Art Exhibition - Rachael

In the midst of Rachael's difficult year, her talent and skill continued to be noticed.

One project the was given some intensive attention was a realistic animal drawing. Rachael's art class had a live animal exhibition visit her class and they spent time drawing textures and animal detail. The class then had a do a project in which they had to pick one of the many animals and do a realistic pencil drawing. Rachael took pictures of the animals and then used a reference photo of a snake to meticulously recreate it on paper. Rachael spent hours and hours focusing in on different sections of the snake photo and using a grid method to draw it by hand.

Her effort was obvious in her final work. So much so that her teacher asked to have her piece displayed in the high school annual showcase.

The whole family went to the showcase, even Emma, who was home from school. It was fun to walk around the show and recognize so many of the students whose work was on display.