Artist Statement

I did this piece because I wanted to do something challenging. The reason I did this is because I felt that this would challenging because i'm not that good at water color and I feel that the piece turned out very well.

I did this piece by first mapping everything out very lightly. After I did that I went in and did my wash and then I let that dry and then I went in and added detail in the ocean to create movement to look like little waves.

Watercolor Beach

I did this piece because I felt this would be a good way to express the fear of being judge. I also did this because this happens a lot in the NBA players get traded or they think about leaving the a city they played for their entire life and just to leave kills them deep down inside and they worry about what people will think of them.

I started the piece by first mapping everything out lightly and then going in and adding my background. After I finished the background I went in and started adding some details to the player and the burning of his jersey. After everything was dry I went back and added more layers so you could not see the canvas.

Monochromatic Phobia

My inspiration to do this piece was that the is in my grandma's house and I thought I would make it for her to give to her. I probably want give the piece to her because the piece didn't turn out the way I thought it would be.

I started this piece by first mapping out everything where it's suppose to go. After I did that I went in and then adding all the dark places first. When I finished with that I went in and added all the colors to create the sky and the water.

Oil Pastel

My inspiration to make a piece like this was because I wanted to do something challenging and try to work on make this stick out ( emphasis). I feel like I done that but the piece is not finished to make it complete.

I did the piece by first making squares on the paper so it can hep me map things out. After I made the squares I mapped everything out lightly. After I mapped everything lightly I went in the started shading in the very dark places.

Character Study

Charcoal Still-Life

I did this piece because I wouldn't to push myself to get out of my comfort zone and try something I don't normally do. Doing a still-life was extremely challenging.

I did this piece by first laying out the objects I was drawing and then I went in and mapped everything out on my paper lightly. After I finished mapping everything out lightly I went in with the charcoal and started to go in and add the dark places and going in and adding details.

Cross Contour

I did this piece because I like to do pen and ink and I feel like I could do some glasses and make them look really good. I think the glasses turned out very well and I like how I did the shadows on them to make some of them look like their behind each other.

I did this piece by first going in my sketch book and drawing the glasses the way I wanted them to be. After I figured out what I wanted to do I started to map out everything on my paper then I went in with the ink and started to do the shadows and then going back and adding the cross contour lines to get some details in there.

Winter Gala Piece

I did this piece because I wanted to draw LeBron and Kevin Durant. I also did this because I wanted to show people what people call LeBron and what people call Kevin Durant. These two players are being compared together a lot lately and I would to compare what people call the to.

I did this piece by first going in my sketch book and drawing out ideas I had in my head on how to express the two basketball players. After that I went to the canvas and then mapping everything lightly. After I did that I went in and painted the background to match their team colors. after that I started painting the little areas and then going back and adding layers to make the piece turn out really good.