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| Beautiful girls in the amazing space they created! |
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| 1st Place! |
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| What!? Most Creative Drawing Too! |
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| Yes!! |
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| What an amazing idea! |
What an amazing year with OVA! The long term problem for drawing was very vague; "Dots, Dashes, & Diagonals". "Using dots, dashes, and diagonals, make an original drawing that investigates the many variations of creating textures and patterns using marks and avoid relying on rendering and sharing for tonal variations".
Our 2015 Drawing Team (Alana, Itahy, and Lindsay) began to sketch, doodle, experiment with different types of mark-making. They tried different materials, different types of marks such as stippling, cross hatching, hatching, scrumbling, etc. They researched artists and movements in art. I advised them to go with what their passion was, since this problem was so open.
Finally after three different ideas the girls decided to do drawings of tribal women. They drew the women and then drew them larger. They used pens and colored with neon sharpies. Somewhere along the way we came up with the idea of glow in the dark art! Coming up with the structure was one of the most difficult things and finally we decided on creating a hexayurt- a 6-sided yurt. We made it out of ¾" styrofoam that we primed and painted. Itahy measured, cut, and helped install the entire building. It was quite the experience!
For the last three weeks the girls experimented with color, lines, and patterns. They drew original patterns and textures from each culture to surround the drawings. On the final night we took the yurt apart and loaded up a van.
At OVA we set it up and prepared for the spontaneous solution. We were in competition with 13 other high school entries; some were amazing. And yet, Itahy had faith; Alana was nervous.
Finally the awards came; they called 3rd, 2nd, and finally 1st- we had won!!!! The girls ran to the stage to receive their awards and then realized they had also received Most Creative Drawing Overall! This rarely happens that a school receives both awards. The girls were overjoyed!
The judges notes read; "Original idea!"
"Great execution!"
"Your work is not just Art but also an experience"
The girls received the highest points for Evidence of Brainstorming, Evidence of research, Imagination, Originality, and Risk Taking, Communicates the problem, and Overall Presentation. For the Spontaneous solution they received two 4's and one 5 for communicates the problem.
It was an amazing day and a great way for senior Alana to finish her artistic career at MCS. Itahy will miss her but is excited about next year!
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