Studio+Art


 * Studio Art **

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 * || **Molly Cole** ||

|||| **Projec****t #1 (Collage)**
 * = ** Project #1 //Keep Calm and Carry On// (Sem-1) **
 * This is based upon the 1940's quote that was widely popular in Britain "Keep Calm and Carry On".**
 * All is made up of cotton fabric letters and all. I assembled each piece by cutting the fabric in a random kind of ugly shape and pieced it together in the design of the British Flag. The words and crown at the bottom involve fabric too but I created it in some pieces and tried to keep the sizes similar to make the letters and words read-able as well.**


 * The second picture below is just to show how the lettering is assembled.**

|| **Project #2 (Frame)**
 * And the third is to view how the fabric was put together.** ||
 * ** Project #2 Old Frame(Sem-1) **
 * My second project I decided would be the framework of Project 1. I used a "Cap Molding" that you would most likely find at the border or crowning of a room in your house. First I glued the molding to my project. Then once it was finished I coated it in white acrylic paint. And to give it more of a design and an older look I used black acrylic paint.** ||

|| **Project #3 (Charcoal/Pencil Drawing)** || **Project #4 (Computer Graphic)**
 * ** Project #3 Ryan Tedder (Sem-1) ****-**
 * For my 3rd project of Semester 1 I did a charcoal/pencil drawing of my favorite music artist Ryan Tedder. By doing so I had a charcoal pencil kit along with a blending tool to use. The pencil kit consisted of 3 different types of charcoal: hard, medium, and soft. I found out how the soft lead makes the lighter shades and is easier to erase while hard and medium are used more for the details and darker shades.**
 * This is my first time attempting a charcoal drawing. For the first time I think it turned out decently and it was as challenging as I thought it would be. But I picked an image specifically showing shading features in the reference. I had the most trouble with the eyes but as I got more criticism from peers I was able to complete as accurate as possible. But there still are some imperfections found.** ||
 * ** Project #4 Captain America (Sem-1) **
 * For my second project this marking period I would do a painting of my favorite Marvel super hero Captain America. I was inspired by a painter I came across from America's Got Talent, David Garibaldi, to do this "grunge" style. I tried to use an assortment of different colors to accent the actual reds, blues, and whites. I did this by putting greens and purples in the blue, and oranges in the red. I then splatter painted to continue the abstract affect.**
 * I truly enjoyed this project because I was able to paint again. Plus I used a style that I normally don't use. I feel as if using a comic book character or any cartoon was a good choice because I got to expand on using different colors rather than the normal solid color that they typically use. I think if I did an actual human form the project would have been more complex but for doing abstract for the first time in this way I still had a challenge.**
 * Two problems in the painting are the shield is a bit off and the letters aren't proportional which doesn't make some of it too pleasing to the eye.** ||






 * **Project one ( semeser one )** || **Project two (semester one )** || **Project one (semester two )** || **Project two (semester two)** ||


 * || ** Rebecca Whittaker ** ||

|| **Project #1(ASSEMBLEDGE)**
 * ** Project #1( Sem-1) ****-**
 * The center of this project was the seashell that aline across the bottom. I used the seashells to create a sunny scence at the beach. In the process of creating the project I used a piece of wood for the background and on that piece of wood I created a beach by using glue to place the sand on the board as well as the shells. I decided to cover the shell in sand as well so that they would look like they had been sitting in the sand on the beach. To create the sky and sea line I use aycrlic paint and for the clouds I used cotton balls. I also created a little umbrella and beach towel to lay on the beach. The towel and the top of the umbrella are made out of a piece of cloth and the handle of the umbrella is made out of a straw. When I had the beach created I decided to make a wooden border that would look like wood that would be found of the beach, #|drift wood. After I had make the border I decided that I would aline the inside edge with a peice of rope that looked like it would also be found on a beach.** ||
 * ** Project #2 Self Portrait(Sem-1) **
 * -[[image:pink stuff.jpg]]** || **Project # 2 (Computer Graphic)**
 * This project was created in Photoshop. I brought a actual photo of myself into photoshop and went a layer up. Using the various tools and brushes of photoshop I make my own verison of the picture. Also I used the many filters of photoshop to play around with the colors in the photo to make them show better. After I finished the photo I found a picture of a busy city and took it into photoshop and edit it so it fit the photo. Then after it was edited I placed in the photo as the background. After all of the I placed a border around the photo.** ||


