TEACHER-STUDENT PORTFOLIO
Sharon McKittrick Boyle & Shelby Patton
Sharon McKittrick Boyle,
Teacher
As an artist, I know drawing
requires a different way of seeing. I know that composition is
the most important concept. I
also know you can do this, too.
As a teacher, I believe everyone
can draw and learn to see in this creative way. I love to
make art with different materials every day, and I learn
something new with each project. I am a living example
to my students of a person who is a success in the arts.
I say to them “You can spend your life doing something
you love. I believe we all
can.”
Shelby Patton, Student
My responsibility as an art student
is to take expectations and stan-
dards and surpass them. Every piece
of art I create comes from the heart
and holds a deeper meaning from
what the viewer’s eye catches at
first glance. Something I love about
art is that everyone has a different
opinion and makes their own conclusions from a piece of
work. I like to create my art to be a mystery that doesn’t
result in one answer, and each viewer goes on a jour-
ney to figure out how they
connect with the art. Each
connection is relevant and
entirely valid.
Shelby Patton is a junior at
Woodbridge Senior High School
in Woodbridge, Virginia.
Sharon McKittrick Boyle
teaches art and photography at
Woodbridge Senior High School
in Woodbridge, Virginia.
Call for Entries: SchoolArts is recognizing the work of high-school students and teachers from around the country, and we
are looking for more art to be featured. Please send images of your work and the work of one of your students, along with
100-word artist’s statements, on a CD to Nancy Walkup, Editor, SchoolArts, 2223 Parkside Drive, Denton, TX 76201.
