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Monday, July 28 was the judging of
4-H Non original Visual Arts, Visual Arts and general projects with
hundreds of outstanding entries.
For visual arts, participants may use media like paper, clay,
leather, fiber, wood, chalk, carbon/pigment, glass/plastic, metal,
and nature to produce their art. Art can even be 3D or computer
generated.
Non-original arts are created from kits, pre-printed designs, or
pre-molded pieces, while original arts are designs created
completely by the exhibitor.
General projects included animal science, career/leadership, general
entomology, floriculture, horticulture and photography.
Some 4-H members did multiple projects using various media and
entered both visual and non-visual projects, while others focused on
one or two projects.
Though many have been working on their projects for a few months,
others have started within the last few weeks. Participants included
those just starting out in 4-H and those who have been in 4-H for
several years.
This year’s group had several who were in their first or second year
of 4-H. Some had previously been Cloverbuds.
Two youngsters who were in their first year of 4-H projects were
twin brothers Cooper and Bennett Johnson of Middletown.
Cooper did three projects. For the
visual arts, he entered a photo taken on a recent trip to Florida.
He also did a Lego project that took several months in addition to
one on electricity.
Bennett did two visual arts
projects. One was a painting of a barn, and the other was a
photograph of a lilac.
Ten-year-old Scout Coers is a first
year 4-H member who did two visual arts projects. One was a wildlife
poster with photos of birds. The other was a pillowcase done in the
three pigs in a blanket style.
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Another first year 4-H member was
ten-year-old Jeb Turner, who sewed a pillow and did a Lego creation.
Eleven-year-old Jonathan Bregar
made a wood combine built from a kit using toothpicks.
Eleven-year-old Bella Allison did
two first year projects. One was a Paper Mache of a hot air balloon.
The other was a chalk and pigment drawing of a cow being abducted by
an alien ship. She added the cow to the picture after the paper
accidentally got smudged. In the words of Bob Ross, it was a happy
little accident.
Judges score visual arts entries on correct use of design elements,
principles, expressive elements and technique in addition to
craftsmanship, creativity and inventiveness.
Both during and after judging,
judges make comments telling participants where they did well while
also discussing how and where they could improve. Little details can
be significant.
One unique photo was an abstract
close up of an everyday object giving viewers a unique perspective.
As usual, there are many talented youths from around Logan County.
[Angela Reiners] |
