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Architecture will probably be involved somewhat in the creation of my concentration, and I was thinking of possibly combining my main mediums of pen and acrylic paint, though I'm unsure how they would work together.

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I am also considering doing a concentration involving my loose painting style, which is distinctive and fairly quick.

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Due to my interest in the pen and ink medium as well as architecture, I'm considering doing a piece similar to my depictions of cities like Prague and Amsterdam.

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Medium(s): Ebony Pencil and Pen

This piece was a study in fine line work and how to use my style to make a piece that was a little bit more cartoonish. I used patterns instead of folds to create the illusion of fabric, and the plain face offsets the tiny marks at the bottom of the page.

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Medium(s): Ebony Pencil, Pen, and Marker

The inspiration for this project came from "Q13". When I think of the letter "Q", first thought is of a queen. I have always been a big fan of Alice and Wonderland, and especially with the art associated with it. I decided to use the Queen of Hearts as my subject, and the "13" is incorporated into the piece through the 13 roses surrounding the young queen. I wanted to show a time before the Queen of Hearts cut off heads, so I made her into a carefree kid roaming her rose garden.

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Medium(s): Water Color, Ebony Pencil, Pen, and Ink

This piece was inspired by an exhibit in the field museum that involved examples of ancient Korean artwork. I connected a lot with this subject and the relationship between this kind of art and my heritage. I used a paper that I bought in Korea that is specifically used for scrolls. I also researched techniques used to make this kind of art and pulled from pieces I saw in the field museum. I tried to incorporate my own style as well, but I struggled a little bit with the unfamiliar water color medium. The paper also ended up warping more than I would have liked but delving into the Korean culture was a fascinating experience.

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Medium(s): Pen

This contour line drawing was made for the multiple me's project. It was a very different style from what I'm used to and I struggled to make straight lines without picking up my pen. I really liked the look of it in the end though and I think it's a great representation of the chaos of senior year.

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Medium(s): White Gel Pen, Ebony Pencil, and Sharpie Pen

This piece was a mixed media observational drawing. I haven't been doing a lot of observational drawings lately and I wanted to improve that skill. I'm still working with composition in observational pieces. I used the white in this piece to highlight and contrast, which worked especially well against the blue background and black detailing.

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Medium(s): Pen and Water Color

This was inspired from a trip I took to the city with a couple of my friends. I liked the contrast between the pen and the water color, and working with two mediums that are such opposites was a different experience. I did a similar piece like this a couple of years ago and the improvement in my technique with pen was fun to see.

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Medium(s): Acrylic Paint, House Paint

This was one of the large-scale 4x4's. Since we weren't allowed to use paintbrushes, I used my fingers and a cotton ball to get the details on the owl. The background was made up of the effects that the house paint made when it dried. I thought that the intricacy of the texture in the background was nicely offset by the smooth acrylic paint, especially the paint in the branch underneath the owl. I've rarely worked on a scale this large so it took some getting used to but I really enjoyed it.

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Medium(s): Oil Pastel, Ebony Pencil, and Pen

This piece was inspired by the flowers and colors I saw throughout the botanical gardens. This was my first time ever using oil pastel and the way that it blends is completely different from using any of my regular mediums. It took some getting used to and I think I want to work with it more and learn to use it effectively.

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Medium(s): Acrylic Paint

These two smaller pieces were part of a set that I may want to explore later. The quick, small strokes are an effective way to test colors and see what blends well together. Both pieces were interesting compositionally and it was hard to work with the space and try to fill it without putting in too much paint. I tried to do opposite colors in both the two pieces separately and within each one. In the first one, I used bold yellow strokes and in the second one I put in a contrasting shade of royal blue to make the other colors stand out.

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Medium(s): Pen, Ink, Colored Pencil, Marker, White Gel Pen

This piece involved a lot of experimentation with various mediums and one of my first real pieces involving ink. I used a paintbrush with the ink well and I was surprised by the smoothness of the strokes and the effects that they could create. I liked the depth that the look of the bold ink could make when contrasted with the small pen detailing in the trees in the background. The colored pencil was also a pretty new medium to me so it was interesting to see how that worked with it as well.

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Medium(s): Ebony Pencil, Marker, and Pen

This piece was primarily a figure study and a deeper look at facial features. I set out to give the girl I was drawing an intense, focused expression as opposed to the bland facial expressions that have been in some of my previous pieces involving people. I wanted to show emotion, and it was difficult to manipulate the shape of the eyes and mouth in order to achieve that. I was also working with a lot of shading in the collar bone area and the parts of the face hidden behind the piece of hair.

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Medium(s): Ebony Pencil, Pen, and Marker

This piece was one of my more involved pen and ink pieces. I think it shows a lot of my development compositionally as well as my progress with shading and fading. Like the piece above, this is also in Amsterdam, but the building style was a bit more intricate. The curvature of the tops of some of the buildings was difficult because of its complete deviation from the classic Chicago-style skyscraper. The triangle roofs were also very different and it was fun to experience some of the European culture through drawing while still being surrounded by American architecture.

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Medium(s): Ebony Pencil, Pen, and Marker

This teacher-initiated project was inspired by an African photographer who specializes in showing the living conditions of African children. I twisted the subject to try to portray growth. The two kids int eh picture are meant to be the same and I wanted to show the progression of the child in his facial features and positioning under the blanket. This piece was different for me due to the fabric element. I've never tried to draw fabric before: I've only ever painted it. I tried to show the various folds through small, detailed circles that I varied in shade. This piece was also a study in depth as I tried to portray the outside and inside feel.

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Medium(s): Ebony Pencil and Pen

This piece is a continuation of the work I've been doing with European cities and architecture. This particular piece is a small mountain-side village in Amsterdam. I think this piece is a little flatter than I would've preferred so I will probably work back into it later on. These kinds of pieces with the mixed mediums of pen and ebony pencil are always an interesting study in depth and I'm always trying to figure out new ways to balance the mediums.

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Medium(s): Acrylic Paint

This piece explores the fluid painting style that I have been working with for a while now. It shows a street scene in Paris. I tried to improve my compositional skills in this piece as well as my color techniques, and used a variety of different shades to convey the busy atmosphere.

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Medium(s): Acrylic Paint

The object of this piece was to commemorate 9/11. I added an element of emphasized verticality to try to show that the lights of the 9/11 memorial extend across the world and not just in New York. The lights function as a double message. By making them reach high above the buildings and the people in the city, I wanted to convey the influence and memory of the people who died.

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Medium(s): Cardboard, Oil Pastel, Watercolor, and Pen

The required medium for this project was cardboard. I got my idea from ripping the cardboard so the only the bottom layer showed. I thought that doing this made it look like there were clouds in the cardboard so after I ripped up parts of it, I worked back into it with watercolor and added a pop of color with oil pastel. The broad sweeps of the clouds are offset by the pen detail in the little girl.