2 -Dimensional Art Gallery

→ Exhibit Location: D201-202

The 2-dimentional art gallery showcases the work of students in drawing and painting classes.

Classes represented in the gallery include 2D Basic; Advanced Mixed Media; Basic Art; Basic Drawing; Advanced Drawing & Painting; and Middle School Art Basics A & B, and Cartooning.

In Basic Art, students learn printmaking, nature painting and how to draw using negative spaces. In Basic Drawing, students learn how to do perspective drawing, charcoal still life and fantasy drawings. Students in Advanced Drawing & Painting explore surreal drawing and drawing on Scratchboard, and learn how to paint with watercolor and acrylic.

When we were first assigned this project, I was struggling to think of a creative way to incorporate hands into an art piece. However, I thought of doing a sea creature and had an idea to draw an octopus with multiple hands....I began to draw many, many lines to create a design on the octopus. The darker areas are where I drew more lines to create different shades. I then added a ton of dots to represent sand and longer, curved lines to show the water and current in the background.

[My piece] is titled “Grooming.” It’s inspired by the issue of grooming in today’s society, both on the internet and in real life. I made this because I was really saddened by how common it is to see kids getting taken advantage of by adults in the present day. Personally, one of my favorite things to draw or paint are human hands and eyes, so I wanted to make sure I made those a big part of the piece. It was hard work but I had a lot of fun drawing it.