PORTFOLIO SYLLABUS

PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS PORTFOLIO 2010-2011 PURCELL

WE WILL BE ATTENDING TWO PORTFOLIO REVIEWS:

ONE WILL BE DURING SCHOOL (TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY OCT 27TH AT G.C.C.)
THE SECOND WILL BE NATIONAL PORTFOLIO DAY AT THE HARTFORD ART SCHOOL ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 29th. PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDERS SO THAT YOU ARE AVAIALBLE FOR THIS EVENT. SCHOOLS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WILL BE ATTENDING WITH THE POTENTIAL TO OFFER ANYTHING FROM PRE-ACCEPTANCE TO SCHOLORSHIPS.
http://www.hartfordartschool.org/ FOR UPDATED INFORMATION

MOST COLLEGES WILL REQUIRE 15-20 PIECES OF ARTWORK IN A PORTFOLIO. WE WILL BE ATTEMPTING TO CREATE DOUBLE THAT AMOUNT IN THIS SEMESTER. ALL WORK SHOULD BE RECENT (JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR) AND WITHOUT EXCEPTION, YOUR BEST WORK!

YOUR PORTFOLIO SHOULD CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING:

WORK FROM OBSERVATION
WORK FROM REFERENCE
WORK FROM IMAGINATION

YOU WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING AS REQUIRED WORK FOR THE CLASS IN ADDITION TO OTHER WORKS YOU BELIEVE WILL BE MOST VALUABLE:
o A SERIES (4-8 PIECES) ANY MEDIUM
o A SELF PORTRAIT (DOES NOT HAVE TO BE TRADITIONAL)
o A VARIETY OF MEDIA BOTH IN COLOR AND BLACK AND WHITE
(PAINT, PENCIL, CHARCOAL, COLLAGE ETC)
o WORK FROM THE FIGURE/ANATOMY
o LANDSCAPE
o A CONTEST ENTRY (JUNIOR DUCK STAMP OR ANOTHER COMPRABLE)
o BECOME A FOLLOWER OF MY BLOG
o I STRONGLY RECOMMEND CREATING A PROFILE ON DEVIANTART.COM WHICH WE WILL EXPLORE
o A SKETCHBOOK 9 X 12 OR LARGER

DO NOT COPY WORK FROM POPULAR MEDIA IMAGES OR RECREATE EXISTING WORKS

CLASSWORK 70%
PARTICIPATION/WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS 10%
FINAL CRITIQUE/PAPER 20%