Art & Design

Realism is a form of art where the artist focuses on recreating a situation without any false representation. For instance, creating a sloppy art piece could distort any messages or emotions the art is trying to portray.  Junior Caroline Devience is a realist artist. She mainly uses pencils to create art pieces in black and white. Devience draws her inspiration from everyday life and also enjoys portray...

Junior Raegan Sommerfelt is often caught doodling in class, but to her it is so much more than simply an act to clear her mind or distract her from learning. Doodling is a way to express herself and her emotions.  “I do use my art as a way to put out my emotions,” Sommerfelt said. “I can’t always express them in my own words and it gets scary. If I put my emotions in my art, then it’...

Artists are often portrayed in the media as sitting around different coffee shops for hours having deep and meaningful conversations with whoever will listen, swanning about in interesting clothes at art galleries to admire those that inspire them or having dramatic nervous breakdowns usually about drugs or alcohol. In the movies, an artist is someone who has their work all over their New York studio...