Simon L.

Simon is a senior at Saddlebrook Preparatory School. He has a dry sense of humor that is often reflected in his approach to artwork and defining his own style. He is especially talented at his still life and sketch work.

"The most challenging thing was drawing the tilted cup, but overall it was extremely difficult to make the drawing realistic. There was always something off and I made a lot of changes. It was hard to get it down to a point where saw the resemblance. "

"I chose to do a cubist Starry Night because I like cubism, and I have done quite a few pieces involving it. The main things I focused on were the stars and the trees as they draw the most attention from the viewer. Van Gogh inspired me because of the way

". Iâ€™m just trying to communicate a simple rubber duck in the bathtub. I find it gives a feeling of reminiscence. The most challenging thing was the grind. It took a lot of endurance and patience to create this piece as well as chronic fatigue and seve

"For this project we were to choose a picture from a magazine copy the image onto your canvas using carbon paper. Then, we painted with acrylics using various tones and shades. I focused on contrasting the background from the focal point and also placing

"I chose this subject because I thought it would be the easiest to communicate the message and it very obviously utilizes key advertisement techniques. I focused on propping up the center, while portraying the other water bottles as castaways with darknes

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