CLASSWORK
Throughout the show you will see quotes from students about the year. Scroll through the different studio classes to see the work from various projects. Thanks for visiting!!
Drawing Studio
Oscar Grados
Portrait Drawings
Students studied 3 portrait poses: frontal, profile and 3/4 view. They got to choose the age, gender and pose for the final portrait drawing.
Samantha Esparza Sandoval
Myaleah Kidd
" I think art in general makes me nervous because I'm not particularly good at it. I don't really feel that way anymore."
Kennedy McDonald
Kennedy McDonald
Autumn Dungan
Amaya Young
Brandon Whiting
Bianca Atmodjo
Kennedy McDonald
Favorite
Snacks
Who doesn't love snacking...especially during a quarantine at home?? Students used graphite to draw their favorite snacks.
Karah Ritter
Lance Alacar
Jade Cupples
Ariyah Taifai
Nallely Garcia -Magana
Emma Miles
Daein Ashwood
Aiyana Fox
"I was nervous that my projects were gonna be bad and I was gonna be judged for that. I don't feel that way anymore because this class is very inclusive. "
Juneli Tuiolemotu
Alex Philbrick
Kiana Sakdy-Lee
Music Drawings
Students studied representational art (images you recognize) and non-representational art (lines, shapes and colors tell the story).
They chose their favorite songs or bands for this project.
"Burn" from Hamilton
Aiyana Fox
"Life Goes On" by BTS
Manpreet Kaur
"Me and My Broken Heart" by Rixton
Peter Stockdale
"Flames" by Mod Sun & Avril Lavigne
Faith Wall
"I Need You Tonight" by Junior Mafia
Samantha Calland
"The thing that made me nervous about this class is having other people look at my work. I still feel like that, but not as bad because when we look at other people projects and commented on them that made me feel better. "
The band Doll Skin
Alex Philbrick
"Kill this Love" by Blackpink
Lance Alacar
"Jiyuu No Tsubasa" by Linked Horizon
Mengie Arcelo
"Sleepless Nights" by FM Attack
Gio Mathews
"Levitating" by Dua Lipa and Dababy
Brian Hernandez-Arellanes
"Mask" by Dream
Kaiya McKenzie
Emma Miles
Chillin' with Charcoal
Students took photos of their legs and feet and drew them in charcoal to make it look like they are lounging somewhere. Then they got to choose whatever medium they wanted to use in the background while showing us where they would like to "chill out."
Abby Wahlgren
Ashley Vandenberg
Josh Hughs
Sylamita Lozanyuk
Jennifer Ramirez
Kade Russell
Daniel Rosales
Grayson Tenborg
Karah Ritter
Mengie Arcelo
Alex Philbrick
Leo Somera
Textured Creatures
Students created original creatures by combining part of 5 different animals or insects. Then they had to give the creatures 5 different visual textures!
Bella Soliz
Myaleah Kidd
Jowel Policarpio
Aiyana Quinlan
Samantha Calland
Rhean Kang
Ariyah Taifai
Abby Wahlgren
Cayden Styron
Giovanni Mathews
Painting Studio
Chase Cretti
Music Paintings
Like the drawing classes, painting students also studied various ways to compose their paintings and chose songs or bands for their subjects.
Alex Stepchuck
Maya Ducharme
Gwen Watts
Alexis Rogers
Cyrus Nicholls
Hannah Lopardi
"I will remember the confidence it gave me and how it taught me that everyone has their own style so you can't really compare yourself to others."
Landscapes
After studying various ways to show depth and distance in art, students applied this knowledge to a landscape of their own choosing. They had to show foreground, middleground and background.
Sean Kexel
Kate Curtindale
Hannah Lopardi
Elee Calhoun
Nallely Garcia Magana
"I noticed that I put my heart into my art. "
Krisanta Bolante
Isabella Accetturo
Keanen Choate-Deeds
Mazie Paul
Angel Cardona
Emma Priskuri
"I noticed when painting my mind doesn't really think about the real world ."
Jade Davis
Marisa Chavarin
Kayleigh Elika
Anita Lobodzinskiy
Experimental Pets
While in full remote, painting students experimented with coffee, tea or other material they had at home. Their subject was their pet or favorite animal.
Nallely Garcia Magana
Rhean Kang
Taijhela Meade
Greg Krause
Christian Delao
Monochromatic
Emotions
Students had to express an emotion while painting in monochrome (one color). They could change the value of the color with black, white and gray. Color psychology was discussed so the color they chose helped to express the emotion as well.
