This course guides students through creating a single year-long Sustained Investigation, or series of related works guided by an evolving inquiry question. Students develop mark-making skills through materials and processes of their choosing, such as charcoal, graphite, acrylic, oil painting, and others. At the beginning of the year, students will develop their own inquiry question relating to concept and/or process and spend the rest of the year producing pieces that visually respond to this question that may change over time. Students will use sketchbooks to document their creative process from ideation to final product as they produce 5-7 major artworks and 5-7 minor artworks. Students will be expected to adhere to a production schedule punctuated with work-in-progress critiques during the investigation as well as final critiques at the end of each investigation—the goal of critiques being self-reflection, revision, and experiencing the fruitful co-influencing that happens in artistic communities. Students will also receive guidance in selecting and preparing 15 images for their Sustained Investigation portion and five images for their Selected Works portion of the AP Portfolio submission.