Miles Berry
Miles Berry was born in Baltimore, MD on March 7, 2007, at Mercy
Hospital and stayed a few extra days because he was born early. He
came home with his parents and grew up in Washington, DC. The first
school he attended was Takoma Education campus for prekindergarten,
elementary, and middle school. After Takoma, Miles now attends
Jackson Reed high school in Washington, DC. When He gets home, he
likes to play video games, watch TV, hang out with family, draw,
sometimes paint, and make videos for YouTube. Miles’ current position
is a website developer, a junior in high school and seeking work
experience to help him learn and improve his videos. In the past, he
participated in robotics class at the Office of the Chief Technology
Officer (OCTO) in the summer 2018, where his dad works. Miles also
has experience flying drones for competitions as a member of the
Capital City Robotics team. His team won a local tournament where
they qualified for the regionals in West Virgina in April 2023.
Favorite Artist
Leonardo da Vinci is my favorite artist because...
* His art reminds me of the people in the past
* I like how neatly the painting is because its realistic
* The colors are both light and dark in every painting
* He paints mostly woman
* His paintings are sometimes indoors and mostly outdoors
* The men and women sort of look alike
Ernie Barnes is another favorite
"The high aspirations" painting reminds me of the time when children at my middle school played basketball on the outside courts during lunch. In the front of the painting, a man is shooting basketball. There is a house in the background of the painting. In the painting, there are unusually shaped features like the arm and basketball pole. The house appears far away from the man and has a long way to walk home.
"The Palace barber shop" painting reminds me of going to the barber shop with my dad to get a haircut. There are plenty of men inside the barber shop. Two Men are playing a game of chess, two men and a boy are getting haircuts, and four men are waiting for their turn. There are posters, flags, and a TV on the walls of the barber shop. Like my barber shop, it's usually loud inside.
"The Lift Every voice" painting reminds me of the home alone 2 movie when Kevin and the kids sing a christmas song. I see a man in the front of the painting directing the performers. The painter used darker colors like black, dark purple, tan, brown, and some light colors to show contrast. The performers appear to be singing loudly.
I can use darker and light colors to show more contrast in my art. I can also draw more irregular shapes like the arm in the high aspirations or the oval shaped faces in the lift every voice, and add more details in the back of my drawings.