Artwork PortfolioBy Ms. Hadden &

Arts Career Informationfor Students

Careers in the Field of Art Arts Careers are flourishing with modern day technology. Skills you learn in this course and other more advanced levels we teach, can prepare students for future employment opportunities in fields such as Animation, Photography, Graphic Designer, Architecture, Illustrator, Communications Coordinator, the Sign & Silk Screening industry and as Gallery Curators. This is mainly a compilation of Graphic Design jobs, Gallery Artwork and Sign Painting work I have been employed at over time.

Setpoint Inc. Web Design: Websites are made for each School’s Automation controlling Kawartha District School Board’s buildings.

Controls entire buildings operational system (new technology)

Setpoint Inc. Page Layout. As the sole Graphic Designer at Peterborough office, I was responsible for both the Public &

Catholic Schools operational updates throughout entire district.

Parts Illustrations-Thermostat

Designed with Adobe Illustrator

Illustrations designed by myself on a computer were

often made with Observational Drawing

skills by looking at “a real Electrical part” sitting at my desk. They had to be built to scale with the utmost

accuracy to ensure School Board Electricians and

Engineers could quickly assess building functions.

Setpoint -Cross Section of Architectural drawing

Designed - Adobe Illustrator

Setpoint Inc. – Heater Sketch Each buildings room temperatures could be monitored and

modified by engineering code from our office

Parts Illustrations-Boilers

I built part libraries of boilers and other intricate parts

that were updated constantly for the corporation, while I also upgraded laptops for

School Board employees in the maintenance departments.

Often working in an officeenvironment means you will be multi-tasking and involves

a level of organization to accomplish all of the work.

Wedding Invitation that I custom designed.Upper right side is a ribbon addition that I marketed to match brides choices of wedding colors. I also photographed teachers

and students at schools, weddings, real estate properties and purebred agricultural animals. Freelance work is a great start.

Business CardsCustom at Clients Request

Be sure you keep acustomer happy and

understand what theirneeds are for it leadsto repeat business.

Some of these were for my friends and family

and that is thebest way to start.

It lead into Agricultural Sales Catalogues and

this turned into SchoolPhotography & Graphics!

Tempera Washable Sign Graphics on Glass Windows for

Business/Restaurant & Nightclub Venues Sales Promotions

Tempera Washable Sign Graphics for Business/Restaurant & Nightclub Sales Promotions. To get this weekly client I did a sample

painting on canvas because the boss selected the artist that way.

Gallery Sign

Installation

Project: Totem

Painting

I researched

Native style

painted this

Totem Pole.

My Original Gallery Sign project

Volunteering at Artist Run Galleries lead me into my first Public Relations Sales Job at a Privately Owned Public Art Gallery where I met up with International Cliental.

Mixed Media Sketch & Native Loom Weavingwith Seed Beads. Jewellery pieces from 2011

Jewellery making is another art form in itself for self-expression.

Found Art

Paintings for farm usewhen exhibiting cattle at Royal Winter Fair or at 4-H Club exhibits.

Rusty milk cans orplough points weresandblasted after finding them in fields, given use & new meaning.

Quilt was hand sewnby Ms. Hadden afterstudying Textile Artsat Wilfrid Laurier U.

Ms. Hadden’s dog in watercolors: A King Charles Spaniel

A local Animal Portrait Artist in my area volunteers her skill to paint shelter animals increasing their chances to find homes!

My Scottish Clan Inherited Family Badge of Arms

Acrylics 2010

Ne Oublie-Never Forget

As an Artist you will alwayspaint the things that holdPersonal Meaning to you

James Graham of Montrose

Historical Sketch 2010

“He either fears his fate too much

Or his desserts are small

That puts it not unto the touch

To win or lose it all.”

2010 Painting-Grandma Little’s Passage from Scotland 1928

Built by the same company that made the Titanic, my Grandmother sailed like many Scottish citizens to Canada after the collapse of the Scottish shipbuilding industry sponsored by the Salvation Army to work as domestics

Spitfire Painting Painted in 2010

This is the second airplane painting I ever did.The first one was a commission sold to a Bank Manager and included a pilot beside his plane in full military clothing.

Pastiche Painting Christian Art history of 2 time periods

Acrylics Still Life

Original Sold in 2010while on display at a local gallery

Galleries tend to charge artists a percentage of the

sale price. A ConsignmentContract is often signed binding the business and

artist to a financialagreement.

Acrylics Original collaboratively painted by:

Jeannette Hadden-Boden& her father, Douglas Hadden

Lifelong Learning

One of my father’s (Douglas Hadden) Decoy Carvings

SOLD to hockey legend Bobby Hull (father of Brett Hull)

Gesture Warm-Up Quick Sketches are often used by Artists

Conte Pencil

Warm-Up Sketch

At Senior Art levelsWarm-Ups are a great tool

Night Time Photography by Jeannette “Bay Bridge” I had the opportunity to work with many Photojournalists

when I worked at School Photographybefore I became an Ontario certified Teacher

Plaster Sculpture by Jeannette

Sold 2004 to a Real Estate Appraiser

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Watercolour Pencil Crayons

Butterfly Sketch from Nature

by Jeannette Hadden-Boden

Art is a fun

Subject for

Personal Growth

Don’t Be Afraid

To Experiment

These skills can be used

In the Real World!