<p>So my art teacher is under the impression that the pieces I submit must include drawing in some way. Can't art submitted in the AP art portfolio be purely painting? </p>
<p>Can the portfolio include painting? Yes. Should the portfolio be exclusively painting? Probably not, since breadth is 1/3 of the total score. That said, I’m not an expert in this field, as I submitted a 2-D portfolio.</p>
<p>She thinks you can’t include pure paintings AT ALL. I mean, I’m planning on including drawings too, but I wanted to submit some pure paintings also and she says “well, I teach a DRAWING class, painting is for 2-D only.” or something like that.</p>
<p>She basically means that what I submit MUST be drawing or mixed media and nothing else.</p>
<p>Well, she’s wrong. Of course, you cannot tell her how she should teach her class, but you can gently point out what the College Board considers to be acceptable portfolios, as in the link below. There are clearly painting examples included.</p>
<p><a href=“AP Drawing Portfolio – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board;
<p>Again, there may be 2 issues: 1/ What she teaches in her course and 2/ What is considered a strong AP portfolio.</p>
<p>I’ve tried to gently point it out to her, but she shoots me down every time. I’m assuming it’s also fine to submit canvas?</p>
<p>For the 5 works required for the quality section, the works need to fit into the portfolio envelope. According to the College Board:
<a href=“http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-studio-art-course-description.pdf”>http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-studio-art-course-description.pdf</a>
For the breadth and concentration sections, it really does not matter, since you are submitting digital images of your work.</p>