High School Art II & III Beauty for Ashes Project

by Anna Nunez

Before Christmas break, GPA High School Art II & III students got to watch a film by Bentzi Avtzon called "The Light of Fire" about a very talented artist named Yoram Ranaan who lives in Israel. The film documents the story of a fire in 2016 that burned down Ranaan's studio destroying a great number of his paintings and life's work. They got to see how he and his family were affected and how they came through that season together. They also were interested to see how Ranaan's process of being creative changed somewhat. After we watched the film we had a class discussion about it and about how God can take the difficult and painful things in our lives, and the mistakes we've made, and use it for our good or even do something new in us. This inspired our "Beauty for Ashes" project. The students were allowed to create, paint, or draw whatever they wanted in this theme. Some illustrated seasons or events from their own lives and some illustrated scripture from the Bible that speak to this theme as well. To find out more about the film "The Light of Fire" or the artist Yoram Ranaan and his beautiful artworks go to the following links.
(Be sure and click on each photo to see the students' art more closely.)

https://www.thelightoffirefilm.com/

https://www.yoramraanan.com/

by Moriah Young

by Olivia Wilburn

by Caleb Carter

by Emily Porter

by Hayden Tondre

by Faith Penrose

by Grace Lyles

High School Art 1 Pen and Ink Still Life

High School Art 1 students have been busy being creative with our drawing unit. The past couple of weeks we learned about how to create shading when drawing with a marker, Micron, or Sharpie pen. There are different techniques like hatching (lines), cross-hatching, contour hatching, stippling (lots of dots), and scumbling (scribbling). After practicing these techniques, the students drew a still life and used what they learned to shade. I loved what they did! (As always, click on each photo to see more closely.)

Middle School Beauty for Ashes Project

Before Christmas break, GPA Middle School art students got to watch a film by Bentzi Avtzon called "The Light of Fire" about a very talented artist named Yoram Ranaan who lives in Israel. The film documents the story of a fire in 2016 that burned down Ranaan's studio destroying a great number of his paintings and life's work. They got to see how he and his family were affected and how they came through that season together. They also were interested to see how Ranaan's process of being creative changed somewhat. After we watched the film we had a class discussion about it and about how God can take the difficult and painful things in our lives, and the mistakes we've made, and use it for our good or even do something new in us. This inspired our "Beauty for Ashes" project. The students were allowed to create, paint, or draw whatever they wanted in this theme. Some illustrated seasons or events from their own lives and some illustrated scripture from the Bible that speak to this theme as well. To find out more about the film "The Light of Fire" or the artist Yoram Ranaan and his beautiful artworks go to the following links.
(Be sure and click on each photo to see the students' art more closely.)

https://www.thelightoffirefilm.com/

https://www.yoramraanan.com/

Middle School Art 45 Minute Sculpture Challenge

Middle School Art Classes had fun with a 45 minute sculpture challenge using pipe cleaners, pony beads, and fuzzy pom poms. (Click on photos to see closer.)