Meara Pfeifer
Keanen Choate-Deeds
Cheyenne Rominger
Anta Lobodzinskiy
Nalleyl Garica Magana
Domonique Dizon-Andre
Rhean Kang
"I saw growth in myself because working with watercolor helped me have more patience."
Travel Mandalas
If you could escape quarantine and go anywhere right now, where would you go? Students answered this visually after studying mandalas throughout the world. Some are done in cut paper; others with watercolors or colored pencils.
Dina Krokhmal
Jillian Scaffe
Emely Elisea
Finn Bruso
Skyler Coker
"I noticed by looking over my projects that as I kept succeeding I kept trying and putting more effort into my work. Towards the beginning I was just trying to get it done and get a grade, but after a while I did it so I was happy with my work. "
Caleb Nu'u
Kaleb Mayhew
Shayla Para West
Madison Kruse
Aslyn Pfeifer
Karah Ritter
Kyle Lefebvre
Mariah Montes
Deonna Pettigrew
Angel Cardona
Studio Art/Sculpture
Zodiac Quilling
After learning about western and eastern zodiacs, students chose which of their signs they wanted to create through paper rolling...called quilling.
Eric Pommer
Kiana Sakdy-Lee
Kyle Podesta
Jillian Scaffe
"I noticed growth in my ability to make my projects more personal, I learned more how to incorporate my interests and feelings into my art rather than just creating something that I think looks good. "
Ariah Sterrenburg
Zoe Law
Emely Elisea
Brooke Mittelstaedt
Creature Carvings
Similar to the drawing project, sculpture students created original creatures by combining parts of 5 different animals. Then they had to carve 3 levels of relief and add textures!
Jillian Scaffe
Aiden Leon Guerrero
Zoe Law
Alex Philbrick
Lauren Anderson
Venetian Masks
Students learned about some of the traditional Venetian mask characters. They used a variety of media to create a mask that had to have appendages (areas that stick out).
Dakota Lee
Aiden Leon Guerrero
Karah Ritter
"I think I got more open to following directions, before I came into this class I was a very free artist I would say and never really had any direction, so this class was different for me ."
Hannah Brogan
Lauren Anderson
Brooke Mittelstaedt
Zoe Law
Jillian Scaffe
Kaleb Mayhew
Jade Cupples
Daniel Blue
Alex Philbrick
Ashlynn Jenkins
Eric Pommer
Zoe Marez
Exaggerated Figures
After looking at the work of Giacometti, a Swiss artist known for gaunt, emotional figure sculptures, students tried their hand at it. Their figures had to express an emotion.
This project was done during the complete shut down.
The names were left off on purpose because some students didn't feel comfortable sharing their feelings in public.
The emotion I am trying to portray is finding one-self and blooming
Waiting and boredom. I had a very large watch to signify time.
I am trying to show you sadness, tiredness, and pain through my design
I tied to make the person look slumped like hes carrying a great weight. The arms and the "hands" are like the amount and weight of things going on.
I tried to show it like the hand is someone looking at the world and seeing that I am on top of it because this pandemic is hard but I’ve benefited a lot because of it. Such as school I have all A’s and in school I’ve never had that so my education and how good I am doing makes me feel on top of the world.
The power of music. In the first figure they are stressed and balled up with only their own thoughts and then once you add the headphones (the music) you become alive and ready to conquer.
A gigantic hole where the face should be representing emptiness.
I showed the emotion by being skinny and giving a prop ball and chain for lack of fulfillment from being trapped. Tape to signify broken. Very skinny and has tape, as well as ball and chain, also face and feet are asymmetrical.
Advanced Art
Arbitrary Color
Landscapes
Advanced Art students reviewed ways of showing depth in a landscape and then got creative by using arbitrary colors...colors that don't have to make sense.
Sarah Shackles
Jessie Hennessey
Almond Christie
Samantha Esparza Sandoval
Yuri Kim
Charcoal
Advanced Art students did charcoal "selfies." They didn't have to draw their face, but they had to represent themselves or an idea about themselves.
Erin Meyer
Almond Christie
Samantha Esparza Sandoval
Yuri Kim
Sarah Shackles
Antonella DeCapreo
Surrealism
Students looked at different Surrealist techniques, such as using nonsense and melting objects. Then they chose techniques they wanted to try to create a Surrealist artwork.
Samantha Esparza Sandoval
Almond Christie
Sarah Shackles
"I'll remember all the interesting and different media we got to use to create our projects, I never would've thought to use foil to sculpt or to use quills to create an art."