Karla Cardenas

York School

Junior

As an artist, I can put my thoughts and emotions down on either paper or canvas, through paintings and drawings, to allow myself to show my artistic abilities. I have done many creative things from a very young age and hope to continue to do so in the future. I have always found that I can relieve some stress through art, which has helped me throughout the years.

This piece is very different than what I have ever created. I explored color in a different tone than I ever used. I use colored pencils primarily, but I thought I should try something new for this piece, so I used acrylics. A recent tv show has been becoming popular, Euphoria, which has a variety of colors and aesthetics that inspired me to paint with bright colors. Although I also mainly do portraits, and I have never done a self portrait, this project was interesting because I put myself, my eye, on canvas for the first time.