Water Color Cat

This was a piece I made for my cousin Katie of her cat. I hadn't drawn animals in a really long time, so I was a little rusty. Overall, I didn't do too bad. The detail took a while, but was worth it. The only hard thing about this project was painting a cat. (Dog person). I have to paint three more cats for Katie, I hope they come out as good as this one.

"Dark Tunnel" 6x6 Contemporary Art show

This is a very important piece. My senior year art class had an assignment that was to create 3 6x6" pieces. Any medium; any theme. My teacher told us one of every three pieces would be submitted to the Rochester Contemporary Art Center's annual 6x6 art show. I was excited that one of my pieces had the opportunity to be in a actual art show! The inspiration of my piece came from a dream I had. I was walking down a dark tunnel and found the light at the end. I don't know if it was sign, but oh well, it was probably for my art project. This project was done in water color and water color pencil.
Later my teacher announced to my class that she was wrong. When she brought all of our pieces (50 total) the instructor of the art show could only selected 5 pieces out of the 50. Mine was one of the five the instructor picked. I was so grateful. At this art show each of the thousands of pieces there were auctioned off for 20$ each as a donation to the art show's center. My piece sold! I don't know who bought my piece, but I am so grateful that somewhere out there, someone has my piece, whether it's hanging on their wall, in their office, or whatever, someone liked my piece enough to buy it. I am so happy and thrilled I was able to take part in this art show. http://roco6x6.org/6x6x2013.php?artwork_id=3655&fb_action_ids=611917912152069&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582 (This will take you to my piece).

 

Picture of my piece at the show!

The only thing is, they spelled my last name incorrectly. Its okay...

Butterfly Dress

I love this piece. It was based off a birthday card from the company Papyrus. This was done in colored pencil. I love it and the detail is very nice.

Tattoo Iris

For my last art project of my senior year, the themed was tattoos. To be honest, I didn't have much inspiration for this project, the idea sort of just popped into my head. Its not my best nor my favorite project, however, you can tell I took time for the detail of this project.

Didn't realized until I finished this project that I gave the eye two tear-ducks. 

Gandhi Illustration

Mahatma Gandhi has been a huge inspiration in my life. This was one of the most difficult art projects of my senior year. The assignment was to create an illustration of someone who inspired you. Here's the catch, you had to create the illustration by using a quote or phrase that represented the individual. You had to shade by varying the size of the writing. I chose Gandhi's famous quote, "Be the change you wish to see in the world." This quote means so much to me. This project was done in sharpie marker. This project took me very long and was grueling. However, I love the result. To be honest though, I sometimes prefer my sketch over the finished project. I had to rewrite that quote probably a thousand times, but it was worth it.

Confined

This is probably one of my favorite pieces I've made. The background is oil pastel with paint thinner and the hands were drawn on foam that I eventually had to cut out. It took forever, but came out very good.

Flower Alphabet

This was a project for my senior year art class. The assignment was to create a themed alphabet by making the letters out of the certain theme. My theme was flowers. I love flowers and through this project I was able to discover flowers I've never heard of. By the way, during the time I worked on this project, I had all four of my wisdom teeth out. It was not fun.