Artwork Descriptions

Mixed-Media Flower

Concept- Extending a photo into a drawing, going from color to black and white

Medium: Graphite Pencil, Colored Pencil

Waterfall Beads

Concept- Taking one object and drawing it multiple times in different mediums to create one artwork with all the artworks

Medium: Watercolor, Charcoal, India Ink, Pencil, Marker

Waterfall at Edessa

Concept- Creating a painting based on a photo which I had taken in Edessa, Greece

Medium: Acrylic Paint

Deer

Concept- Creating an artwork of an animal on scratch board focusing on textures 

Medium: Scratchboard

Hansel and Gretel Literary Geography Map

Concept- Creating a literary geography map for the story of Hansel and Gretel in order to show the journey of the story

Medium: Colored Pencil

Spot Illustrations: Bears and Plants

Concept- Combining two ideas, bears and plants, creating spot illustrations of said subjects in a variety of ways

Medium: Micron Pen

Funny Face

Concept- Self portrait of an exaggerated expression 

Medium: Soft Pastel

Gemstone Caves of the Dragon

Concept- Surrealism piece focusing on subverting size perspective

Medium: Alcohol markers, colored pencil

Rebirth and Death

Concept- Having an animal and plant with a connection in a piece, using the symbolism of a poppy and butterfly 

Medium: Soft Pastel

Embroidered Mug 

Concept- Creating a dimensional illustration by combining 3D and 2D elements to create an artwork about a household object

Medium: Watercolor marker, colored pencil, cotton balls, embroidery thread

Sunset by the Balcony 

Concept- A shadow box based on "Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami" by Utamaro using my own characters

Medium: Colored pencil and watercolor marker

Wolf

Concept- Creating a book cover and interior illustration for a short story that had no artwork. This is the book cover, based on the Greek myth of Lycaon of Arcadia.  

Medium: Watercolor marker, colored pencil

Mistake

Concept- Creating a book cover and interior illustration for a short story that had no artwork. This is the interior illustration, based on the Greek myth of Lycaon of Arcadia.

Medium: Charcoal, watercolor marker

Various Watercolor Artworks

Concept- The group of paintings were inspired by landscape photos, both real and imagined. A couple of my own characters and a few self-portraits

Medium: Watercolor

Hands with Rope

Concept- Artwork of hands interacting with rope

Medium: Soft Pastel

Cleopatra

Concept- Editorial portrait of Cleopatra using symbolism and metaphor  

Medium: Watercolor, Pen

Blue Wildebeest

Concept- Creating a piece that has the skull and fur of an animal overlaping

Medium: Soft Pastel

Mixed-Media Feathers

Concept- A study of feathers up close

Medium: Pen, colored pencil and marker

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