 * **Project one-( semester one )** || **Project two-( semester one )** || **Project one (semester two )** || **Project two (semester two )** ||


 * || **Kathleen Frantz** ||

|| **Project#1 (Tree of life****)**
 * ** Project #1 #|Watercolor Painting **
 * (Sem-1) **

I got the idea for this watercolor from a thirty day challenge assigned by Mr. Twigg. The original sketch was supposed to be a representation of myself, with the inner words holding inspirational meaning to me personally. I painted a simplistic background of light colors, before splattering bright vibrant colors randomly on top. Then I added many layers of browns inside the tree, which is a physical manifestation of my inner spirit. I added words inside the tree that represent myself, and words on the background that inspire and motivate me to do my best in life.

. || || **Project #2(Underneath the Surface****)** **This idea came to me when I found an old mirror in my attic. Once I saw how the two pieces were seperated I decide to paint the top of it an outdoor scene, then below paint fish swimming in the pond. I painted this using acrylics. I mixed many colors to create different shades of blues,greens, etc.. Then once all the colors were mixed I grabbed my brush and voila here is the end of my work.** ||
 * ** Project #2 (Sem-1)-Mirror Painting **


 * **Project one- (Semester on**e ) || ​ **Project two- (Semester on**e ) || **Project one- (Semester two** ) || **Project two- (Semester two** ) ||


 * || Michelle Mongiello ||

|| **Project #1 ( Sliding Free** **)** || **Project #2 ( Celtic Knot** **)**
 * ** Project #1 [Watercolor Painting] (Sem - 1) **
 * My painting was inspired by a soap bar's tendency to slip free whenever someone tries to grab and hold onto it. I added elements of a bath, including bubbles and a rubber duck. When I painted this I used a lot of salt to restrict where the paint would dry, and to create a faded edge inside the bubbles. I used a lot of loose shapes and effects on the water to make it seem like it was splashing upwards, springing free from the paper. The flowing background of pastel colors reminds me of a shower curtain print, adding smooth movement to the painting.** ||
 * ** Project #2 [Block Print] **** (Sem-1) -**
 * I have always had a fascination with Celtic Knots and their simplistic beauty in layers. I used a design and carved out the shape from a block of rubber using chiseling tools. Beginning with the lightest yellow, I layered the colors in order from lightest to darkest. I used a block press to roll the stamp onto my thick fibrous paper, being careful to line up the stamp every time exactly right. After each color I carved out another section of the stamp, that way the lighter colors would be left uncovered in some sections.** ||


 * **Project one- (semester one )** || **Project two- (semester one)** || **Project one- (semester two)** || **Project two- (semester two)** ||


 * || **James Lee** ||


 * || [[image:Angry Shadows.jpg width="430" height="308"]] || For this sketch I decided that I wanted to show how light would shine but instead of light I chose to use shadows and the face that is in there is representing anger so the emphasis points on this one get darker the closer you get to the details. ||
 * ** Project #2 ** || [[image:001.jpg width="400" height="546"]] || **In this on I chose to use a picture that I really like, this one in particular I took in class with very close friends. The object or overall point of this piece was to show lights and darks by smudging. first I drew it in pencil and then I smudged it giving it that almost but not quite 3D look.** ||


 * **Project one-( semester one )** || **Project two- ( semester one )** || **Project one- ( semester two )** || **Project two- ( semester two )** ||


 * || **Alysha Walters** ||

|| **Project #1 (Melted Crayon) -** The purpose of this project was to see how creative I could be with crayons, and see what shapes and ways this would turn out. I took a simple foam board and had crayons grouped in there shades and colored, hot glued to the board. Then I took a hair dryer to the crayons and melted them in by flipping the board repeatedly, making sure the colors would stay on the board the best they could. Finally i framed this project with a unique crayon frame. ||
 * ** Project #1 creative hands **
 * ** Project #2 Sem-1)[[image:my frame.jpg width="371" height="390"]] **

