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The Hidden Half<br />
Ivy Yang<br />
Grade: 8<br />
School: MS 137, Queens<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Teacher: Lidia Menniti<br />
Pencil on paper<br />
STUDENT: Creating The Hidden<br />
Half made me realize that<br />
using the techniques that<br />
I learned, I can produce<br />
something amazing. <strong>Art</strong><br />
is incorporated into many<br />
aspects of my life and it<br />
has made a difference. For<br />
example, when I’m stressing,<br />
I will always turn to my paper<br />
and pencil. One person I would<br />
like to most definitely thank is<br />
my art teacher, Mrs. Menniti.<br />
She taught me and my whole<br />
class the techniques I used in<br />
this artwork. Mrs. Menniti was<br />
there to guide me when I had<br />
questions about the proportion<br />
of the face, details, and value.<br />
TEACHER: Portraits serve many purposes<br />
and can be loaded with meaning for<br />
the viewer and for the artist. It’s been<br />
said a portrait is a window into the<br />
subject’s personality. I wanted my<br />
students to embrace this concept and<br />
create a self-portrait that expressed<br />
more than just what a person looks<br />
like. Through close observation<br />
and sustained investigation, Ivy<br />
created her self-portrait utilizing the<br />
Principles of <strong>Art</strong>. She explored scale<br />
and point of view by using drawing<br />
pencils to create a range of values<br />
and visual textures. Ivy’s attention<br />
to detail expresses her personality.<br />
I admire her curiosity and her<br />
eagerness to learn.<br />
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