Artist: Kaia Baker-Malone
Writer: Lucas Kishore
Editor: Nathan Turnbeaugh
Kaia Baker-Malone, a sophomore at Carlmont, created a self-portrait as a part of her Studio Art class. Because she was bored and stuck at home during quarantine, she decided to find something to entertain herself, and she attempted to make realistic portraits using colored and regular pencils. She honed her skills through watching YouTube tutorials and came to enjoy art over time. During quarantine, she also painted a lot using acrylic paint in particular. To make this self-portrait, she started by creating a rough draft based on a photo she took of herself, and she later sketched it out on a canvas. She then used acrylic paint to paint over it, also adding details and shading it with the acrylic paint. This whole process took many weeks, as she did her rough draft before winter break but transferred her rough draft to a canvas and painted it after winter break, before finally finishing it by the beginning of February.
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