May 26th, 2009
Kayla Hanley a senior at Logan Elm was honored in the State of Ohio May 17th with the 2009 Congressional Shows over all third place. Mr. Bennett wants to thank her for all the hard work that went into the drawing of the “Elephantes”. They were a success and this honor is extremely wonderful. Congratulations Kayla!
May 18th, 2009
It has been a great year in the art department. We have a good 2008 and a wonderful 2009 with many honors and awards. Your work is paid off and the work is wonderful. I want to say to all my seniors, thanks for the past four years. You’re a great bunch of young people and I will truly miss your presence in my classroom. The best of luck to your endeavours in the future, and I pray that each of you will truly do your best to make this a better world with your artwork.
Attached is a list of winners in art shows and competitions in 2009.
May 11th, 2009
Katie’s winning coffee painting This past Saturday May 9, 2009 the School of Art and Advertisement held its annual high school art show and competition. Several of Logan Elm’s finest art students represented our school in this competition. The competition was juried with prizes to Best of Show, first place winners in each category, and to all finalists a free Saturday morning session at SAA. I am proud to announce that Katie Todd, one of our finest, was chosen as a finalist in the painting category among 3000 artworks juried. Congratulations to Katie and her many accomplishments this past year.
April 8th, 2009
Photo of girls This year has been amazing for art awards and just talented young people. I am truly blessed to be here and a part of the art program. Near the end of the year we always participate in the Congressman Austria’s Congressional art show. This year four of our students will be representing our high school to compete in our county. They are as follows; 1st place Maggie Rittinger, 2nd place Kayla Hanley, 3rd place Olivia Hupp, and 4th place Katie Todd. As of yesterday, I found out that 2 of these young ladies have won 2 of the 4 places in our county; they are Maggie Rittinger and Kayla Hanley. Congratulations to all four students. Each of them will be recognized April 14th and the top four places will be revealed. You can watch on CGTV out of Circleville later at 5pm.
In the second semester, the Foundation students are seeing the importance of contrast and values in shading. We are embarking on a journey to experiment with words as a type of shading technique. This type of shading is called Micrography and was used in Ancient times. The students will be working with portraits that display a distinct emotion. Then each will take synonyms of the one word emotion and that will be used to create the shading on individual work. Photos are soon coming!
Students are working on making a story book. They must create a storyline that tell about something they like, someone they like, a how to do something, or a story of a fictitious individual. These books will teach them photojournalism skills, basic graphic design layout, and creative thinking skills. They are beginning the layout work and will finish the project sometime in early May. So pictures of the final books will follow soon!
February 23rd, 2009
Sequential art is a graphic medium in which images are utilized in order to convey a sequential narrative. These forms of narratives have been used in the present century called graphic novels. Most people think of them as “Comics”.
Our drawing class is working on a sequential art story board. They will be doing the work of pencil, pen, color, and text. Typically each will be done by a specialist in each medium. I hope you will visit the thread and enjoy the stories your peers have come up with. Enjoy!
October 30th, 2008
I want to thank Coach Bart for allowing me to get involved and make the cover of the program for Saturday night. First, I wanted to do something special for group of guys that I have watched over the years on and off the field. I am extremely proud of these young men and congratulate all and the entire staff, GO BRAVES!
I wanted to supper impose the logos of each school under the school names. To do this I used color pencil and began to change the colors gradually through the lettering by working primarily with black and white. The logos also go through the Ohio high school athletic association logo. I gradually added a silver into the background to bring both school logos and OHSAA logos forward. It was extremely rewarding and I had a good time designing it. I hope everyone enjoys the final piece (state playoff design on my blogroll - check it, check it).
Hey, once again the Logan Elm high school students represented our school very well at the 102nd P-Show. To start with, Katie Todd, a senior, won the graphic design contest for the cover of the C-Ville Herald. Way to go Katie (see her winning image on the blogroll)! Ben Pine (senior) and Makenzie Davidson (freshman) won with there designs as well and the artworks were purchased by local banks. Congrats to both of them!
Finally, students who were honored with money and ribbons at the show are as follows: freshman Alina Hamner - Best of Show in her class; 1st place ribbons - senior Katie Todd, junior Maryane Kimbler, freshman Alina Hamner, and junior Kayla Harrington. 2nd place ribbons - junior Haleena Hardwick, freshman Makenzie Davidson, sophomore Kyle Conkle, sophomore Jessie Colburn, and senior Ben Pine (pumpkins only category). 3rd place ribbons - senior Alex McGuire, and junior Belinda Todd.
May 20th, 2008
Congratulations to the winners and all participants of this years 2008 Art Show. Student art work was a huge hit with all Logan Elm Staff. Enjoy some of the pictures taken at the show by our esteemed web page students (much thanks to Phil and Mark). Also is the list of winners by each class.
