Sketchbook-Journal: AP Studio Art and IB Art Prompts and Work Samples Art Education Fulton County Schools 2007

Why Sketchbook Journals? They Develop: Technical Skills: drawing skills, design skills, and media exploration. Thinking and Personal Expression through art: to learn processes for idea development; this doesn’t just happen, we have to consciously teach these processes. Learning: Reflection on personal growth, ideas, connections among art class learning, other classes, and life outside school.

Two Aspects of Sketchbook/Journals Journal Personal ideation Concept development Reflection Sketchbook Technical skill building Studies Micro labs Students need both There are many way ways to structure the combination: sketchbook begins on one side of book, journal begins on the other; simply intersperse both types of work.

Teachers need to: explicitly teach ways to develop ideas and concepts. Then... explicitly teach for moving ideas from journals into other artwork.

It’s a Developmental Process AP / IB Art – prompts need less structure so students can think conceptually, develop ideas from and personal responses to the world around them. Leave open prompts based on students concentration or/and giving AP Students a number of pages due in relation to their concentration are great ways to help them get into the journal practice without limiting personal expression.

AP Studio Art 3D Prompt: Select one of the artists from our list. Sketch one of their works and analyze how and why the work affects you. What do you think the artist is trying to communicate in this work? Don’t forget to make the page visually appealing. (Note: List is designed to explore wide range of contemporary artists as part of the “Breadth” section of the course.) Technical Skill(s): Sketching & composition Verbalizing how an artist communicates meaning through visual “language”. Conceptual Idea: Reflection on an artist’s intent and how it is communicated. Note: The next step is to take this into the student’s intent in their own work. What do you want to say and how will you communicate it? Teacher: Denise Jennings

AP Studio Art Drawing and Painting Prompt: Find an image that “speaks” to you. Attache it to your journal page. Analyze in writing what about the image appeals to you and why. Include both visual and content related qualities. What do you see? What doe is it make you think? Create a thumbnail with verbal notations of an artwork inspired by your reflections on the image you found –NOT a copy of the image, but an original artwork inspired by your reflections on the image. Technical Skill(s): Thumbnails & composition Verbalizing personal aesthetic affinities Conceptual Idea: Inspiration from the world around you based on personal aesthetic preferences. Will vary for each individual Teacher: Denise Jennings

AP Studio Art 2D Prompt: Give visual form to the concept of a “journey to self”. Teacher: Dorsey Chappell Technical Skill(s): Composition; mixed media (introduce specific techniques from which students choose) Conceptual Idea: Reflection on personal experiences and meaning related to a concept Recording personal experiences / reflections for use in future art work Creating art (visual communication) based on those personal experiences / thoughts.

AP Studio Art Prompt: Design a page around a line from your favorite song. Technical Skill(s): Acrylic Painting Mixed Media Techniques Conceptual Idea: Inspiration from the world around you based on personal aesthetic preferences. Will vary for each individual Teacher: ???

AP Studio Art 2D Prompt: Give visual form to “meander” (or any other really good word from the dictionary, “journey, ponderous, sanctuary, maudlin”) Teacher: Dorsey Chappell Technical Skill(s): Composition; mixed media (introduce specific techniques from which students choose), layers, image and text Conceptual Idea: Reflection on personal experiences and meaning related to a concept Recording personal experiences / reflections for use in future art work Creating art (visual communication) based on those personal experiences / thoughts.

AP Studio Art 2D Prompt: Self portrait Teacher: Pilar Hernandez Technical Skill(s): Composition; mixed media (introduce specific techniques from which students choose) Conceptual Idea: Reflection on personal experiences and meaning related to a concept Recording personal experiences / reflections for use in future art work Creating art (visual communication) based on those personal experiences / thoughts.

Technical Skill(s): Composition; mixed media (introduce specific techniques from which students choose), repetition and variety. Conceptual Idea: Reflection on personal experiences and meaning related to a concept Recording personal experiences / reflections for use in future art work Creating art (visual communication) based on those personal experiences / thoughts. AP Studio Art 2D Prompt: Planning out a concentration. Teacher: Dorsey Chappell

AP Studio Art 2D Prompt: Use mixed media in an analogous color scheme. Technical Skill(s): Composition Color theory Conceptual Idea: Inspiration from the world around you based on personal aesthetic preferences. Will vary for each individual Teacher: Dorsey Chappel

Click for Additional Examples AP Studio Art All Prompt: Research artists journals and choose one to create a series of visual research journal pages. Complete the pages in the style of the artists journal pages and incorporate the text into the overall design. Technical Skill(s): Thumbnails & composition Verbalizing personal aesthetic affinities Composition; mixed media (introduce specific techniques from which students choose) Conceptual Idea: Reflection on an artist’s intent and how it is communicated. Note: The next step is to take this into the student’s intent in their own work. What do you want to say and how will you communicate it? Teacher: ???

