Letter

Dear Potential AP Art Student

Going into AP art was a lot different than what I thought was going to happen.  AP art is basically independent study all year long. You can converse with the teacher and she will guide you, but most of the ideas you have to come up with or find on your own. My independent study was body through art, my thought process went from painting body prints on my work to actually casting body parts and creating body part sculptures similar to my features.

When you are choosing an independent study you want to choose something that you can branch off in many different ways this was easy for my since I had a lot of options in sculpture.

Cellophane Taped Body Part

First; Choose the body part you want to preserve. Ex. Arm, hand, leg, foot.

Second; Wrap the body part in cellophane tightly.
Then you wrap in with clear packing tape, this is the outside layer.

Third; Slowly cut down the side of the figure until you can slip out of the cast.
Then tape it back up once you have taken your body part out of it.

Fourth; Stuff the now casted body part with tissue paper, shredded paper or stuffing.
Then tape the hole up.

Fifth; Choose a color scheme of tissue paper to cover your body part

Sixth; Water down the Elmer's glue or use Modge Podge.

Seventh; Paint the glue on the tape with add the tissue paper over top. Continue to collage the colors of tissue paper all over the body part. Let dry.