**-** || **Project #2 (crayon frame )** **-** The main focus of this is the frame. I needed a frame for my melted crayon project, so I decided to make the crayon a little more creative. I took neatly carved wood and put them around the frame. After making sure they were secure i carefully drilled in about 170 holes. After that I took crayons and stuck them into the holes and cut off the remaining extras, and finally I painted the frame a black to give it it's final look. ||

|| **Project #1 (painted umbrella)-** media type="youtube" key="AaZtmKGBPgc" height="315" width="420"
 * ** Project #1 Galaxy Umbrella **
 * For the first project of the secnd marking period, I decided to do something interesting by painting some object. So i found this old umbrella at home and i decided to paint a galaxy on it. It simply painted it black, then took a sponge and dabbed it with different colors of blue, pink and purple. Then Mr. Twigg gave me the idea of making planets using ping pong balls. So i took ping pong balls and cut them in half, and painted them into the planets, and finally i glued them on, and got the finish project. I feel like this project had turned out a lot better than i had expected.** ||
 * ** Project #2 Sem-1) **
 * -** || **Project #2 (Against Bullying Video)**


 * - I've always loved to make videos, any kind of video. So when i asked Mr. Twigg if it would be alright if i could make a video and he said yes, i was excited! He told me i had to make it have a meaning and i instantly thought of bullying and how terrible it is in this world. It took me about a week to come up with the perfect idea for the video then it took me a weekend and two days to film the video and put it together. I'm pretty proud with how it turned out.** ||

|| **Project #1 (Stippling Drawing)**
 * ** Project #1 Scotty Stipling **
 * -** The purpose of this project was to create a picture of country singer Scotty McCreery. What i used for this roject was simply a sharpie, micropen and paper. I had tediously made only dots to create the shadowing to create this close up of his face. It took some time (a few weeks) but I'm proud with how it turned out! ||
 * ** Project #2 Sem-1)[[image:http://twiggtown.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=NaN&h=NaN caption="my frame.jpg"]] **
 * -** || **Project #2 ** ||


 * **Project one- ( semester one )** || **Project two- ( semester one )** || **Project one- ( semester two )** || **Project two- ( semester two )** ||


 * || **Angelica Frantz** ||

|||| Project #1 (Acrylic Panda) || Project #2 (Tissue Assembledge)
 * ** Project #1(It's a Jungle Out There) **
 * ** Project #1(It's a Jungle Out There) **
 * I was actually inspired to do a project with Panda's recently when I saw that they were going extinct. To do this project I started with a plain foam board and then sketched the panda onto it. After the sketch was created, I painted it and got the Panda. After that, I then decided to make a more graphic background instead of a realistic one. I painted the entire background green and then drew bamboo onto it, I then painted it many different shades of browns and greens to add a visually pleasing affect. When it was done I then decided to frame it in a style that isn't very traditional. I framed it with real bamboo.** ||
 * Project #2(Flying Free) -
 * For this project I was inspired to do a butterfly sculpture, because I've been missing the great spring weather. To create these butterflies I used tissue paper and Polymer transfer to create these fragile whimsical wings. The body of the butterflies where made with scalpie clay, baked and then painted white to match the sticks that they were put onto after assembled. To further this project I intend to define the delicate wings more, and attach them all to a circle base, that's painted black (as you can see in my sketch to the left), so when someone looks at the piece their eye imedietly goes to the butterflies and isn't distracted by any other part of the piece. The butterflies are going to create an enchanted illusion, when someone walks by and creates a natural breeze the butterfly wings will flutter. In conclusion this project taught me a lot about art and being patient when doing a tedious project.** ||

