Meet Mrs. Hopkins

Hello! I am Mrs. Hopkins, the art teacher at Grace Prep. I am looking forward to getting to know each of my students this year and also being a part of encouraging and helping to develop art skills and creativity. I graduated in 1990 from Texas Tech University with a BS degree and a minor in Art. My husband Mike and I have been married since 1994 and we have 4 Treasures ages 24-14, Megan, Nathan, Nolan and Stephen. Many members of my family, both immediate and extended, enjoy being creative whether it's in the visual or musical arts. We also have a 14 year old terrier mix named Faleen Navidog. Over the course of the school year I plan to post our students' artwork on this blog site so you can keep up with what we are doing. I also plan to rotate what we do in class each year so your student can continue taking art and not repeat projects. My theme verse for teaching art is Ephesians 2:10. I like how it reads in the Amplified Bible:

For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us].

Just for fun, here are some samples of my own art from through the years. You can click on the photos to see more closely:

Still LIFE with Toilet Paper, Summer 2020, Prismacolor on Paper

Fish - Soft Pastels on Paper

Entertainment Cabinet - Acrylic on Wood

Entertainment Cabinet - Acrylic on Wood

Acrylic and Fabric Mosaic on Fabric

Frog - Pencil Drawing

College Drawing Assignment - Pencil on Paper

My Heart Sings - Mixed Media

College Drawing Assignment - Graphite on Paper

Resting in His Reality Cover - Prismacolor on Paper

Fist - Pencil on Paper

Hand - Pencil on Paper

Foot - Pencil on Paper

High School Purse Contents -Pencil on Paper

Homer Pigeon's Post Office - Pencil on Paper

Homer Pigeon's Typewriter - Prismacolor on paper

College Drawing Assignment - Pencil on Paper

Prayer for the Nations - Mixed Media on Poster Board

Crazy Quilt

Quilt 

Piet Mondrian Art Theme Quilt

Flowers - Torn Magazine Mosaic

Butterfly - Torn Magazine Mosaic

In the Garden - Torn Magazine on Paper

Armor of God - Ink on Paper

Metal Vase - Lost Wax Casting Technique

Ceramic Vase

Ceramic Bowl

Ceramic Bowl

Ceramic Cups

Ceramic Vase - Hand Building Coil Method

Shape Sculpture

Silly Goose - Photograph

Gulls in a Row - Photograph

Legs - Photograph

Spring Wildflowers - Photograph

Ready to Fly - Photograph

Thistle Flower - Photograph

I won my school district's logo design contest in 12th grade. The father, Bob Overmyer, of a family who lived in the district was an astronaut and my logo was made into a patch and flown on his space shuttle mission!
Clear Creek ISD used my design for close to 20 years! :-D

My logo design as a patch (on right).

My logo design as a metal medallion.