“Tweak Week”/ Revision week:
Monday:
Entire sustained investigation self-critique. You will PHYSICALLY get out all your concentration pieces
AND visual journals of each. (if that’s not possible, review ALL of your digital image of EVERYTHING
you have!). Briefly answer the following:
Do all your pieces feel like they are exploring your investigation topic?
Which piece is your strongest?
If you were to get rid of one piece which would it be?
Which pieces need tweaking or revising?
Do all of your photographs show the image at its best?
Monday-Thursday: Tweaking/ revising
1. Take at least one piece to transform/revise by 30-60% (large tweaks that will completely
change the way the viewer looks at this artwork.) this may take 1-2 hours. See the ppt for
“throwback Thursday” from Manic Week on my blog. Take photos of before and after to post
to the blog. (These tweaks could be how you choose to present the work—see examples on
my blog)
2. Take one piece to transform/revise by 10% (small changes that were mentioned in critiques
that you never got around to fixing/changing.) Take photos of before and after to post to the
blog. (My suggestion is that you have a time limit for how much you will devote to this piece;
i.e., no more than 20 minutes, just to add final touches to make it better.)
3. Look and make sure ALL of your images are presented well. Photographs are cropped
properly and not at a weird angle. Lighting is corrected with no weird shadows. Retake any
images that you need to.
4. AP 3D---think about presentation of your work!!! Will it be presented as an installation?
Gallery style or out in a specific location? Be sure you have good lighting when you
photograph.
Wednesday: Concentration Statement Rough Draft (asynchronous day)
Written responses to prompts about your work are also required in this section. Responses to these
prompts are evaluated along with the images that you submit. The most successful responses in
terms of assessment are those that are clearly related to the images that you submitted; that directly
and completely address the prompts; and that provide evidence of inquiry-based sustained
investigation through practice, experimentation, and revision. Responses are not evaluated for correct
spelling, grammar, or punctuation.
1. Identify the question(s) or inquiry that guided your sustained investigation.
2. Describe how your sustained investigation shows evidence of practice,
experimentation, and revision guided by your question(s) or inquiry.
**Max. 1200 characters and spaces for both responses
If you feel your portfolio is solid and needs no tweaks, then begin uploading all your images onto
the AP digital submission website. Be sure your images are GOOD. Taken with good lighting with
correct color showing in the photograph. Also be sure to measure your images height vs. width.
Uploading to the AP digital site: Tuesday-Friday
1. Decide which finished sustained investigation images you will use. (We did 9
total, but you may decide to not use one if it is of poor quality). (don’t forget
about the revision images from Manic week. You could use those as well, or add
them side-by-side the final piece.)
2. Of these final images, be sure that all the photographs you have taken show the
final image in the best way possible. (properly cropped with good lighting, etc.)
3. Then, decide which process images/visual journals you will add. (you may not
need all of them.).
4. Process image…think about why you need the AP reader to see that image. Can
they not understand the process without that image? Does this process image
help tell the story of how you got to the final work?
5. Materials/Processes text: you are limited to characters, but be sure you explain
WHY you chose certain colors or materials if it relates to your concentration.
(ex: I chose to paint the sculpture yellow because it represents growth which is
important to self-motivation; ex: Using the photographic negative in the middle
represents the negative emotion also, it’s the only image where the figure is
alone.)…….sooooooo many sample portfolios score low in this area because
students don’t explain the materials choices well.
