN COVER A DIFFERENT ARTIST, OR IT CAN COVER A DIFFERENT ARTWORK BY THE SAME ARTIST. MINI PRINTED OR PHOTOCOPIED IMAGE OF THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK PASTED INTO THE PAGE. UNDER THE PRINT, INCLUDE THE ARTIST’S NAME, TITLE OF THE WORK, MEDIUM (MEDIA) USED, YEAR, AND DIMENSION.THE ARTISTS CAN SPAN DIFFERENT CENTURIES, DECADES, OR STYLES, OR THEY CAN ALL BE GROUPED TOGETHER UNDER ONE “ISM.”RESEARCHED INFORMATION. THINGS TO INCLUDE ON THE ARTIST: BRIEF BIOGRAPHY, THEIR STYLE, WHAT INSPIRED THEM, AND ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTWORK EXAMPLE THAT YOU PRINTED. ALL TEXT SHOULD BE PARAPHRASED AND HAND-WRITTEN DIRECTLY INTO THE PAGE. USE QUOTATIONS FOR ANY DIRECTLY QUOTED INFORMATION. CITE YOUR SOURCE FOR YOUR OWN BENEFIT LATER.PERSONAL RESPONSE. WRITE A FEW SENTENCES EXPLAINING WHY YOU CHOSE THIS ARTIST/ARTISTS AND HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR WORK. THIS CAN BE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, BUT ALWAYS EXPLAIN YOUR STANCE. HOW YOU MIGHT INCORPORATE HIS STYLE INTO YOUR OWN ARTWORK?
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