Artwork

Oil paintings

Oil is probably my favorite medium to work in; I have always been more of a painter than a drawer, so I really like being able to focus my energy on detail with a slow-drying paint.

11”x14”: I have always liked pigs and this reference felt ethereal and calm. I wanted to do another brown/white painting by the same artist as the woman in the hand.
8″x10″: I only used two colors of paint for this one—brown and white—and mixed various amount to get the different values. I really liked the amount of small detail and realism in this
11″x14″: I had seen this reference for years and told myself that, once I was advanced enough, I would paint this, so once I was comfortable with oil, that’s exactly what I did
11″x14″: This was the second portrait I painted, and I was drawn to the ethereal beauty of the woman depicted
16″x20″: This is the first piece where I did a black and white underpainting (part 1)
16″x20″: After doing the black and white, I glazed over with colored paints made translucent with oil (part 2)
14″x18″: I struggled with the reflections in the glass but enjoyed painting the values in the flower petals
8″x10″: My first portrait in oil
5″x7″: It was difficult doing such a small palette knife painting, but this is one of my favorite pieces I’ve done
8″x10″: My first black and white painting in oil
8″x10″: A painting of my dog Sammi
11″x14″: My first palette knife painting in oil
5”x7”: I wanted to do a smaller, simpler painting after a series of large, detailed paintings. I found this one cute and the black and white allowed me to work more with shades.
8″x10″: My first animal painting in oil
8″x10″: My first still life painting in oil

Acrylics

I have always enjoyed being able to blend acrylic paints smoothly to create values of a painting, but I often struggle with working with such a slow-drying medium, especially on pieces with smaller details.

The black and white underlayer for my still life painting for my painting class at school; I spent a lot of time on this painting to get in as much detail as I could from the photo I took (part 1)
The finished product of my still life; after the black and white underlayer, I glazed over the painting with watered down acrylics (part 2)
The piece I painted for my painting class at school with the prompt “color wheel”
The surrealist painting for my painting class at school

Watercolors

Watercolor was one of the first media that I learned how to work with. Although not my favorite, as you can’t really fix mistakes, I love the unique look of watercolor paintings.

This is another Paul Madonna painting, this time of the inside of a San Francisco house, rather than a cityscape. I felt I was able to capture an immense amount of detail and contrast in this painting using watercolor and micron pens.
I tried a new technique for the background wash on this painting. Unfortunately, it bled through my artist’s tape, ruining some of the detail and coloring underneath.
My take on a Paul Madonna piece. This was the first time I had used watercolors in years, but I loved how my pen linework on the concrete came out
A SoCal sunset for my painting class at school with the prompt “watercolor landscape”
The only still life I did in watercolor

Graphite

One of my favorite things about graphite is being able to focus on the shades and values of a piece of art without worrying about getting the exact color right.

My first portrait drawing
I worked on this piece when learning portraiture to try to understand more about the anatomy of a human face
My take on a Paul Madonna piece; this drawing called to me because of the simple yet effect message in the seemingly dirty streets of the drawing
My work on drawing hands; I did the drawing on the right page while looking down at my paper, trying to capture the details of my position, clothing, and hands
A dog I drew during one of my “dry breaks” from oil painting
A drawing I did of a human heart

Digital art

I started doing digital art for my school newspaper, The Lancer (here is the link to my profile). I primarily use Adobe Fresco, and I love being able to focus on intense detail while being able to work on individual layers of the piece.

A piece of me and two of my long-distance friends
My friends and I during freshman year of high school
My friends and I during our freshman year homecoming
My friend and I during sophomore year homecoming
Newspaper piece for “On the Same Page: description and dread in ‘Bunny’”
Newspaper piece for “‘Midnights’: record-breaking lyrics and production”
Newspaper piece for “Cinematic Chat: the Percy Jackson adaptation and representation”
My take on an edited version of Taylor Swift’s album cover for “Lover”
A gift for my parents of a photo I had taken of them
Newspaper piece for “Glutinous rice balls in sweet soup”
Newspaper piece for “On the Frontlines: A nation in the pocket of twenty-four families”
Newspaper piece for “The rise of Brock Purdy”
My take on “My Little Pony,” one of my favorite childhood shows
Newspaper piece for “On the Same Page: depth, detail, and emotion in ‘Before the Coffee Gets Cold’”
Newspaper piece for “Will Bing’s new ChatGPT-like AI replace traditional search?”
Song cover for my dad’s techno DJ mix
Newspaper piece for “More than a nepo baby: Gracie Abrams’s ‘Good Riddance’”
Birthday gift for my friend of a photo of the two of us
A piece on yellow tulips, my favorite flowers
A drawing of a blue-purple flower for my cousin
My first attempts drawing koi fish and goldfish
Another drawing, different style, of yellow tulips
A gift for my grandmother of a photo of her, my brother, and me
A wedding gift for a family friend
A drawing of a wilting flower
Newspaper piece for “From conflicts to consensus: Model UN’s remarkable comeback”
A piece for Ignite, my school’s campus ministry group, of all the leaders
A piece on “The Powerpuff Girls,” another childhood favorite

Crochet

I started learning how to crochet in high school after knowing the basics of knitting for much of my life. The beginning was very difficult, as I didn’t know how tight to make the yarn on my hook, but once I learned how to crochet, I loved seeing how it came together in projects.

A gift for one of my friends, who really likes octopi; this is the first time I worked on an amigurumi piece, and learning to do the spherical shape was a fun challenge
(Currently working): a purple, gray, and blue patchwork sweater
(Currently working): A simple green sweater with blue cuffs
The first scrunchie I crocheted