These are 2 of my favorite pieces from the year!

My advice to the future AP art students is to be organized and use your class time wisely. It will benefit you to be productive in class, that way you will not have to rush your way through a project in one night. Also, try to choose a more broad topic. I feel that I did not choose the right concentration for this year and that is why I struggled. I never got in the right mindset for my concentration and was having a hard time coming up with successful pieces. Hopefully if I decide to continue on with AP art, I will be more successful and I will find what I am good at. 

What is the central idea of your concentration?
My idea is to focus on skulls of both humans and animals by layering and using details.
How does the work in your concentration demonstrate the exploration of your idea? You may refer to specific images as examples. When referencing specific images, please indicate the image numbers
As I have progressed, I have used more layering and have payed more attention to detail. My picture with animals skulls and the mountains in the back shows a lot of detail. My most recent picture shows my use of layering. 

Concentration Check Up

My concentration is skulls and bones but I've taken it toward the more serious perspective rather than trying to incorporate humor into it like I did at first. At the moment, I am stuck and am not sure what to do next. I feel like my repetition and layering of bones has been working, it's just the fact that my pieces do not look complete is frustrating. I am also trying to simplify my pieces because I've been told I try to complicate my pieces too much.

This is my piece from out last critique. From the comments I got on this, it seems like people do not think it looks complete, but they like the contrast. I'm not really sure where to go with this one because I'm not sure how to make it look more complete. Also, I'm not a big fan of the black on the left side and I want to find a way to make that look better. I think it is too bold and just isn't working.

If anyone has any suggestions for ideas on what I should do for my next piece or how I should improve this piece please let me know! Thanks!

Concentration

Which direction do you think I should go in? More realistic like the top picture, or more humorous and colorful like the bottom?

AP Art Poster

Here's my mom with the art poster! I am sick and look like death so I decided to just be the photographer for this one. Thanks for the support, mom! :*

Concentration

My concentration is on skulls and bones

Here is a piece I am working on. I am stuck at the moment and suggestions would be appreciated!

What is a Concentration? (Clare Kuo)

1. http://www.clarekuo.com/ ; Artist: Clare Kuo

2. I think the artist's underlying idea in her work is to create industrial looking paintings using shapes and mostly primary colors. All of her pieces are very bold and feel worn.

3. The artist creates visual coherence by using the same colors and shapes in all of her pieces. The placement of the shapes is different, and the sizes of the paintings are different. But, other than that, her pieces are very similar.

4. This artists uses color and shape in her pieces. The way she paints also creates some texture in her paintings.