This portfolio is designated for work that focuses on the use of mark-making, line, surface, space, light and shade, and composition. Students should consider marks that can be used to make drawings, the arrangement of marks, the materials and processes used to make marks, and relationships of marks and ideas.

Students can work with any materials, processes, and ideas. Drawing (analog and digital), painting, printmaking, and mixed media work are among the possibilities for submission. Still images from videos or film are accepted. Composite images may be submitted.

AP DRAWING PORTFOLIO EXAM REQUIREMENTS AND PROMPTS

For the Selected Works section of the AP Drawing Portfolio Exam, students must submit five works that demonstrate:

Drawing skills

Synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas

For each work, students must state the following in writing:

Idea(s) visually evident (100 characters maximum, including spaces)

Materials used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)

Processes used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)

For the Sustained Investigation section of the AP Drawing Portfolio Exam, students must submit 15 digital images that demonstrate:

Sustained investigation through practice, experimentation, and revision

Sustained investigation of materials, processes, and ideas

Synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas

Drawing skills

Students must state the following in writing:

Identify the questions or inquiry that guided your sustained investigation

Describe how your sustained investigation shows evidence of practice, experimentation, and revision guided by your questions or inquiry (1200 characters maximum, including spaces, for response to both prompts)

Identify the following for each image:

Materials used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)

Processes used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)

Size (height × width × depth, in inches)

For images that document process or show detail, students should enter “N/A” for size