In strong AP® portfolios, students show practice, experimentation, and revision throughout their process. Sketchbook prompts make that process visible — and manageable — for your students.
Below is work from one of my recent AP® students. These pages show how sketchbook practice, experimentation, and revision actually look when students are encouraged to push their ideas, test materials, and make connections.
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Early planning pages — notes and sketches to explore an inquiry question.
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| Strong portfolios show the full path from idea → sketch → experiment → final work. |
If you're interested, I have my ready-to-use Sketchbook Prompts you can incorporate into any AP® Drawing or 2-D classroom available in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. These prompts encourage students to:
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Try new materials and surfaces
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Practice risk-taking and revision
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Make visible connections between materials, processes, and ideas
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Build strong written evidence for their portfolio
You can use these prompts as weekly warm-ups, mini check-ins, or independent sketchbook tasks — all while giving students clear structure that still feels open-ended and personal.
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