Art With Mrs.McFaden

02/26/2024

Haven’t shared in a while the fabulous work of my online art students so thought I’d pop a few in before my run this morning. I work with each student online via zoom and they are such attentive students who rise with every skill I teach them. Amazing teen artists!!!

1. Sutton grade 8 Still life in colored pencil . Yes just 8th grade!
2. Aija grade 12 mixed media , paint , clay and paper with found objects.
3. Amelie grade 12 oil painting.
4. Regie acrylic painting.
5. Kenny grade 11 colored pencil self portrait.
6. Gianna H grade 11 colored pencil .

12/14/2023

WHAT A DAY and last few days!! First so thankful for God who has made everything happen for my students :-).
All of my students who applied for Early Action to PARSON's School of Design ACCEPTED with over $280,000 in merit scholarships!
All my EA students who applied to Pratt were accepted with over $260,000 in merit scholarships!
All of my students who applied to SAIC for EA who have received merit (SAIC physically mails the scholarship awards ) have earned over $340,000 in merit!!!!!!!! I'm still waiting for some to get their MAIL!
Currently, merit scholarships for my students are adding up to close to $4 million and we still have more announcements to come in for regular admission and additional EA applications.

For parents of middle school students: EXCELLENT GRADES + EXTRA CURRICULAR activities + OUTSTANDING art portfolios = $$$$$$$$. The formula is simple. As my husband tells our nieces " Do your homework, study, be active in things you are passionate about so that you can earn merit scholarships for college. "

08/26/2023

Hey everyone! Do you have a student looking to apply to a top arts boarding school in the US? Know someone overseas looking to send their child to a creative arts boarding school in the US?

Our NEW Director of Secondary Creative Arts Schools consulting has been actively connecting with top boarding schools!

Kelly Meyer is ready to help your son or daughter apply to top boarding arts schools!!!

Please share to anyone you know who is trying to navigate the boarding school process. Kelly is fabulous !!!!

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02/17/2023

When your students take your instruction and create a fabulous illustration!!!
This is the first time Olivia E gr 11 ever drew with colored pencil!!! I truly think this medium is my favorite one to teach!
She is biracial and wanted to combine her two different backgrounds that she yearns to know more about but is often left confused. This piece also represents her growing older while trying to learn where she’s from for her Welsh side and her African American side. She researched quilts and patterns from both backgrounds that cover her in who she physically is while she yearns to understand her backgrounds at a deeper level.

Yes this is what we discuss as I teach them how to use mediums and in this case how to draw with colored pencils.

12/10/2022

Yes the portfolio is incredibly important to the art school
application for college but grades matter too.

Schools like Scad offer two forks of merit money : Academic (for grades in high school) and Achievement (for the majority and excellence in the portfolio). Check out our post about grades and if you know a junior in high school or a parent of one share this information ❤️

🎓 🎓 🎓 It really is important to get good grades! 🎓 🎓 🎓 - https://mailchi.mp/5ff87d151847/get-good-grades The habits you build in high school will carry through to college, start early to build these strong routines for a lifetime of success.

12/09/2022

Incredibly proud of my high school seniors!!! Up to $1,600,000 in merit scholarships already and we are only a third of the way through the acceptances!!!!

05/14/2021

03/31/2021

02/20/2021

Congratulations to ALL and a shout out to our Visual Arts Superlatives Allen Chen and Olivia Cunningham! Plus a shout out to our Visual Arts ITE teaching assistants this year Bronwyn Lowe (fall semester) and Emma Muschett (spring semester).

Senior Superlatives were awarded to students in Chapel today for excellence in the areas of: Athletics, Aviation, Bible & Christian Leadership, Business, Chinese, Computer Science, Dance Arts, DiMino Engineering, English, Instrumental Arts, Latin, Math, Media Arts, Musical Theatre Arts, O’Keeffe Pre-Law Studies, Pre-Med-Sports Medicine, Science, Social Studies, Spanish, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts, and Vocal Arts. Superlatives must have at least a 3.75 cumulative GPA for all High School classes taken in the subject under consideration and are chosen based on one of the following two criteria: (1) Student with the highest GPA earned in a core class during their high school experience or (2) a student that has excelled in an elective class and/or extracurricular activity. Superlative winners were honored at a special luncheon to celebrate their accomplishments.

