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The dreaded AP Art

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Darkbluerabbit:
AP Art wasn't offered at my school as a class, but I talked about doing the work independently and sending in a portfolio on my own.  I decided against it, and I'm glad I did, because if I had passed out of the introductory art class at my college, I probably wouldn't be an art major.  I started college as an English major and took Art Foundations for fun, and the Professor who taught it talked me into switching.  I am much happier making stuff than I would have been bullshitting the meaning of arbitrary object in random novel.  English classes ruin books for me. 

Pseudonymph:
:) Thanks, Saiokou. I am actually doing 2 paintings right now and I'm in between coats. I really shouldn't be using the computer, but hey, I gotta walk away sometime, I spose

oooh, NC. I misread, I thought you said countRy haha. My bad.

Yeah I use prismacolors, I put them in really really heavy though so it doesn't really look like colored pencil. And I used acrylic paint on my concentrations but I jusssst bought some oils yesterday and I'm painting with them right now. I really really like them, I just wish they were cheaper!

Do you have your concentrations online somewhere? they sound really cool.

Saiokuo:
Ooh painting sounds fun. But yeah, every artist needs a break. We have to get out of the dark, drab cellar to see the sun on some occasions, right?
I did actually say county** but I figured you would have no clue what county I was talking about unless you lived in NC. Guilford county though, to answer you. I think a few other counties in the midarea of the state have good magnet schools as well but I'm not sure.
I need to use prismacolors more. I got a set in 9th grade from my mom and she told me not to waste them so I have yet to actually use them, hah. But I hear theyre a very good dry blending medium. Acrylic is nice (my mom is actually an acrylic painter) but oil is so much fun. I used oil sticks for the first time this year (let me quickly digress to mention that these are not oil pastels but rather oil paint in a stick form) and fell in love with the medium. I ended up doing a big (20"x40") piece with them since they aren't small detail friendly. You might wanna try them sometime, but they are rather pricey. I mooched a set off my art teacher but I've seen them go to $5 a stick. If you can find them on sale and get some basic colors, though, then they'll last a while and be fun. That and it's just awesome to use crayon looking sticks of oil paint and blend with your fingers the medium of the masters.
I haven't gotten my concentrations shot yet but I hope to do so soon. I'm not completely done with them; I still have to put in the names of the cards.

**Edit: Wow, I misread that no less than 5 times. No, I meant county not country; Sorry!

Lines:
AP Art means very little when you get into art school, or at least in my program it is. Basically here, it gives you maybe credit for one class, because they don't want you to get out of studio time and it doesn't get you out of any intro classes your freshman year. (This is only based on the program I'm in.) They didn't offer AP Art until the year after I graduated from my high school, but I wouldn't have taken it anyways.

Saiokuo:
That's really sad. I found it to be a good final art class for my art education.

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