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I did it in this way because ''I am a Dreamer" I have a lot of dreams, and I always began from down to up, each word specific something in my life like to learn English and get good grades, the letter "M" it's from my country which is "Mexico".===== I also put on it "Hope" because I hope that my dreams get a reality, I drew my hand because when I get older I want to remember my hand at my age of 13 years old. I drew some lines because it's like the part that connect my life with my family who live in Mexico. I also put the number "14" because He is a Mexican soccer player who I admire so much in his number is 14. There's a Face in there that means I love to act but now I can't due in United States because I don't speak English very well. I also put some music I love music in any single, language it reminds me where am I from and Where I am going to. I put one pencil because I like writing and drawing are my favorites things to do, Flowers I love them in special the Roses. My problems were at the little tiny things like the circles or the smallest parts. I loved to do the Silhouettes because I could put on it a few of my thought and feelings and then could share what I think about it.

[[image:Face...jpg width="337" height="449"]]Before.[[image:Erickaportrait.jpg width="421" height="561"]]After.
I picked this picture of my face. I thought it would be a good idea, remember my face when I grow up. I thought it would be easier this photo than other ones I have, because my face is straight, and it is just a small part of my hair. Also, because I really like this picture, and it doesn't have a lot of lights parts.

The biggest problems I had was the mouth, eyes, and nose. I think I didn't have a lot of problems because I split it a lot of times until I could see what I had to draw. Sometimes I got confused with lights and darks colors, but when I got stuck on it, I asked Mrs. Ruggles for help.

I am satisfied; I thought it won't turnout looking realistic. Although I feel like my portrait looks better in life than a photo, but I am really happy with this picture, I think is the better job I could do, I get really surprise when I saw the results.