|| (Assembly) To do this Project I first began with an all red plastic platter and thought I would fix it up and add some of my own dazzling personality to it. To begin I bought specific spray paint that covers and sticks to plastic and I painted the entire thing white. Next I painted the tea cup and rose on directly in the middle of the platter with acrylic paint. After that was finished, I went to do the most tedious part of the project, which is the diamonds around the outside. To place all these diamonds On I had to buy a special kind of glue and place them all in place individually and then glue them in place. It was a really tedious and time consuming process, but in the end i'm proud of how it turned out. It reflects my personality, even though it's kind of gaudy it's just like me. I'm not everybody's cup of tea, just like this platter may not be everyone's favorite. But I'm really proud of how it turned out. ||  ||   || || (Charcoal Pencil Drawing) For my next project I decided to do something with charcoal pencils, because I have never used charcoal before so I thought I would experiment. To do this I took a picture of my own eye and decided I would do this, something simple for my first time. I started off with a blank poster board then sketched my eye onto it using the charcoal tools, and throughout the whole time smudged away at the eye to create the different effects of shadow. In the end I feel really pleased with it, even though it may be simple it's a start to a bigger project that I may create later. ||  ||   ||
 * Project one- (Tea Time) (Sem- 2)
 * Project Two- (Eye of the Beholder) (Sem-2)


 * || **Shelby Darrow** ||
 * || **Shelby Darrow** ||

|| **Project #1 **
 * ** Project #1 Penn State Table Top (Sem-1) **


 * The theme of my project was Penn State. I used bottle caps to create this table top. First I had to collect caps that I could use that weren't very bent. Next I had to fill each cap with hot glue to make them into cap "tiles" so there wasn't empty space when I tried attaching them to the table. Then I spray painted each cap white. Next I attached each cap by using hot glue. Finally I used acrylic paint to paint the design onto the caps.** ||
 * ** Project #2 Candle Holder (Sem-1) - [[image:IMG_5455.jpg width="288" height="638" align="left"]]** || **Project #2 (Slab)**


 * To create this project I used clay slabs and coils to join them together. First I made stencils of each slab with the measurements I needed. Next I cut out the slabs from clay. Then I created the flower design on rubber by carving away around the flower to cause it to press into the clay. Next I pressed the stamp into the clay and cut out different leaves on each slab to let light shine through when a candle is lit inside. Finally I assembled the candle holder.** ||

|| **Project #1 (Melted Crayon) -To create this project I had to find enough crayons for the two color schemes I wanted and then cut the wrapping off them all. Next I hot glued all of the blue, grey, white, and black crayons to the top to represent the rain. Then I glued the greens and reds to the bottom to represent grass and the reds tied into the quote I used which was about love. Next I printed out, cut, and glued the sillouettes of the people onto my poster board where I wanted them. To transfer the quote onto my board I trace the back side of the paper with pencil and scribbled over on the front so the penciled letters would be on the board. Once everything was glue on and transferred I covered the quote and people with cardboard and melted the crayons with a hair dryer. Once I was done melting I took the card board off and saw that some wax still got onto the quote so I had to scrape as much off as I could and paint the areas with a white gloss. Then I went over the quote with black sharpie to make the words stand out. Finally I created a frame for this by using black posterboard pieces.** ||
 * ** Project #1 (Sem.2) **
 * ** Project #2 (Sem.2) **


 * -[[image:Collage project.jpg width="415" height="308"]]** || **Project #2 (Cheer Collage)**
 * -The theme of this project was cheerleading. To create this I printed off black and white photos of my favorite all-star teams and my high school team. I then collaged them all on a black poster board. I added the logos of each team in color to accent what teams they were. Finally I added a heart on the third which contains words that are associated with cheerleading and painted it red to stand out against the black and white pictures. Overall I don't really like how this project turned out at all. The ideas I had for this were better in my head than how it actually came out.** ||


 * **Project one-( semester one )** || **Project two- ( semester one )** || **Project one- ( semester two )** || **Project two- ( semester two )** ||


