Tears, acrylic
Anayeli Lezama Lopez
North Monterey County High School | Senior
My name is Anayeli and I have been an art fan since forever, art is an amazing way to ‘write down' things we can't explain. Now that I have gained more knowledge about art styles, the history of art, important artists, I respect artists a lot more, they do an amazing job, and it's definitely not easy. As an artist I consider myself and try to put my best on every art work I do, I try to do them to have a meaning. My goals for the future are to improve my art skills and create artworks that represent me.
As an artist my favorite materials to use are pencils, watercolor, because as a new artist it's hard to go with paintings that cannot be erased. But I also go for these materials because I feel comfortable working with them, since I like to focus on working with portraits, expressive themes that can have and include some details.
In the piece I turned in I challenged myself again by using acrylic paint, it was challenging because acrylic is not my favorite material to work with.
The portrait I painted, is not of someone specifically, and what I am trying to express is the feeling of what we are going through during these difficult times. We all have been affected in some ways, positively or negatively, but more in a negative way. Some of the feelings I´m trying to show are depression, anxiety, stress, fear, loss and anger. All these feelings cause tears. The other detail is that in the background I try to paint it to look like a wood, because I think this situation that we all are going through marks us all. Painting an art in wood would stay forever, just like this situation in the pandemic.