Staff Writer
Chris
Caggia and Meghan Peterson are talented artists in Ian Sands Art 1 class.
This week they discussed their art and inspirations with the Legacy
reporters. They are the first participants of the weekly Student
Showcase, where student artists can be discovered by their peers.
Christopher
Caggia
15
years old
Freshman
Favorite
color?
“Yellow,
primarily because no one else seems to like it.”
Weapon
of choice?
“I
like to do art on the computer. I also enjoy photography, and
photographing things”
Opinion
on the Art 1 class?
“The
people in class are interesting...free spirited people”
Distinguishing
factor?
“What
makes me interesting? I have red hair...normally I get compliments from other
people who have red hair.”
Favorite
music?
“I
like acoustic rock...like Abandoning Sunday”
Words
of inspiration?
“Every
style is unique, you have a unique style so don’t worry about doing (art)
wrong.”
Meghan
Peterson
15
years old
Freshman
Favorite
color?
“Green,
it’s like life. You see it one the trees and leaves, things like that you
know?”
Weapon
of choice?
“I
kind of like to draw. I prefer (graphite) pencils instead of markers and
stuff.”
Who
inspired you?
“I
had a really awesome art teacher in elementary school”
Memorable
class moment?
“Like
when we were doing figure drawing warmups and (Mr. Sands) is like “Look
Lovingly into their eyes or their hair.””
Artistic
inspiration?
“I
like manga and the art style in them”
Favorite
project?
“The
cartoon board. I was so scared it was going to be bad but then it turn
ed out cute. And for the bone project it turned out kind of scary, I drew the bones of Stitch.”