 * **Tia Archer** ||

|| **Project #1(Acrylic Painting)** The theme of my acrylic painting was of my neice, Mariska. I took the picture and put it into photoshop to add the paint effect. To transfer the image onto my poster board, I scribbled on the back of the picture with pencil and to make the pencil lines show I traced the lines with a pen. After that, I mixed acrylic paints to match the colors of the photo to the best of my abilitiesm then I matted it with pink light pink matte board to make her face show better. || This project is not completely finished, but I will talk about what I have done and what I plan on doing to finish it.First, I rolled out a clay slab to the dimensions of my picture frame, but slightly bigger due to the fact that clay shrinks a little when it dries. I drew a picture of a giraffe on the slab and carved down around it so that the animal would pop, and I carved out a few tiny spots.ne, horns, and the eye to make it look more 3-D. I took a piece of cardboard and slashed where the grass would be with the edge, so that it would show some texture for the grass. Then, I went out and found some twigs and imprinted them into the clay for the background. After, it dries and is leather hard so I can get it fired, I will glaze it and add some more detail to make the giraffe look more realistic.I carved up the some spots, the mane, horns, and the eye to make it look more 3-D. I took a piece of cardboard and slashed where the grass would be with the edge, so that it would show some texture for the grass. Then, I went out and found some twigs and imprinted them into the clay for the background. After, it dries and is leather hard so I can get it fired, I will glaze it and add some more detail to make the giraffe look more realistic. Then, after it is all glazed I will get it refired and glue the sticks back into the project and glue the slab into a regular picture frame. ||
 * ** Project #1 Baby Mars Bar (Sem-1) **
 * ** Project #2 Jerry (Sem-1) -[[image:twiggtown/giraffe clay.jpg width="353" height="428"]]** || **Project #2 (Clay Slab)**

I made tiny ceramic figurines,two seaguls, a star fish, a walrus, and a sea cucumber. I used clay, I mixed glaze together to create the color I want, Super glue, I bought a shatterproof tightly sealed jar, used sand for the bottom, and distilled water with corn syrup to keep the water from evaporating and to keep the glitter from floating. To be honest, it was supposed to be a sea scene, but the birds had fallen from the top, so I put the Exxon symbol on top. All of the random gunk in the water represents the pollution. The birds are on the bottom with the walrus because they had died from eating the fish that were in the pollution. || || **Project #2 (Photoshop)**
 * ** Project #1 Death by Exxon (Sem-2)[[image:SNOWGLOBE.jpg width="320" height="240"]] ** || **Project #1 (Snowglobe)**
 * ** Project #2 (Sem-2) - Best Friends**
 * I had taken my own picture of mine and my friends necklaces and took them into Photoshop and added my own touch to make them look unrealistic and different. They are different from eachother to show that we are really different in personality but are still the greatest of friends. Then I found a picture of a sky, flipped it horizontally and now it looks like an ocean. Then, I created an effect and cropped a picture of a dolphin and added a splash. I added an effect to each object in this picture. It represents how peacefully we get along even though we are completely different in every way.** ||
 * I had taken my own picture of mine and my friends necklaces and took them into Photoshop and added my own touch to make them look unrealistic and different. They are different from eachother to show that we are really different in personality but are still the greatest of friends. Then I found a picture of a sky, flipped it horizontally and now it looks like an ocean. Then, I created an effect and cropped a picture of a dolphin and added a splash. I added an effect to each object in this picture. It represents how peacefully we get along even though we are completely different in every way.** ||


 * ** Project #1 Abstract Flower (Sem-2) **

|| **Project #1 (Water Color)** The theme of my abstract water color is a flower. First, I took the picture of the flower and printed it off. I used water color, water color paper, a water color pallete, and different sized brushes for the different sized details. I made sure I added the different colors that I needed, and I did not use much detail because I wanted it to be abstract, then I got it matted. || || **Project #2 (Still Life)**
 * ** Project #2 (Sem-2) - Chinese Food**

