A Portrait

Building in Toronto

What caught my eye was the interaction between the geometric forms of the windows and the organic lines of their reflections.

Pop-Can Tab Necklace

I am a terrible packrat, but I store things for one reason only—I know that I will eventually use what I squirrel away. I chose to use tabs that I managed to remove from the cans without breaking the part that attaches them to the cans, which gives the necklace stability.

Two Copper Necklaces

These two necklaces are among my earliest and favorite pieces of jewelry. In the process of making them, I learned how to space each spiral link to fit my design. They rest around the very base of my neck.

Steel Magnolias

This was the poster for the fall play, Steel Magnolias. “Make it very pink,” said the head of The Harley School’s drama department. “Remember that the ladies in this play are tough as steel, but run a beauty salon.” I took a photograph of one of my friends and used it to create the imagery in this design.

Enchantress from the Stars

I had a lot of fun with this painting. It was done on one of the curtains that my art teacher had found hanging in her house when she first moved in. I did a portrait of my best friend to honor our friendship. The house paint was great to work with and it inspired me to loosen up and just have fun.

Untitled

I drew objects from my home that were special to me—a small turtle that was a souvenir from a vacation, a small golden water pitcher used at Passover, a wine glass that my cousins bought for us in Israel, and a candelabra from the American Embassy in Cuba.

Lemons

This was the first drawing in a series of five oil pastel still-lives.

Door

This was a homework assignment for the Rochester Institute of Technology (a two-week intensive summer program where I developed my love for charcoal). The assignment was to draw an interior space. I chose the front door area of my home because I loved the way that the shadows were positioned. I drew it at nighttime so that the shadows would not change.

You Name It

This was an in-class assignment to draw something I had in my backpack. I took a small coin purse, wrapped it in a paper napkin from my lunch bag, tied a scrunchy around the top, and began to draw.

Most people don’t know what it is, so it is open to interpretation.

Roller Girl

At MICA’s precollege program this past summer, I took a course in illustration. One of the assignments was to create a Charm City Roller Girls poster. My teacher wanted to give us ideas for poses, so he hired a model and had her wear kneepads, elbow pads, wrist guards, and a helmet; the broom she wielded was her “weapon.” We were allowed to select the medium we wanted to use. I chose charcoal because I love the marks I could make with it on the paper.

Cowgirl

My concentration in AP Art is observational self-portraiture, sometimes in costume. In this portrait I am wearing a cowboy hat with a Cleopatra snake wound around it. I was looking to create a more casual appearance.

Self-Portrait in Costume 2

This was a second self-portrait based on the same costume seen in the previous piece, only this one has a lighter mood by softening the transition between the extremes of white and black.

Self-Portrait in Costume

This past summer I sat down at my drawing table, determined to achieve a high-contrast self-portrait in charcoal. I am proud of this piece because I was able to push myself as well as control the charcoal in order to attain the results I desired.

Portrait

I loved the color and texture of this paper. I chose to use Conté crayons and charcoal for this piece because they produced a sharp contrast with the paper.