AP Studio Art —
2-D Design Portfolio Section III: Breadth
 
Summary: A variety of experiences in using the formal, technical, and expressive means available to an artist (12 slides)

Breadth in this portfolio refers to your experiences and accomplishments in a variety of two-dimensional art forms, concepts, and techniques. Successful works of art require the integration of the elements and principles of design; you are asked to demonstrate that you are actively working with these concepts while thoughtfully composing your art. You may not submit slides of the same work that you are submitting for Section II. Submitting slides of the same work for Section II and Section III may negatively affect your score.

For this section, you must submit 12 slides of 12 different works. Detail slides may not be included.

Don't use the top 2 rows. Insert slides in sheet as shown here.

Slide Sheet
Slide Figure/Ground Study

Slide Colored Ink, Product Logo

Each slide should be labeled on the mount with a dot in the lower left corner, the dimensions of the work, the medium, and the section in which it belongs.

The work you submit should demonstrate exploration in a variety of media and approaches, inventiveness and the expressive manipulation of form, as well as a knowledge of color issues and compositional organization. You must write on each slide mount the principle or problem that each work addresses.

Examples

  • Color organization using primary, secondary, tertiary, analogous, or other color subsets for an interior or exterior design
  • Artworks that demonstrate the applications of color theory, such as those embodied in Fauvism, Expressionism, Color-Field painting
  • Positive/negative (figure/ground) relationships in the rural, suburban, or urban landscape
  • Color or design related to psychological, historical, or narrative events
  • Development of a modular or repeat pattern for fiber or fabric
  • Typographic organization, layout, or logo for a blues, jazz, classical, or rap CD
  • Graphic designs for school theater productions, yearbooks, etc.
  • Abstractions from the natural world or the urban environment
  • Self-portrait in the guise of a favorite industrial product
  • Color symbolism used in an autobiographical diptych or to extend a narrative
  • Design for a more humane mousetrap

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