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Scientific Illustration<br />
Nephtali Madhere<br />
Grade: 12<br />
School:<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Teacher:<br />
High School of Fashion Industries, Manhattan<br />
Adrian Carranza<br />
Gouache and pen on paper<br />
STUDENT: Without art the world can be<br />
a really dull place. I’ve made it my<br />
goal as an artist to take people out of<br />
that reality, even for a moment. The<br />
scenes I create and the characters<br />
I try to bring to life reflect my<br />
joy in making them. Mr. Carranza<br />
has helped me substantially with<br />
my artwork. He makes sure that I<br />
go beyond what I am comfortable<br />
with. The flea, or Siphonaptera,<br />
diagram was detailed using stippling<br />
techniques, and when I thought I was<br />
done Mr. Carranza kept me working<br />
until I truly completed the piece.<br />
I like the end result.<br />
TEACHER: Students were challenged to<br />
depict plants and animals inspired by<br />
scientific illustrations by artists of the<br />
nineteenth century, using watercolor<br />
and ink. Nephtali is an exceptionally<br />
capable art student able to manage<br />
different media and techniques. His<br />
work is detailed and sophisticated.<br />
Inspired by the scientific beauty<br />
and complex anatomy of a flea, he<br />
used watercolor and micron pen as<br />
his media. Nephtali captured the<br />
anatomy of the insect so perfectly<br />
through stippling, a shading<br />
technique. Scientific Illustration<br />
demonstrates his ability to maintain<br />
control and patience as he drew.<br />
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