1. THINGS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT AP ART

2. The Purpose of AP Art class is very different from other art classes in several ways:
The focus for most high school art classes is to learn and practice skills that can be used to create art. The focus of this class is to use whatever skill you have acquired to create art. We won’t spend time much time learning and practicing skills. As we do art, and LOTS of it our skills will automatically improve but it won’t be what we are initial focus.
We will work with ideas, emotions, themes and how to best express those things in a visual way to create powerful images.
We will spend much more time playing with ideas and exploring possibilities than coming up with ideas (think of it like writing a rough draft and then re-writing – we will do much more artistic “re-writing” in here than you have ever done before).

3. In short, we will spend much more time doing things that actual artists do!

4. Here are some things I think you ought to know about being an artist and this class:
Sometimes it will be frustrating and difficult. You have to push through that – the good stuff is on the other side.

5. “The person who makes NO mistakes never makes anything.”
2. If you never push yourself into new areas you will stagnate as an artist. Artists have to risk failure in order to continue to grow. And that is really scary!
“The person who makes NO mistakes never makes anything.”

6. Creating authentic art takes a tremendous amount of courage.

7. 2. Art does not have to look realistic to be powerful and effective!
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8. DON’T let reality limit you!
Try playing with reality! You might like it!

9. 3. Don’t worry about creating “perfect” art – just create A LOT of it!