The theme of my still life is Chinese food, I chose this theme because I love Chinese food. First, I created a fortune cookie by using newspaper and tape tightly impacted. Then, I paper mached fortunes onto it as a college. After that, I got a takeout box and some chopsticks, and I hot glued the fortune cookie and the chopsticks onto the box. I then cut China out of posterboard and paper mached it with placemats I got from Chinese for the base. ||

|| **Project #1 (Sewing Collage) -** The theme of this collage was to turn old sewing materials of my grandmothers into a picture of a tree. The materials I have used where old fabrics, buttons, thread, tacky glue, andeven an old foam spool. My grandma had left over materials that she had given to me when I was younger, so I decided to collage it and give it to her for memory. ||
 * ** Project #1 Sewing Tree (Sem-2) **
 * ** Project #2 (Sem-2) - Wheel of Fun** || **Project #2 (Wooden Wheel) -** ||

=== Daran Carlin-Weber ===
 * **Project one-( semester one )** || **Project two- ( semester one )** || **Project one- ( semester two )** || **Project two- ( semester two )** ||

2009 American Visions Award Winner- National Qualifier Scholastic Art Awards
===2-time Gold Key winner in the 2009 Scholastic Art Awards ( Computer Animation and Oil Painting) === ===2008 PAECT Technology Exhibitor for Animation (Hershey Convention Center, Hershey,Pa.) === ===Honorable Mention 2008 Scholastic Art Awards ( Watercolor/Pen and Ink) ===

2008 State Runner-up Pennsylvania Computer Fair
===2008 Sayre "TOP TEN" Art Awards #1 ( Watercolor/ pen and ink-__Sacred Heart__ ) ===

2006 State Runner-up Pennsylvania Computer Fair
Richard Villanti
 * **Semester Four/Project 1** |||| I have yet to decide what I will do for my free project. I will most likely finish the house I was building during the 2nd marking period. ||
 * < **Semester Four/Project 2** [[image:twiggtown/0514091405.jpg caption="0514091405.jpg"]] ||< This marking period, I've decided to do my assigned project first. I was assigned Planet, Clay, and Modernistic. I took a few lierties and decided to make a clay planet covered with futuristic buildings. **UPDATE 05-14-09:** Here's a photo. ||
 * || [[image:twiggtown/jetsled.jpg caption="jetsled.jpg"]] ||
 * Project#1 Semester one || || || [[image:twiggtown/shirt.jpg caption="shirt.jpg"]] ||
 * Project#2 Semester one ||
 * Project#2 Semester one ||

==== Alexa Gowan ==== ====2-time honorable mention winner in the 2009 Scholastic Art Awards (sculpture and drawing)====

2008 Sayre "Top Ten" Award #7 ( Watercolor Horse )
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 * **Project one-( semester one )** || **Project two- ( semester one )** || **Project one- ( semester two )** || **Project two- ( semester two )** ||

=== Daran Carlin-Weber ===

2006 State Runner-up Pennsylvania Computer Fair
||< This marking period, I've decided to do my assigned project first. I was assigned Planet, Clay, and Modernistic. I took a few lierties and decided to make a clay planet covered with futuristic buildings. Here's a photo. ||
 * **Semester Four/Project 1** |||| I have yet to decide what I will do for my free project. I will most likely finish the house I was building during the 2nd marking period. ||
 * < **Semester Four/Project 2**
 * UPDATE 05-14-09:**
 * [[image:twiggtown/jetsled.jpg width="98" height="79" caption="Project#1 Semester one"]] || [[image:twiggtown/shirt.jpg width="132" height="107" caption="Project#2 Semester one"]][[image:twiggtown/Screenshot.JPG width="170" height="129"]] [[image:twiggtown/daranbla.jpg width="162" height="143"]][[image:twiggtown/0319091438.jpg width="159" height="137"]][[image:twiggtown/stairs.jpg width="163" height="206"]] ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:twiggtown/jetsled.jpg width="98" height="79" caption="Project#1 Semester one"]] || [[image:twiggtown/shirt.jpg width="132" height="107" caption="Project#2 Semester one"]][[image:twiggtown/Screenshot.JPG width="170" height="129"]] [[image:twiggtown/daranbla.jpg width="162" height="143"]][[image:twiggtown/0319091438.jpg width="159" height="137"]][[image:twiggtown/stairs.jpg width="163" height="206"]] ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

Richard Villanti