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How should I build my high school art portfolio?
I have a list of things I want to include. Does this seem like enough content? Sketches - Animals, Person, Landscape, Architecture, Dragon, Bird Painting - Batik, Watercolour, Acrylic Other - Clay Creature, Collage :) Any other ideas? Sound good? + Oh, and plus a decorative border frame thing for each page. This is for a highschool application. :)
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- Your list is pretty good. Is this for getting into college/university? What they want to see is solid drawing skills. If you showed up with a portfolio full of great life drawings (drawings of people) it would be a great start. Knowledge of color and tone are good too. But bottom line is, they are looking for skill and all that takes is one solid drawing. But lots of solid drawings shows consistency. If you're not completely happy with piece, don't include it. It's better to have a few that are fantastic than it is to include many that are mediocre. And I wouldn't put fancy borders around them, it will distract from your work. Place them all neatly without crowding too many on the same page. Have fun and best of luck to you.
- You have a good start. Most Art schools/Colleges have specific guidelines for portfolio submission, so be sure to check those out before you apply. Definitely drawings and paintings of different mediums: graphite pencil, charcoal, colored pencil... acrylics, oil, watercolor. Most institutions require you to also include a self-portrait. 3-D work is also important, and 1 or 2 would probably be fine. Be sure to do your absolute BEST work and do not put decorative borders around your work. Your fine art is of the focus and those little borders will be distracting and take away from your art. If anything, mount or matte the work using a white/off-white border. Here is also a link to the Pratt Institute in NYC and their portfolio expectations just to give you an example:http://www.pratt.edu/admissions/applying/applying_undergrad/ug_application_requirements/freshmen/
