1. What is the central idea of your Concentration? (500 characters or less) What is the conceptual idea or content that you want to investigate? It can be related to design elements and/or principles such as line, color, texture, space, pattern, movement, etc. OR it can be something that is social, political, religious, scientific, personal, etc.
2. What materials?
3. Reply to two others with an initial response and suggestions or ideas to expand the idea.
ART 3 - Reply to two AP students with an initial response and suggestions or ideas to expand the idea.
AP Students, visit the following sites for more examples of previous Concentrations, Breadth and Quality sections. This can be very helpful to get your brain thinking about your own personal Concentration as well as see how your work stacks up against other students.
2D - www.apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/220017.html
3D - www.apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/220107.html
Drawing - www.apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/220194.html
ok so my plan for my concentration is the relationship between a dog and a girl. I wan to not just have part of the piece be dog and the other part be dog but make it fun and alive in the painting. I want to to it be modern and have a old twist in it. Most of the ideas will have a look to it like it is from the 1800's to the early 1900 up to now. I'm wanting to collage and paint all my 12 pieces
ReplyDelete-Kelly Shimp
You could even (in a few of the pieces) follow the relationship of a girl and dog throughout their lives - example being, the first painting is the girl as a toddler and the dog as a puppy, the next the adult girl with the adult dog, etc..
Delete^^ I like that idea Tesch
DeleteMy concentration is going to based on the idea of the mystery of faith. As limited human beings we are not able to understand everything about God and his plan which is the reason for faith. It is by his grace that he has revealed to us so much, through Creation, his word and his son. I want to express both chaos and clarity through my work. Mostly I will work with acrylic and oil paintings. Some of my ideas include mystery of creation with a galaxy image, mystery of ancient man with some ancient structures, and mystery of the gospel and Christ with a Crucifixion. Also including covering sheets on my paintings to symbolize what we cannot know is another idea.
ReplyDeleteI love your concentration idea! You could also perhaps include a blindfolded person in one of your pieces to symbolize our lack of understanding of the inner-workings of our world and of God / Faith.
DeleteThis is such a beautiful idea! Im sure you will do a really good job of it
Delete-jillian
In my concentration I wanted to explore the idea that the world is inherently fallen. Even great beauty is oftentimes marked by corruption, tragedy, or loss of innocence. Perhaps this is due to a slightly twisted nature, but I believe darkness can sometimes add an eerie depth and beauty to a person or situation. In this body of work, I experimented with the concept that there is not only darkness in beauty, but beauty in darkness.
ReplyDeleteMaterials: Watercolor, Acrylic, Oil, Mixed Media
DeleteI love this idea and think it is very original! You could use a dark, gloomy background and then, in contrast, have a person filled with joy or flowers or something happy in the middle of it all. I think the contrast would give deep meaning and go along with your concentration.
DeleteMegan Ingram
This is going to be beautiful maybe you could even do a work of something actually moving and twisting to show the "twisted nature" of humanity that you mentioned.
DeleteThis idea is so awesome and i just already know the works will turn out amazing! You should put as much emotion as possible into this concentration because i feel like beauty in darkness requires deep emotion! -annalee
Deletei love this dark idea that you're going to be doing! It'll be awesome to see what you do with it!
Delete- Taylor
I love this idea and I already am sure that every piece will amaze everyone! I feel like a lot of passion and emotion involved in each piece will really communicate how inspiring this theme is!
Delete-brynna wilson
The idea that will be explored in my concentration is the different styles of dance. I will be discovering the many aspects and movements created throughout each unique style of choreographed dance. Also, try to portray the different emotions displayed in each movement.
ReplyDelete-MacKenzie Kortrey
I think this idea is totally you and will give so many options to work with! You could even show one dance move as if it was in slow motion, expressing each step with a different emotion. So, in one picture, you would have several different steps or pauses going across the canvas.
DeleteMegan Ingram
this is a really cool idea! i will be exited to see your final products
Delete-jillian
I think that this is a very good idea because you can do so many different things with it! It's also really cool that you are going to portray emotion in it -Annalee
Deletei love this idea because through your work it'll show your passion
Delete- Taylor
i love this concept because your using something you are familar with and i love the idea that it is your passion
DeleteI love the idea, I feel like they will turn out beautifully! I love any art that has to do with dance and with emotion added to it it will be both beautiful and moving!
Delete-brynna wilson
The central idea of my concentration is to explore beauty found in uncommon places through teapots made out of clay.
ReplyDeleteCatherine Pope
Catherine I think you could do a lot with this. not only could you make teapots but you could make like other pieces of things like plates teacups and a lot more
Deletebeck muse
This is such a neat idea. Some ideas beauty in places you wouldn't expect could include like rust on trash can teacups.
DeleteI love that idea and you know I love your flower teapot!!
DeleteI am planning on doing close ups of animals mixed in with the theme of celebration for my concentration. I will mix celebration into it by including festivities, holidays, or even cultures that incorporate that animal. I plan on mostly using water color, oil pastels, and acrylic in my pieces. I will probably start out each project using photo shop to put together some kind of animal with a form of celebration. For my first project, I was thinking about doing the close up of the eye of a type of lizard found in the Amazon Rainforest and a small portion of what is around the eye. Because it is a close up, I thought about showing Central American (particularly Brazilian) celebration and festivity through the lizard’s eye. I could include masks, parade floats, fireworks, or dancers, as these are all a part of Brazilian festivities. While some pieces could be more simplistic and realistic, I could also include abstraction and layer images to give it a different look while still keeping the theme tightly focused on animals and celebration.
ReplyDeleteMegan Ingram
Megan I really like your idea! I think you have so many options and so many things you can do with this concentration! I really like how you are incorporating animals with different cultures
Deletebeck muse
I like your idea Megan. I think your whole collection will be very fun. You could look up different cultures and the meaning behind the animal to tie it in.
DeleteCatherine Pope
my concentration is sculptural graphic signs. im going to use easily recognized symbols and signs to portray the flat object as 3 dimensional. ill use a variety of materials to do this.
ReplyDeleteI think this will be very cool. You could make it really fun and abstract so you almost had to figure out which sign you're looking at
Deletecatherine pope