This week's Student Artist Spotlight is Brina T.!
Brina is a 10th grader at Wood-Ridge Junior/Senior High School in Wood-Ridge. Her art teacher is Catherine Bethon.
In regards to her Journey Though Art, Brina writes, "In my 7th-grade art class, we had to do weekly observational sketches. I looked up reference pictures and saw beautiful artwork that made my jaw drop. I really wanted to draw like them, so I picked up my Ticonderoga pencil and proceeded to copy the art I saw before me. When I did these observational sketches, I knew they were terrible. I would get frustrated and would want to give up because it didn’t look the way other artists drew their art. My mother told me to never give up because talented artists weren’t talented from the womb; they had to work for it. I knew she was right and eventually, I improved my skills by practicing a lot. I thought of art as a class before, but seeing art in a whole new light has made me realize that art isn’t just about drawing pretty things, but it is about depicting meaningful things expressed through paint on a canvas or clay on a silver stand. I created an Instagram account (@brinasketches) that summer to post my works and to document my progress and journey. When I went to art museums whether it be in New York or Greece, I started to appreciate every piece of art, especially those that were not “aesthetically pleasing” because they too have a story to tell. Last summer, I held a painting class at my town’s civic center which was really inspiring because I got to learn more about people’s interest in art. Out of the many mediums I’ve tried such as charcoal, watercolor, acrylic, graphite, pastel, etc., color pencils are my favorite medium and I love drawing realism. I'm still learning and I can't wait to continue my art journey!"
Congratulations, Brina!
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