Student visual research paper on artist Teisha Moore

AP Studio Art 2D Prompt: Create a page based on a favorite time with your family. Technical Skill(s): Composition Verbalizing personal aesthetic affinities Complementary color schemes Conceptual Idea: Inspiration from the world around you. Will vary from student to student.. Teacher: Pilar Hernandez

AP Studio Art 3D Prompt: Create an ergonomic design of a familiar three dimensional object in the round. Technical Skill(s): Thumbnails & composition Value to model form Observing objects in the round Conceptual Idea: Inspiration from the world around you. Improving on existing object. Teacher: Pilar Hernandez

AP Studio Art 3D Prompt: Use your emotions about going to college as a starting point for a journal page. Technical Skill(s): Composition Verbalizing personal aesthetic affinities Mixed media Conceptual Idea: Inspiration from the world around you based on personal aesthetic preferences. Will vary for each individual Reflection on personal experiences and meaning related to a concept Recording personal experiences / reflections for use in future art work Creating art (visual communication) based on those personal experiences / thoughts. Teacher: Jessica Booth

Technical Skill(s): Composition; mixed media (introduce specific techniques from which students choose) Conceptual Idea: Reflection on personal experiences and meaning related to a concept Recording personal experiences / reflections for use in future art work Creating art (visual communication) based on those personal experiences / thoughts. AP Studio Art 3D Prompt: Incorporate a map and/or found materials into a journal page about a place you visited over the summer. Teacher: Jessica Booth

AP Studio Art 3D Prompt: When taking any notes in class make them VISUAL, incorporate text with drawings while using the elements and principles to create unique compositions. PS- you will remember more! Technical Skill(s): Sketching & composition Verbalizing how an artist communicates meaning through visual “language”. Conceptual Idea: Reflection on an artist’s intent and how it is communicated. Note: The next step is to take this into the student’s intent in their own work. What do you want to say and how will you communicate it? Teacher: Jessica Booth Click for Additional Examples

Visual notes examples based on a video about Dale Chihuly

AP Studio Art 3D Prompt: Select an artist from our class list and research their artist statement, artwork as it progresses over time and their working practices. Use your “visual research “ pages as the starting point for a sculpture. Technical Skill(s): Sketching & composition Verbalizing how an artist communicates meaning through visual “language”. Conceptual Idea: Reflection on an artist’s intent and how it is communicated. Note: The next step is to take this into the student’s intent in their own work. What do you want to say and how will you communicate it? Teacher: Jessica Booth Click for Additional Examples

Student visual research that inspired sketches on last slide Teacher: Jessica Booth

Technical Skill(s): Composition; mixed media (introduce specific techniques from which students choose) Conceptual Idea: Reflection on personal experiences and meaning related to a concept Creating art (visual communication) based on those personal experiences / thoughts. AP Studio Art 3D Prompt: Use a common symbol in a new way. Teacher: Jessica Booth

AP Studio Art 3D Prompt: Your journal should be a log of your daily life in addition to a place to sketch sculptures and work out ideas. Over the summer create a series of pages telling your “story”. Technical Skill(s): Composition Verbalizing personal aesthetic affinities Mixed media Conceptual Idea: Inspiration from the world around you based on personal aesthetic preferences. Will vary for each individual Recording personal experiences / reflections for use in future art work Creating art (visual communication) based on those personal experiences / thoughts. Teacher: Jessica Booth Click for Additional Examples

Teacher: Jessica Booth

AP Studio Art 3D Prompt: Create a page based on a non art material. Think 2D Assemblage. Technical Skill(s): Composition Verbalizing personal aesthetic affinities Mixed media Conceptual Idea: Inspiration from the world around you based on personal aesthetic preferences. Will vary for each individual Recording personal experiences / reflections for use in future art work Creating art (visual communication) based on those personal experiences / thoughts. Teacher: Jessica Booth

AP Studio Art 3D Prompt: Write a letter to your self (or your sketchbook) about something you have been struggling with in your life lately. Technical Skill(s): Composition Verbalizing personal aesthetic affinities Mixed media Conceptual Idea: Inspiration from the world around you based on personal aesthetic preferences. Will vary for each individual Reflection on personal experiences and meaning related to a concept Recording personal experiences / reflections for use in future art work Creating art (visual communication) based on those personal experiences / thoughts. Teacher: Jessica Booth

Technical Skill(s): Composition; mixed media (introduce specific techniques from which students choose) Conceptual Idea: Reflection on personal experiences and meaning related to a concept Recording personal experiences / reflections for use in future art work Creating art (visual communication) based on those personal experiences / thoughts. AP Studio Art 2D Prompt: Find a photographic image and use its composition as a compositional starting point for a piece. Teacher: Dorsey Chappel

Technical Skill(s): Composition; mixed media (introduce specific techniques from which students choose) Conceptual Idea: Reflection on personal experiences and meaning related to a concept Recording personal experiences / reflections for use in future art work Creating art (visual communication) based on those personal experiences / thoughts. AP Studio Art 2D Prompt: Find a photographic image and use its composition as a compositional starting point for a piece. Teacher: Dorsey Chappel

Technical Skill(s): Composition; mixed media (introduce specific techniques from which students choose) Conceptual Idea: Reflection on personal experiences and meaning related to a concept Recording personal experiences / reflections for use in future art work Creating art (visual communication) based on those personal experiences / thoughts. IB Art Prompt: Take a photographic image and use its composition as a compositional starting point for a piece. Teacher: Brooke Battersby