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Coconut<br />
Edwin Contreras<br />
Grade: 12<br />
School: New Visions for Advanced Math and Science, Bronx<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Teacher: Franchesca De Los Santos<br />
Watercolor pencil and drawing pencil on paper<br />
STUDENT: Being an artist has given me<br />
the tranquility I need in my life. It has<br />
provided me with greater insight into<br />
my world and allowed me to recreate<br />
that world through my own eyes.<br />
Ms. De Los Santos has been a great<br />
mentor in my life helping me become<br />
a better artist. She taught me that<br />
skill is just one part of making art and<br />
that I should not dismiss my creative<br />
instincts. I now am able to make<br />
each piece technically precise while<br />
demonstrating a personal perspective.<br />
In Coconut the toughest part was<br />
creating the texture in the shell of the<br />
coconut without oversaturating the<br />
paper. Although it was a challenge,<br />
I was able to draw the coconut shell<br />
realistically by using different shades<br />
of brown to create a sense of mass<br />
while also keeping the small details.<br />
TEACHER: Students developed realistic<br />
mixed-media drawings of fruits based<br />
first on close observation. They<br />
learned to use watercolor pencils and<br />
graphite drawing pencils to create a<br />
wide range of implied textures and<br />
values that added to the illusion of<br />
volume. We looked at the work of<br />
Roberto Bernardi to learn more about<br />
photorealistic paintings. Edwin has<br />
keen observational skills and in this<br />
composition he demonstrated the<br />
importance of adding defining details<br />
to a work of art.<br />
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