GAPPS STATE ART COMPETITION
Today we traveled down to Macon for the GAPPS State Visual Arts Competition! Jenna placed 2nd overall with her bike drawing! We are so proud of her!
GAPPS REGIONAL VISUAL ARTS COMPETITION
Today we went to the GAPPS (Georgia Association of Private and Parochial Schools) Regional Visual Arts Competition! Jenna won a first and third placement in the competition and I am so proud of her!!! The King’s Academy won the trophy for elementary, middle, and high school! Next stop is the State Competition in Macon next […]
WOODSTOCK URBAN SKETCHING
As part of Jenna’s unit on Perspective, I took her to downtown Woodstock for a little lesson in urban sketching! It’s always best to draw from life whenever possible, and while she has been learning perpective all month long, it’s all been through photo referencing. I think she did great for her first time out! […]
FIGURE DRAWING COURSE FOR JENNA
I’m going to be teaching Jenna how to draw the figure this summer, and she is really worried about the nude aspect … understandable since she is just 17! I was hoping the Alpharetta Figure Drawing Group would resume in person drawing, and so far there have been minimal updates … but … that would […]
JENNA’S BIKE ART
Jenna finally finished her first official portfolio piece for her college art submission portfolio! She’s been working on this slowly since December. She wanted to do a piece that demonstrates her technical ability and I suggested she try the famous “RISD” bike drawing (for those of you who don’t know this, RISD is Rhode Island […]
4TH PLACE IN GAPPS COMPETITION
Jenna’s piece won 4th place in the GAPPS visual arts competition! I wish we could have gone, but due to Covid, it was a virtual competition. Her teacher was able to go and took pictures for us though!
