Katheryn+Ritz

Advice for future AP students: 1.) Use your time wisely, you will have to create or come up with 12 works of art for breadth and 12 works of art for your concentration. you will not have all second semester to work on this. It will most likely be due in the middle of april. No need to freak out, but just make sure you keep track of time and what you are working on.

2.) Make your concentration something that you love or at least like. You will be doing 12 works of art related to this topic and it can be pretty monotonous and mind numbing if you do not even like what you are doing.

3.) For those of you who can leave a work of art and come back to it, try this out. If you feel really frustrated with a work of art just leave it and come back to it later. Work on something else. I sometimes worked on breadth pieces for a bit becasue I got so sick of my concentration.

4.) Keep track of the sizes of your artwork so you do not have to keep remeasuring. It is not fun. Also, make sure to use the paper cutter or measure your artwork and cut it out very carefully. You can ask Mrs.Goodridge, my artwork was quite crooked.

5.) When starting a work of art create a border of about an inch or an inch and a half on each side so that when you matt, you do not cover up parts of your artwork you would like to show.

6.) Make sure you are not working very small on all your artwork, when you send in your 5 works of art for quality you have to have artwork no smaller than 8 by 10.

7.) It might be less stressful to photograph your artwork right after you have completed it. It is best to take the photograph outside on an overcast day. It might also be nice to have some kind of photo editing program on your computer so that you can crop, and get rid of any possible sheen.

That is all, I think. Goodbye =) dddddddddd Art is often the expression of things we cannot just come right out and say.