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Micrography<br />
Self-Portrait<br />
Sofia Cirone<br />
Grade: 7<br />
School: Brooklyn School<br />
of Inquiry<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Teacher: Nanna Tanier<br />
Pen on paper<br />
STUDENT: I am<br />
uncomfortable speaking<br />
in front of people, and<br />
my artwork has always<br />
been a way for me to<br />
communicate with<br />
people and show them<br />
what I am feeling. Along<br />
with teaching me many<br />
techniques for using a<br />
variety of media, Ms.<br />
Tanier has also taught<br />
me how to be happy with<br />
the art I make, and to<br />
always follow my creative<br />
process. It was difficult<br />
getting all the lighting to<br />
look the way I wanted in<br />
the artwork. With my teacher’s help<br />
and with perseverance, I managed<br />
to finish the project and be happy<br />
with the result.<br />
TEACHER: Seventh graders looked at<br />
the micrography portraits of Michael<br />
Volpicelli, John Sokol and Anatol<br />
Knotek. Students were then charged<br />
with creating a self-portrait using<br />
words, phrases, lyrics and/or poetry<br />
to express who they are using a wide<br />
range of values. Through careful<br />
observation of light and shadow,<br />
scale, detail, and personal expression,<br />
students created self-portraits with<br />
realistic proportions and values.<br />
Students were so intrigued with<br />
solving design problems that they<br />
became more involved in the process<br />
than the product. Sofia’s self-portrait<br />
is the result of her perseverance in<br />
the creation of a deeply layered and<br />
sophisticated artistic expression.<br />
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