Art School Portfolio Handbook

The Art School Portfolio Handbook by Maud Guilfoyle, is full of advice and tips for those seeking admission to art college. This informative guide will help art students prepare an impressive portfolio that will help them gain admission to the school of their choice. A list of 24 art projects in still life, landscape, figurative and conceptual art is outlined with suggestions for presentation, interviews, studio practice, school visits and more. Also included are tips for dealing with artist’s block, health concerns for artists, purchasing art materials and using social media to supplement their portfolio. There is a list of classic art book titles to explore, and for refer-ence, followed by several briefly reviewed top art websites filled with information for the art student and artist. Purchase your copy now and be confident in your ability to successfully meet every challenge of applying to art schools and colleges.

The Art School Portfolio Handbook by Maud Guilfoyle, is full of advice and tips for those seeking admission to art college. This informative guide will help art students prepare an impressive portfolio that will help them gain admission to the school of their choice. A list of 24 art projects in still life, landscape, figurative and conceptual art is outlined with suggestions for presentation, interviews, studio practice, school visits and more. Also included are tips for dealing with artist’s block, health concerns for artists, purchasing art materials and using social media to supplement their portfolio. There is a list of classic art book titles to explore, and for refer-ence, followed by several briefly reviewed top art websites filled with information for the art student and artist. Purchase your copy now and be confident in your ability to successfully meet every challenge of applying to art schools and colleges.

As a child, Maud spent summers by the sea on Fire Island and in the mountains of Pennsylvania. Her mother was an artist and took her to museums, gallery openings and artist’s studios. One of her earliest memories is sitting in front of a large painting by Monet of water lilies at the Museum of Modern Art and getting lost in the color and light. In her twenties she lived in the Southwest and painted the incredible vistas of sky with dusty pink-colored mountains and silver rivers running through the landscape. She accompanied her husband, an archaeologist, as he traveled through New Mexico and Arizona visiting ancient ruins. The light and colors of the sky and earth were brilliant and required color palettes very different than those used for the gardens, waters, and countryside of the Northeast. At present, Maud Guilfoyle has a studio near the Hudson River and teaches at The Art School at Old Church in Demarest, New Jersey. The quality of light in the Hudson Valley is soft, at times luminescent. Nature and the delicate balance of human interface with the environment are threaded throughout her art.