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Parvina<br />
Sofiya Lypka<br />
Grade: 12<br />
School: Edward R. Murrow<br />
High School,<br />
Brooklyn<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Teacher: Spy Kontarinis<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
STUDENT: Without art I<br />
wouldn’t be who I am<br />
today. My art teachers at<br />
this school have always<br />
challenged me with<br />
assignments that really<br />
made me come out of<br />
my comfort zone and<br />
experiment with materials<br />
and techniques. They are<br />
always encouraging and<br />
supportive. When painting<br />
Parvina I experimented<br />
with a palette knife to<br />
create the background. I<br />
tried something new and<br />
a little more abstract than<br />
the work I usually make. In<br />
trying to figure out what colors to use,<br />
I worked it out by using a lot of layers.<br />
The portrait itself was the biggest<br />
challenge. I wanted the painting<br />
to resemble my friend. I wanted to<br />
create the right skin color, and at<br />
the same time use colors that would<br />
match with the rest of the piece.<br />
TEACHER: Sofiya is in a screened<br />
portfolio class. Students work<br />
individually after submitting an<br />
artist’s proposal. Sofiya’s goal this year<br />
was to create oil paintings inspired<br />
by moments and people in her life.<br />
Sofiya’s work is a shining example<br />
of making art for enjoyment and for<br />
the purpose of expressing human<br />
emotion. Her work is simply beautiful.<br />
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