State Fair Artwork

Congratulations to the following students for placing in the South Texas State Fair! The Hamshire-Fannett teachers and staff voted for their top four favorites out of a huge list of art. I have included all participants. I am proud of all of those who put their work out their for people to judge. It takes a great deal of courage, so if you see one of these students, please tell them how proud of them you are.

First Place: Madeline Blackshire

Second Place: Zoey Arceneaux

Third Place: Ashton Sensat

Fourth Place: Jaci Anderson

Additional Participants

Grace Bourque

Mary Kuhn

Joey Picou

Brooklin Davidson

Jade Buchholtz

Kayla Thibodeaux

Savannah Smith

Alaina Barbay

Savannah Westbrook

Luke Robinson

Bailee Simon

Kaleigh Guyote

Micah Shirley 

Jasmine Gonzalez

Hannah Holt

February Artist Grace Bourque

The silent ones are the most observant ones. Grace Bourque is no exception to this rule. Her work is marvelously meticulous. No detail escapes her perception. We have an ongoing joke about the number of pieces that involve animals, but really shouldn't you draw what you know and love? She's not one to draw attention to herself, so I wanted to make a point of showing off for her. Her innate talent unfolds beautifully from sketch to realized art. I hope you enjoy her offerings as much as I have!

War Paint

Flying Colors

Gravity

Just Keep Swimming

Bear with Me

Belle of the Ball

Pig Feet Pattern

January Artist Mary Kuhn

Artist for the month of January is Mary Kuhn. There's nothing cold about this girl, she's on fire! Her artwork is taking a more theatrical turn as the year progresses. She is heavily involved in dance outside of school, and you can definitely see the influence it has had on her artwork. I am looking forward to another year with Mary as an AP art student. I believe we can expect great things from her. Enjoy!

Bird Brain

Mad as a Hatter

Falling Up

Miami

Arthur

I LOVE Lucy

Seize the Day!

Nants ingonyama bagithi baba

The artist of the month for November is Zoey Arceneaux. Who says you can't be both athletically and artistically gifted? As an Art I student I was impressed with her work, and now as a sophomore in Art II she is continuing to impress all of us.

Her style is best described as playful. There is usually a satisfying explosion of color. She might be having a conversation with a tablemate and appear to be completely carefree or unaware that she is making these intuitive marks that come together so seamlessly. I will spill the beans and tell you that one conversation did have her distracted enough to misspell astronaut...but you would never know. She's very good at working with mistakes.

Looking forward to the great things she will accomplish in the next two years! Take a break from looking at the scoreboard, and gander at these lovelies. I regret that many of her pieces have been taken home. One issue with trying to surprise people I suppose.

 Prisma colors (aka fancy map pencils...know the difference)

 Pen (note this is all shaded with words)

 Oil pastels

 Watercolor

I missed doing an artist of the month post for October and it's nearly the end of November, but I'm going to share two fantastic students anyway.

First up is Miss Emily Jones. Behind that sweet smile and friendly demeanor is a very serious artist. You can watch her as she gets in the zone. It's like watching everything else around her disappear. There is suddenly nothing but her and the paper and the mediums she is working with.

If you ask her about her work, she will always point out the areas she is not pleased with. Not a bad attribute, but when you look at the artwork you will will have a hard time believing this to be true because even unfinished it is lovely. Her style is delicate and meticulous, and usually involves some deeper message about the beauty of humanity and our Earth.

I hope that you enjoy the artwork below! Please take note, that the eye is constructed entirely of words. Yeah.

Word Art

Chalk Pastels

Chalk Pastels

Chalk Pastels and Pen

Pencil

Prisma colors (Fancy map pencils...there's a difference)

The Rice Festival is upon us! Dropping off the art today, and I must say we have a spectacular body of work to offer! Best of luck to these HF artists

Grace Bourque

Grace Bourque

Grace Bourque

Alaina Barbay

Alaina Barbay

Mary Kuhn

Mary Kuhn

Grace Martin

Rachel Hill

Jasmine Gonzales

Bailee Simon

Emily Jones

Kayla Thibodeaux

Alaina Barbay

Keenan Shiver

Mary Kuhn

Keenan Shiver