Author: Halima Konteh

I am a 15-year-old artist attending the High School of Art and Design. I enjoy learning different techniques and skills to help improve my work and add to my skill set. Although I mostly do illustration and cartooning, I want…

My name is Cayla Johnson, and I am from the Bronx. I love art, and I want to become the best cartoonist I can be. I applied for high schools last year and got into my first choice, the High…

While attending the High School of Art and Design, I have learned many different forms of creative expression and technique. Despite that, I would like to further my art education and challenge my creative mind even more in the future….

Around the age of fourteen, I knew what I wanted to do when I finished college – become a painter. Mastery of the art of painting is a goal I have had for years, and I want to take the…

When I create art, I feel awake. I feel like my eyes are bigger and that the world is at my fingertips, only a heartbeat away. All I must do is grab at it, rip it out of my head…

For as long as I can remember, art has always piqued my interest and I’ve always admired people who could easily whip up a sketch or painting and produce something beautiful. Since my parents are art gallery directors, I had…

I’m an artist and I wanted to find a way to improve what I love doing by going back to the basics to develop my technical skills. In a year or so, I want to go to art college for…

When I’m older, I would like to become an animator, tattoo artist, fashion designer, film director, baker, or a musical artist. While I’m still young, I plan to get as much knowledge about these professions and try them out whenever…