J. Magi

Wanna hear a long and stupid rant? No? Too bad.

Soooo basically I'm taking AP Art rn

Basically it's like, the advanced college level (ish) art class you can take after you've taken most of the other art classes (Drawing, Painting, etc.). 

For AP Art you have to make a portfolio over the course of the school year consisting of 15 pieces. Which is a bit much, and a bit overwhelming, but I can be pretty prolific when it comes to art, so I'm not extremely worried about it.

the part I am worried about is the fact that we have to choose a theme to base our entire portfolio on.

and I'm indecisive as heck. 

we're 4 weeks into the school year and I have no idea what I'm doing. 

Okay maybe not no idea, I have explored a few ideas, and written out some thoughts but . . . well . . .

-Idea No. 1: "Dreams." 

I really like this idea for the few days it lasted, I did quite a few thumbnails, I even told my teacher about this one. But after the initial inspo died down I just felt kinda "meh" about it. Not only that but I realized I didn't have enough ideas to cover 15 pieces. I do still kinda like this idea, it was meant to cover all definitions of dreams, like actual dreams, aspirations, daydreams, etc. It just wasn't broad enough. Plus a friend of mine is doing something similar, and I want to do my own thing sooooo

-Idea No. 2 "Harmony,"

This idea was perfect. In the sense that it checked all the boxes I needed it too. "Harmony" would be a much broader theme idea than "dreams", and I even have a list of 15 prompts for all of my pieces. As of last class, this is what I was going with. The idea was to explore the diff. definitions of harmony. And it was basically cheating hehe . . .

Because "harmony" often applies to elements of an art, as well as just visually pleasing things, I could basically paint anything that looks pretty cool, slap on how the piece is harmonious, and move on. Perfect right?

no.

It's boring.

In that, most of what I would paint would be still lifes and landscapes with nice composition or contrast or whatever. So while this theme could work, and I could make myself do it and everything would be fine, I just find myself not wanting to. It doesn't inspire me, I'm not excited about it or passionate about it.

sooo what do I do??

My teacher gave me three pieces of advice when coming up with a theme, and they've helped a little I guess:

-Base your theme around what you already draw all the time, to make things easier.

-Choose a broad theme that you can fit 15 pieces into, something you won't run out of ideas for.

-No anime

uuuuuuuugh why can't I just pick something bro ;-;

I was gonna rant some more but this is already really long and I'm tired.

Also guess where I am while writing this?

AP art.

I'm procrastinating.