创作：实践、实验与修改

Focus: The Sustained Investigation is a body of work exploring one question or idea in depth over time. (CED Big Idea 2)

• A sustained investigation is guided by questions or inquiry and develops as you make.
• It shows practice, experimentation, and revision — not a set of unrelated pieces.
• The 2-D portfolio's Sustained Investigation section is 15 images plus written evidence.
• A clear, focused inquiry gives the whole body of work direction and coherence.
• The investigation can change direction as new questions emerge — and that evolution is valued.

Focus: Making advances through three linked actions — practice, experimentation, and revision. (CED 2.B)

• Practice is repeated work to build skill and understanding.
• Experimentation tries new materials, processes, and ideas to discover possibilities.
• Revision changes a work based on reflection, feedback, or new questions.
• These actions are shown across the body of work, not just in one final piece.
• Evidence of experimentation and revision is exactly what the AP readers look for.

Focus: Strong works show synthesis — materials, processes, and ideas integrated so the whole is more than its parts. (CED 2.C)

• Synthesis means the components combine (coalesce) to create a unified effect.
• The choice of material should support the idea; the process should serve both.
• When components are integrated, viewers read one clear message rather than separate parts.
• Synthesis develops through investigation — trying combinations and keeping what works.
• The relationships among components are what evaluation and scoring examine.

Focus: The portfolio must show 2-D skills — the elements and principles used to organise a two-dimensional surface. (CED 2.D)

• 2-D skills are the use of the elements of art and principles of design on a flat surface.
• Skilful work shows control of value, colour, composition, and mark-making.
• Skills are demonstrated across many works, in a range of materials and processes.
• The Selected Works section (5 works) is where 2-D skills are judged most directly.
• Skill is shown by decisions that are clear, purposeful, and support the idea.

Focus: Craft is the quality of making; composition is the arrangement of the work — both communicate care and intent.

• Craftsmanship is the skilful, controlled handling of materials and processes.
• Composition applies the principles of design to organise the picture plane.
• Purposeful decisions about surface, edges, and finish strengthen a work.
• Craft should serve the idea — sometimes rough or raw handling is the right choice.
• Consistent quality across the body of work signals a developed artist.

Focus: A sustained investigation shows ideas developing — growing and changing across the body of work. (CED 2.B)

• Development is visible when later works build on discoveries in earlier ones.
• New questions, materials, or processes push the investigation forward.
• Not every experiment succeeds — evidence of what did not work is still valuable.
• Documenting the sequence shows the readers a genuine journey of inquiry.
• A body of work with clear development scores higher than a set of finished-but-static pieces.