02/20/2021

So proud of these students on their passion to develop an increased focus on diversity and representation through Black History Month.!

02/12/2021

Fabulous student! Congratulations Larisa! Talented and brilliant!

Congratulations to Larisa Gorgevska-Sharpe on being named a National Merit Finalists, ranking in the top 1%! Larisa will now move forward in the National Merit Scholarship Competition to compete for the distinguished National Merit Scholarship, awarded to half of one percent of participating students nationally.

02/05/2021

So proud of this talented group of young adults! Check out the God and Silver Key awards at the Armory Art Center. Details in post :-)

01/31/2021

Congratulations to Senior Olivia Cunningham on her acceptance to Ringling College of Art in Sarasota, FL! We are all incredibly proud of her!

01/10/2021

12/25/2020

The Smith Family Conservatory of the Arts Visual Arts program wishes you and your family a truly Merry Christmas celebrating our Lord and Savior. ❤️✨❤️

12/16/2020

Congratulations to Allen Allen Chen

Congratulations to senior Allen Chen whose charcoal self-portrait has been selected into the 2021 National Art Honor Society/National Art Junior Honor Society Juried Exhibition. Out of 1,187 submissions only 93 works were selected for inclusion in this prestigious virtual exhibition. Representatives from 8 member schools of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design participated as jurors. Allen is the Vice President of King's National Art Honor Society.

12/14/2020

Encaustic paintings are the end of the semester project for Art 3! The theme is ‘Christ is the light of the world !’ This Christmas we are truly counting our blessings in how we are so thankful to be at a school where we are free to create and celebrate THE CREATOR! This beautiful encaustic (painting with wax) is by Junior Abbie Alvarez!
Abbie the light and power of Christ to move in our lives is SO powerful in your piece!!!! He has HUGE plans for you!!!! Fabulous piece!!!

12/05/2020

Congratulations to Senior Bronwyn Lowe who won first place in the Bob Jones University Virtual Highschool Festival in the Drawing category under art. The award winning piece is her colored pencil drawing of the glass bottles. 🖍

11/14/2020

Beautiful soft pastel study by 9th grade student Logananne Zielinski! Today this art student is at the Florida State swimming meet in Stuart! Wishing her and all our swimmers an outstanding meet!

11/14/2020

Drawing 1 students have completed a unit on learning how to see hues to ‘whites’. Using eggs as our inspiration these students ‘hatched’ beautiful soft pastel studies!

10/27/2020

There’s something incredibly rewarding about teaching a student over multiple years. I met Cassie when she was an 8th grader in Middle School Art. Since then she’s taken Drawing, Painting 1, Painting Honors and now she’s in Drawing Honors. Cassie is now a Senior!!!

Her challenge was to take Goodwin China dishes, create a still life that created a dynamic composition with strong highlights, cast shadows, depth for a drawing in soft pastel. Soft pastel feels like chalk, creamy eye shadow like chalk.

I am in awe of this study and more importantly excited for this young woman! She lit UP today excited to share her finished work! Her smile.... priceless ❤️ If you’re at TKA give her a huge ‘air hug’ of congratulations on this piece! WOW! 17 years old!

10/26/2020

Our Visual Art student Kylie Fowler capture this historic district swimming event at The King’s Academy! Awesome photos Kylie!!!!

09/18/2020

The Smith Family Conservatory of the Arts Visual Arts AP Drawing and AP 2D charcoal, white pastel studies have just been completed! WOW what a start to the school year!
Our AP students are thriving and God has blessed these students with incredible talent! Each students also has enormous passion to create art!!!! They desire to want to learn and to improve. Each student works incredibly hard and I’m so proud of each of them. Just a thankful teacher