Showstoppers: Spring 2016-DCS Art Talent

Showstoppers: Spring 2016-DCS Art Talent

Untitled overlapping silkscreen:  Maricarmen Garcia uses a unique registration and marbling technique to create a beautiful arrangement of Greek characters.  She was even surprised to see the new colors that emerged as she hand printed and flash dried each layer.

Madeline Secules illustration of canals in Venice:  Madeline drew this in her illustration class and submitted it online.  Her advanced sense of perspective and stylish hatch marks make this a real showstopper.

Flying Along by Tembie Sexton is really cool digital illustration she created in Sketchbook pro on her ipad.  Tembie has a real fascination with fantasy art and has been learning techniques related to animation and gesture drawing.

Eye Illustration:  Another digital milestone from Tembie

Victoria Stewart created this amazing likeness of a pair of converse all stars in her illustration class.  Clearly she she is a master catching the details and reframing the composition.

Tembie Sexton Wizard-wow-surely everyone can see these illustrations on TV some day.  We are a hard working crew in our illustration class.  Notice the details in the magical light that is coming from the hand.

Denver drew this in his illustration class and I can't help but admire the rustic feel of the paper and smudge marks.  Well crafted and fun this image is one of my favorites!

Elijah Preston created this with the 3d tool in Photoshop and blew me away as a 7th grader.  Elijah seems to have a real interest in Photoshop and enjoys digital illustration as well.

Now Tembie has started using flash and other GIF animation platforms to make her drawings come alive.

Feature Artist: Maricarmen Garcia

Feature Artist: Maricarmen Garcia

Maricarmen is  a senior at Dehesa Charter School and has been a passionate visual artist for years.  I have had the pleasure of teaching MC ,as she likes to be called, for the last 7 years while working at Dehesa.  Like her contemporaries, she draws inspiration from street artists like Banksey, Shepherd Fairey, and the late Keith Haring to name a few.

Keith Haring illustration

Print -spraypaint-4 color Freida

Freida

Self-Portrait in Pencil

spraypaint stencil

ceramic vessel

Vans Shoe Contest-Chicano Park-Local Flavor

Most of her work is whimsical and illustrative but her sculptural pieces have grown increasingly striking over the last couple of years.  From Photography to watercolor to illustration and shoe design, she has tested her mediums to see what she likes. As a result, she has become jack of all trades who enjoys screenprinting and planning community installations for art functions and fundraisers like the WOW festival at the La Jolla Playhouse and the annual student talent show at the Queen Bee in North Park.

Mc is a talented musician and works hard to dedicate time for weekly vocal and instrumental practice.  Like her artwork she is humble and sincere with her approach to each new task.  I hope you enjoy viewing the works I have selected for her online exhibit.

Feature Artist: Tembie Sexton

Feature Artist: Tembie Sexton

Tembie is an 8th grader and takes studio art classes at Mission Valley Learning center in San Diego California.  Tembie is 13 years old and aspires to be a professional illustrator someday specializing in animation and illustration.  She is experimenting with digital shading and colorizing.

These characters are called Sparrow and Tiger

These are some of Tembies preliminary sketches to help show the process

Fluffy and Misty are modeled from Tembies real Cat Family at home.

Human and animal duality

Playing with Text

Missing her brother

Lynx mother with cubs

For a friend who is moving away

The ever popular minecraft motif

kitten playing with string

Artists of the month: Mission Valley Artists at a Glance

This month we will be learning how to write an artist's statement.  Students will feature their finished artwork with critical evaluation and comments posted for viewers as well as an artists biography to introduce themselves.

Vans 2013

These are a pair of student designed Vans footwear from the 2013 collection

Feature Student-Ethan Ronk

Ethan Ronk- Man of Wolves 2014

Screen-printing with the middle school 2013

Carter Tarkany and Nick Salisbury work as a team to make silkscreen prints.

Silkscreen printmaking was introduced on a secondary level last year and the kids loved it.  This year Dehesa will be teaching print registration and color separation.