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Iris Seeds<br />
Aileen Delgado<br />
Grade: 11<br />
School: Fort Hamilton<br />
High School,<br />
Brooklyn<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Teacher: Myunghae<br />
Yoonsmith<br />
Pencil on paper<br />
STUDENT: Being an artist<br />
has made a difference<br />
in how I perceive the<br />
world; I see how shadows<br />
and light, reflected over<br />
objects, can make them<br />
look better, and I see<br />
how colors complement<br />
others and can create a<br />
certain mood. My teacher<br />
played a role in making me draw things<br />
I normally wouldn’t. Experimenting<br />
helps me to improve.<br />
TEACHER: This artwork was assigned at<br />
the beginning of the school year to<br />
train observational skills. Students<br />
were given natural objects to observe<br />
and render to practice drawing<br />
contour lines, and showing values<br />
changes and shape relationships.<br />
Aileen was very excited to hold a<br />
natural object and investigate it. She<br />
zoomed in on a small area to catch the<br />
subtle value differences and smooth<br />
surface of the iris seeds.<br />
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