The Silver Ghost of Brooklyn, Yariel Perez, Grade 5, Teacher: Laurie Marcus, Principal: Eva Irizarry, 14K414

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I made a colorful shirt!

This is a picture of me visiting Domino Park. I am right near the water. You can see the water in the background. I like to skate there. I am wearing my Brooklyn Arbor tee-shirt.

I used my imagination when making this. It was hard to make. I started with a sharpie and then added colors with tissue paper and water. I used warm and cool colors.

My work was inspired by Picasso. My face is all mixed up with diagonal lines and shapes. I liked using colorful bleeding tissue paper.

My art teacher, Ms. B inspired me to draw myself. I usually draw characters I see on anime shows. I get my art style from anime shows. This art piece challenged me to use my anime drawing style to create a picture of myself. It was great fun and interesting for me because when I think of myself I think about my personality, not my visual appearance.

I like to paint and did my best to draw the shapes on my face.

I like animals. I know many different kinds of animals and I like to draw them. I like to be creative.

While working on portraits in art class, I decided to look in a mirror to see my face. Various colors and lines helped me create dimension, movement, and skin tones while drawing my portrait. Adding glasses made my picture more personal. My glasses are a tool to help me see and draw to the best of my ability.

We learned about Cubism and then I created this self-portrait. I liked using the neon oil pastels.

I used light and bright colors in my work to express who I am. The geometric shapes helped break down my features using color. I love it.

I tried my best to capture Kenyatta as she looks in "real life." I wanted my portrait to resemble her.

This is a digitally edited version of a handmade artwork that explores expression, movement, and color.

I am proud of this self-portrait. It took time but I loved creating it, especially the details of my face. I paid attention to the details that meant the most to me, such as my necklace and my glasses. I think these details look very realistic.

I thought of myself as a ghost pulling my sleepy self back down because I am always tired when I wake up. Looking at pictures of other collages I saw one that was a ghost and that inspired me.

I experimented with oil pastels, something I have never done before. It was refreshing to work with pastels. I especially enjoyed the challenge of mixing colors to create the skin tones and texture of my skin. I found the texture of the materials very interesting.

This piece is special to me because I worked really hard on it and the background "Aquarius" is the sign under which I was born.

I made a circle for my head, a square for my neck, circles for my ears then added my shirt. I made my hair, eyes, nose, and glasses. I was inspired that what I saw in the mirror and what I saw on my paper looked the same.

I created my self-portrait to show people who I am. I like to express myself by the way I dress and I was able to show off my style in this piece. I usually draw, but I decided to work in collage to try something new. I used dark colors to create contrast. I added the cross on my choker because it's something I always wear. For my hair I used thick black paper, cutting it into thin strips to show how straight it is.

That's me! I looked in the mirror.

I love art and I like how in my art, I can express feelings going on in my brain. The idea to use symbols was inspired by Kehinde Wiley. He created the presidential portrait of Barack Obama and used symbols in the background. My favorite part of my artwork is the background because it shows the whimsical side of me. I also like my posture because it looks like I am doing Math.

I wanted to see if I could draw realistically so I drew this portrait by looking directly at Jocelyn.

I wanted to create a mirror-effect where one side was light and the other dark. To accomplish this I made one silhouette white and the other black. I wanted each to have its own personality and thoughts. The picture can also be interpreted as reality versus fantasy.

Did you know?

The world's most famous portrait is the Mona Lisa, painted by the Italian artist, Leonardo da Vinci in 1506.