-Don't get stressed: Try to manage projects a little each day, before you go to bed, or even set up a schedule for which days you feel might be less stressful or packed with homework
-Have confidence: Don't think that on your first try you'll get a perfect work of art. If you fail miserably, move on to something else (it helps a lot) and think of it as more practice and a mistake you won' t do again. DO NOT under any circumstances compare your art with others'! You have your own style and ways of completing projects. -_- if you even think about doing this I will shoot you in the face -yes it is that bad-
-Be imaginative (you're in AP Art damn it!): If you can't think of any cool, innovative ideas for a project, surf online, read books or magazines, play Call of Duty, dance, pick your nose. Odds are that something will speak to you. Try not to focus too much on the aspects of art itself, rather just things you are interested in. It's hard to make a project based on a subject you aren't interested in. After you realize a concept or idea, circumlocute and connect it to other subjects-this helps to broaden your concepts and successfully get your point across.THEN, you can start tackling ways of presenting it in the form of art. Don't waste time and resources on something crappy that neither you, Mrs.McB, nor your grandma would want to hang above their toilet.
-Have fun: Art is supposed to be fun, personal, and satisfying (regardless what Mrs.McB has brainwashed you into thinking!)No it's not going to take over your life and prevent you from picking up chicks and watching Gossip Girl (dur) on your weekends. If you're sick of concentrating on just Art, do something else. Nothing good will come out of a person with a paintbrush and a dark twinkle in their eye (unless you're the emo type that only makes art by being depressed all the time and slathering a black hole in the middle of your paper.)
So don't get stressed, be confident and imaginative, and have fun.
Half the time I don't even follow these 'words of wisdom', but it'll get you somewhere in 'dire times of need'. You don't have to follow any of them, I'm actually surprised you read this much without puking. Hope my ranting would be useful someday because naturally I wrote this as a Blog Update
