"Mantis"

              This piece is called "Mantis." It's a pen and ink drawing with small instances of graphite use, and watercolor. This is another old drawing that I still like. I really appreciate the contrast of green to the black and white. I like the elements of transformation and juxtaposition used in this piece, and I thought that the mantis is well drawn while not realistic.

"Looking Back on Fonder Times"

         This collage is called "Looking Back on Fonder Times." This is an old piece that I still really like. I still appreciate the contrast of color and the black and white. I was kind of feeling nostalgic at the time of making this, hence the title.

"wHOLE"

                 This piece is called "wHOLE." It's an acrylic painting done on a 16" by 20" canvas. I've grown to appreciate abstract art, and I wanted to actually create another abstract art piece, so I made this. I also tried to experiment with negative space with this piece. I really like how this painting turned out. This is my favorite piece that I did over the summer.

"Reach"

        This sketch is called "Reach." This is a pen and ink drawing that I did on 9"x 12" paper. I really just got the idea from staring at my hand. I called the piece "Reach" just because it looked like all of the hands on the tree are reaching up towards the sky. This was my second favorite piece that I created over the summer.

"Ancient"

                         This sketch is called "Ancient." It's just graphite on 14" x 10" paper. I had an art project in school last year that required us to manipulate the flat irons somehow. I wasn't really happy with my end result for that project, so I decided to try again. I honestly think I did a solid job on this piece. I didn't want it to be entirely realistic, and I liked the way I stylized it.

"Pain/Agony"

This piece is called "Pain/Agony." It's pen and ink with water color on 7" x 6" paper. I had my wisdom teeth removed over the summer, and it was an awful experience, so that's where I got my main inspiration with this piece. I usually don't like watercolors, but I'd thought I'd try something new. I overall like how this piece turned out, but I feel like I could have been tidier with the watercolor paints.

"Severed"

                     This piece is called "Severed." It was made on 9" x 9" paper with acrylic paints and pen and ink. I really didn't know where I was going with this piece. I just wanted to make something bright and somewhat abstract, so I kind of sketched an odd sort of face and continued forward. I think there's a lot of interesting color use in this piece which I like. Overall, this is one of my better pieces that I made over the summer.

"Aging"

                            This painting is called "Aging." It was made on a 14" x 12" canvas using acrylic paints. Autumn is my favorite season, so I tried to pay tribute to it with this piece. I do like some aspects of this piece, especially the clouds, but I feel that this is the weakest out of the eight. If I maybe took more time and didn't rush this piece could have been a lot better.

"Rad"

               This one is called "Rad." It's 12" x 14" and I used acrylic paints as well as graphite to make it. This is just a self portrait of me. The last I did was a while ago, so I thought it was time I did a new one. I honestly think that I could have spent some more time on my actual face and body, and maybe add some detail, but overall I think it looks ok. I really like how the background turned out.

"Worm"

         This is a piece titled "Worm." It's 9" x 12", and the mediums that I used were pen and ink, and graphite. This was one of the first pieces I made over the summer. I wanted to create something almost completely imaginary. I was reading Moby Dick at the time, so I had this idea to make it some sort of sea creature. This isn't one of my favorite pieces, but it turned out ok.