Firebird Art

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Julia Ruddy Sophomore

“When creating this piece, we were instructed to make something that reflected our inner critic/monster. For me, it was obvious that I am most critical of myself when I’m looking in the mirror.”

Manuel Acosta Sophomore

“The things that are around Sia mean a different song that she sings. For me, the black part of her wig means all the pain that she has been through in the past, and the bright side means the happy moments that she lived and that she will live.”

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“I wanted to go for something ethereal and calming. It was sort of experimental since I used mostly watercolors, which is a medium I hardly use — not to mention it’s not on the ideal paper for it. Even so, I was surprised at how it turned out.” “I first drew a basic outline around the shoes trying to make them a little wonky looking. Then I used the searching line technique to add depth

Eleanor Paget Freshman

pages by Ella Marshall collected by Ethan Wood

Brook Smith Junior

to different parts of the drawing.”