Rachael

This is a drawing I did of my friend Rachael. The background was a linoleum print and then I went back over it with black and white charcoal. Then I drew her using black and white charcoal. I left out some squares in her hair and body and put some around her.

Underpainting

This is actually my underpainting from my painting class. I haven't painted over it with the actual black and white colors yet but I thought it was cool blue and decided to post it anyways.

Plaza Project

This is what I painted while on the trip to the Plaza. I drew it out while looking at a window in Barnes and Noble. I wanted to change the colors on each block to keep it interesting and decided to space them out. This was done with acrylic paint.

Doctor

This piece was originally inspired by the lyrics to Kick Start my Heart by Motley Crue. It sort of turned into my interpretation of a hospital. It feels very clean and the walls are very straight and boring. I wanted the doctor to look a little creepy since hospitals make me uncomfortable.

Eye with Snowflakes

This is a charcoal drawing I did on black paper. It was inspired by the lyrics "Tiny lights dance inside his eye. They dance with the care of snowflake flies" by Year of the Rabbit.

Caleb

This is a drawing I did of my friend Caleb with graphic pencils. I really love his rock style and wanted that to come through in the drawing.

Emily

This is a drawing I did of my friend Emily with graphic pencils. I incorporated flowers in the backgroud to go with her personality.

Trees

This was just a quick charcoal drawing I did of trees outside. There were some spikes on the trees that inspired me to add the white spikes. I always draw so realistically so I tried to just have fun with this one.

Night and Day

This is another fun print I did just using tape and ink on a clear board. I covered the board with tape cut into shapes and then coated it with ink. I then hand pressed it onto black paper.

Emily

This is a screen print I did of my friend Emily. She is a piano player so I incorporated the music notes in the background. There are four different layers of color and I also used colored pencils on her legs.

Rose

I made this rose using graphic pencils and colored pencils. I wanted to make a realistic drawing with a fun twist. I chose to split it into boxes and make some colorful.

Dark Tree

I haven't done much painting before so I thought I'd try it and just have fun with it. I just used acrylic paint of canvas. I love trees and darkness so I had a lot of fun making this.

Tempest

This is another hand pressed printmaking project I did. The idea was to use symmetry and show positive and negative space. I'm always inspired by water and oceans so I chose to use a wave.

Leopard

This is a project I did just using scratchboard and Exacto knives.

Piano with Flowers

This was a printmaking piece done using a foam board and ink. It was then hand pressed onto black paper.