SAINT ANTHONY'S HIGH SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT ALUMNI ...

Cassidy Peck is a 12th Grade Portfolio Prep student who spends many
of her free periods in the Art Department working on projects for her
art portfolio. Of all the materials she has worked with in the many art
classes she has taken at Saint Anthony’s Cassidy prefers to use colored
pencils. Using them she is able to create an unlimited range of colors
and shades and draw with great precision and detail. Cassidy’s favorite
subject matter is people. She enjoys capturing the subtle details and
expressions that reveal a person’s true personality.
Cassidy’s future plans involve a career in illustration. Specifically she
would like to create illustrations for children's books or graphic novels.
Cassidy’s passion for art overflows into her afterschool activities. As the
President of the Art Club she spends her Monday afternoons socializing
and sharing her talents with our other Saint Anthony’s artists. Cassidy is
a visual person who has been creating characters since she was a small
child. Even if her future career path does not include art she says she
will never stop drawing.
Stephani Mejia has always enjoyed drawing and painting. Her favorite
material to draw with is charcoal because it enables her to create high
contrast between the white paper and the subject matter that she is
drawing. She also enjoys working in charcoal because it is fast, messy,
and easy to blend. Stephani’s favorite subject matter to draw is flowers
or anything to do with nature. She favors the shapes and colors found
in nature over man made city structures. As a 12th Grade Portfolio
Prep student Stephani is preparing for a career in the field of art. She
is leaning toward studying graphic design in college, but is keeping an
open mind about the exact art field she will ultimately choose. Stephani
feels that what she has learned at Saint Anthony’s has well prepared
her for whatever art career she decides to pursue in the future.
Faith McCallion is an 11th Grade student. In her Portfolio Prep class
she has the opportunity of working with a variety of art materials and
project themes. Her favorite materials currently are graphite pencils
and charcoal. She favors these materials because of the dramatic
effects that they enable her to create in her drawings. Her favorite
things to draw are religious images and animals.
Faith has been drawing since she was a small
child although she didn’t begin formal art
classes until 8th grade. Faith is looking
into several Christian colleges that offer
scholarships in art. She has always had a
dream of possibly working for Disney
Animation Studios in the future. Faith
feels that her artistic talent is a gift from
God that she should develop to its full
potential whether or not it leads to a
future career path.
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