TALENT TAKES FLIGHT DRAWING EARNS TEEN TRIP TO D.C.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer LANCASTER - Emily Duffy doesn't like the hummingbird hummingbird, common name for members of the family Trochilidae, small, strictly New World birds, related to the swifts, and found chiefly in the mountains of South America. Hummingbirds vary in size from a 2 1-4-in. drawing. Her parents don't like the hummingbird drawing. But her art teacher, who told her to try something different than the realism she favors, did. So did the judges in a congressional youth art contest, so the high school senior is flying to Washington D.C. in July for the awards ceremony. ``I don't like it. I like it better now that it's actually won something,'' laughed Duffy, 18. ``My art teacher, she loves that picture. Actually loves it and I still just can't get over that I don't like it. It's just not my kind of picture I guess.'' ``In the Blink of an Eye'' is a colored pencil drawing pencil drawing Drawing executed with a pencil, an instrument made of graphite enclosed in a wood casing. Though graphite was mined in the 16th century, its use by artists is not known before the 17th century. of a woman in a cherry orchard cherry orchard focal point of the declining Ranevsky estate. [Russ. Drama: Chekhov The Cherry Orchard in Magill II, 144] See : Decadence , against a night sky, with a hummingbird perched on her finger. Two years in the making, it was named Overall Winner in the 22nd Congressional District Noun 1. congressional district - a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes Art Contest open to high school students. Duffy, a home-schooled student, entered the piece at the urging of her art teacher, Alicia Garver. Duffy actually prefers her more realistic drawings such as ``Jack's New House,'' a charcoal charcoal, substance obtained by partial burning or carbonization (destructive distillation) of organic material. It is largely pure carbon. The entry of air during the carbonization process is controlled so that the organic material does not turn to ash, as in a and pastel pastel (păstĕl`), artists' medium of chalk and pigment, tempered with weak gum water and usually molded in the form of sticks; also a work done in this medium. Pastel was in use in Italy in the 15th cent. and is doubtless much older. drawing of a mouse in a flower pot, or ``God's Gift,'' a pencil drawing of a baby sucking sucking the application of suction to an object by the mouth. sucking drive instinctive enthusiasm of the neonate to suck on a teat, or any object which even remotely resembles a teat. its thumb. For taking first place, Duffy won $200 and a free trip to Washington, D.C., with her parents for the official hanging in July. The picture will hang in Cannon Hall Cannon Hall is a country house museum located between the villages of Cawthorne and High Hoyland north of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Originally the home of the Spencer and later the Spencer-Stanhope family, it now houses collections of fine furniture, paintings, ceramics , located just outside the Capitol, for one year. ``It's really funny because it wasn't our favorite picture,'' said her mom, Susan Jenkins. ``We didn't like the picture and she struggled with it.'' This isn't Duffy's first award. At the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Fair she has won several Best of Division and first place awards. Duffy finds inspiration in magazines, taking pictures that appeal to her and combining them into a work of art. She began with art classes after having to make a choice between science or art and chose art. Her mother says she didn't really develop her love and talent for art until three years ago, when it just seemed to take off for her. After graduation, Duffy plans on taking computer graphics classes at Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. . She has designed a book cover for a local author for a story on hope chests. She hopes to eventually obtain a job as a commercial artist. After seeing a copy of the book cover, a woman living in Florida contacted Duffy and asked if she could design a logo for her. ``It was really exciting. I didn't think I'd actually get it,'' said Duffy. ``It was just fun to try. For something this big, I didn't think I had a chance of getting it.'' ``We just know the Lord's got something for her with this gift and there are doors opening for her,'' said Jenkins. Peggy Hager, (661) 267-5741 peggy.grimm-hager(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Artist Emily Duffy, 18, of Lancaster shows her pictures, from left, ``Jack's New Home,'' ``God's Gift,'' and ``The Indian.'' Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer (2 -- 4 -- color) At left, the drawing titled ``In the Blink of an Eye'' won the artist $200 and a trip to Washington, D.C. The picture also will be displayed there in Cannon Hall for one year. At top is a multimedia creation. A picture titled ``Bart'' is above. The artist is a home-schooled student. |
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