Chester County Photography Contest

OK, as promised. I'm posting the results of the County-wide 4-H photography contest. We have all the first place photos from your class contests, photos in your grade were judged by employees in the Chester County Executives Office for the county contest.

There were four categories: Building, People, Animal, and Landscape. Every 4-H member was able to submit one photo per category. In some categories there were only 1 or 2 entries in the whole grade (usually 7th & 8th grade, so you see only 1 or 2 county winners! Which means ... there were plenty of spots for your entries, we just lacked entries!

All of the photographs will be up on display during our County 4-H Public Speaking contest in January or February 2009. Family & friends will be able to vote for one photo per category that they consider is "Best Of Show". We'll remind everyone as the time gets closer and you'll be able to pick up your actual photos and ribbons that day too!

Mrs. Cole's club at CCMS is busy collecting non-perishable foods for their service project. The officers have been promoting this in their classroom and plan to donate the collected food to the food pantry at the Gleaner's House on Washington Avenue. If you'd like to see some cool sculptures made with canned food click here! This is a great service project for the community, just think how much food we could collect if all the clubs at CCMS participated?!

Another Trash 2 Treasure example ...

Way back before electronic games and batteries were required for most toys, kids made do with what they had around the house!! Imagine that - no Playstations, Xbox, or WIIs! You had to do exactly that - imagine!! So here's an example of such a toy made from a spoon. This spoon puppet wasn't hard to make, I used scraps of yarn and fabric and some markers and glue. It's just another example of a possible Trash 2 Treasure item you could make for your upcoming contest.

Don't Forget to Thank a Veteran!

Tomorrow is Veterans Day. Please join us in thanking a Veteran for everything they've done through serving in our armed forces! We owe them our utmost gratitude!

CCJHS Art Club Assignment List

OK – here are the assigned color schemes for your art work. We will be having an Art Club meeting after-school on Wednesday, November 19. You can turn in your assignment then, you’ll be able to work on it, and we’ll have your next assignment!

1. COMPLIMENTARY color scheme
Kaitlin Wheatley
Nichole Patterson
Cullen Bonds
Mary Ragan
Matty Huet

2. ANALOGOUS color scheme
Devin Williams
Hannah Carson
Gerdy Pickett
Whitney Beshires
Samira Graden

3. TRIAD color scheme
Ryan Carson
Becca Cox
Summer Maples
Alex Plunk
Taylor Fortune

4. DOUBLE COMPLIMENTARY color scheme
Cody Bailey
Patience Cook
Miriah Denton
Audrey Lay
Hunter Rice

5. MONOCHROMATIC color scheme
Kelsey Ivy
Tatum Adams
Kyle Kesler
Macee Payne
Katlyn Moody

6. PRIMARY color scheme
Emily Robertson
Sarah Grace McNeil
Ali Cooper
Kristin Rayburn
Jessica Lindsey

7. SECONDARY color scheme
Chelsea Rodriguez
Houston Tull
Alyssa Wallis
Katelyn Ducheny
Jose ??

8. TERTIARY color scheme
Joshua Sells
Dylan Stevens
Baylie Pruett
Sarah Higgins

I’ve also linked the blog entry to our Facebook Group page.

Art Club at CCJHS - Color Wheel Assignment

In order to finish the assignment given out today in Art Club, you need to have a good color wheel. You can make one yourself, but I’ve added one here just-in-case…

I will be sending each member your assigned color scheme to color your art work, either through email or a message to your homeroom teacher! I may just post a list to this blog! Ha! Then everyone will know what you’re supposed to be doing!

A COMPLIMENTARY color scheme is when colors are opposite each other on the color wheel.

An ANALAGOUS color scheme is when colors are next to each other on the color wheel.

A TRIAD color scheme is when you use 3 colors that are equally spaced apart from each other on the color wheel.

A DOUBLE COMPLIMENTARY color scheme is when you use 4 colors that are equally spaced apart from each other on the color wheel.

A MONOCHROMATIC color scheme is the use of 1 color only. The overall scheme includes SHADES and TINTS of blue. A SHADE is pure color + black. A TINT is pure color + white.

PRIMARY colors include the basics of red, blue and yellow. We can make all other colors from these three PRIMARY colors!

SECONDARY colors are made when we combine the PRIMARY colors.
Blue + Yellow = Green
Yellow + Red = Orange
Red + Blue = Violet

TERTIARY colors are made when we combine one PRIMARY and one SECONDARY color!
Blue + Yellow = Blue-Green
Yellow + Green = Yellow-Green
Red + Orange = Red-Orange
Yellow + Orange = Yellow-Orange
Red + Violet = Red-Violet
Blue + Violet = Blue-Violet

If you like photography ...

... then you might consider entering the National 4-H Photo Search contest! If your photo is selected then it will appear in the 2011 4-H calendar! Cool, huh?!

Make sure to read through the rules and download an entry form. Your photo has to have been entered in a contest and won an award before you can send it - something to think about for NEXT YEAR'S photo search contest in your club (which we just had in October)!!

Oh yeah, and we will be posting the winning photos for each category (buildings, animals, people, and landscapes) in a few days!

Friends-4-Food Project: About The Friends 4 Food Project

Friends-4-Food Project: About The Friends 4 Food Project

Food 4 Friends food drive ...

Some of the 4-H clubs at CCMS are having a canned food drive and are going to donate to The Carl Perkin's Exchange Club for the Prevention of Child Abuse in Henderson and the Gleaner's House. Follow this link to another site that is encouraging the collection of non-perishable foods for the donation to community food pantries!

Another Trash 2 Treasure Project

Here is an example of how you can re-use cans. I got the ideas from you! CCMS students use plastic tumblers, Velcro-ed to their desks for pen & pencil holders!

First Example of Trash 2 Treasure

OK 4-Hers, here is an example of a Trash 2 Treasure item. I'll post more examples, so be sure to check back. If you was to submit a photo of your work, contact me!