One of the most significant accomplishments for me
this year was finishing my AP Drawing portfolio. Having to finish 18 pieces in
nine months, I have been very productive in class, and have spent quite some
time at home. Although all the pieces could have been more detailed, I’m quite
satisfied with this portfolio, considering the limit in time.
This year, I finished 6 of the 12 pieces in the
Breadth section, and 12 pieces in the Concentration section. In the Breadth
part, I explored a wide range of media, including charcoal, oil pastel,
acrylic, watercolor, collage, ink, and digital painting. I’m especially happy
that I got the chance to improve my digital painting skills, because they will
be useful in my future study of Architecture.
The central idea of my concentration was windows as
a metaphor for human experience. The first part of the concentration explores
how different windows shape our views, while the second part looks into a more
abstract interpretation of windows.
This portfolio has helped a lot in my university applications,
even though I didn’t apply to any art school. Many of the schools that admitted
me, including Washington Univ. in St. Louis, Carnegie Mellon, and USC, all reviewed
my portfolio for their Architecture programs. This has been a really
productive and rewarding year for me.
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