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Pensive
Neha Rahman
Grade: 10
School: High School of Fashion
Industries, Manhattan
Art Teacher: Adrian Carranza
Pencil and charcoal on paper
STUDENT: Art is a vibrant,
life-giving oasis in an often
dry and sterile desert. Art is
my sixth sense and it is as
important to me as my other
five senses. I see the world
through lenses of colors,
textures, and compositions
and am able to draw what I
see. My parents are opposed
to me being an artist. They’re
extremely pragmatic and
want their daughter to be
a respectable doctor. As a
result, they express concern
whenever they see me drawing
at home. Fortunately, I have
an amazingly supportive art
teacher at school, who gives me the
encouragement and space to create
and has helped me to develop a
sense of proportion, and be bold in
my use of colors and textures. On a
compositional level I tend to work
in layers of color and it has been
challenging to work with black and
white; in order to create a hyperrealist
work, I had to create sharp contrasts.
TEACHER: After completing a series
of drawings from observation and
creating self-portraits using the grid
method, Neha understood the need to
work carefully with value and form to
express herself in the most proficient
way. She approached this artwork as
a challenge, combining her mastery of
shading and proportion, contrast, and
value to evoke realism.
Neha’s dedication and passion for
drawing allowed her to achieve
the perfect textures in her piece
reflecting her innate creative ability
and her ability to combine realism
with her unique insight. She is
passionate about her work. She
is compassionate about what she
creates as she explores the human
form. Her ability to transfer her
innermost feelings onto canvas is
creative and enlightening.
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