His painting of either a blue jay or blue bird will be used on the 1,200 holiday cards that Cumberland Valley School District creates this year, art teacher Clayton Brant said.
To have their work showcased in that grand of a way is pretty exciting for kids and their teachers, Brant said.
The tradition of sending cards at the holidays is still alive and well in many West Shore school districts, with student artwork often used for the design.
In Cumberland Valley, Patchs painting will be joined by bird watercolors completed by fellow eighth-grader Mady Clahane at Good Hope Middle School and Jenna Eberly of Eagle View Middle School.
The plan is to have a four-square design on the card featuring four birds, Brant said.
Im kind of, like, honored Im being chosen to have my artwork showcased this way, Patch said.
Clahane said she never saw the districts holiday card before and is anxious to see the finished product and hopes to be able to send some to her friends and family.
I thought it was a great idea. Artwork of the kids in their own school is something that should be shown, said Clahane, who painted a cardinal and chickadee.
The hardest part of the assignment was getting the right texture for the feathers, Clahane said.
Im trying to make sure it pops out of the page like its a real bird, she said.
Patch said he wasnt trying to make his birds look like exact replicas, but to give them kind of a more painted, natural feeling.
The task of creating the card design rotates among the three building levels in Cumberland Valley, and the superintendent gets the final choice, spokeswoman Tracy Panzer said.
Feedback is always positive as recipients look forward to seeing what our students design from year to year, Panzer said.
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