GAPPS STATE ART COMPETITION

GAPPS STATE ART COMPETITION

Posted on Apr 27, 2021 in JENNA'S ART

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

GAPPS REGIONAL VISUAL ARTS COMPETITION

Posted on Apr 23, 2021 in JENNA'S ART

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

WOODSTOCK URBAN SKETCHING

Posted on Apr 22, 2021 in DRAWING, JENNA'S ART

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

FIGURE DRAWING COURSE FOR JENNA

Posted on Apr 8, 2021 in FIGURE DRAWING, JENNA'S ART

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’S BIKE ART

Posted on Jan 20, 2021 in JENNA'S 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

4TH PLACE IN GAPPS COMPETITION

Posted on Sep 23, 2020 in JENNA'S ART

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!