My Art Projects

About Me As An Artist

"I like drawing people going about their daily activities"

How I Got Started

I started drawing later in my life.

Why I Draw

Art is a way for me to express myself and my creativity. I enjoy creating art using various mediums and tools.

I have created a variety of drawings, paintings, and photographs. I find inspiration in people, buildings, and everyday life. I hope you enjoy viewing my art projects!

Favorite Art Mediums

I like to use these mediums to create art:

Charcoal
Watercolor
Pen and Ink
Acrylic Paint
Photography

My Vision

"Art is play. All I really want to do is play."

I aspire to become a portraiture artist who sketches people in public!

I want to become a semi-professional artist who specializes in using traditional media to create "street portraits" of people.

I want to create art that inspires others and puts smiles on faces.

I want to create representative art that illustrates my short stories.

I want my art to be showcased on the Gibbs Street Gallery owned by Visarts. The best way to do that is to participate in the VisArts Gibbs Street Residency program.

I want to sell my art at local arts festivals like the Cherry Creek Arts Festival so I can meet like-minded people

Current Activities

Long-Term Stuff

I am currently a student enrolled in the Compass Atelier's MAP art program!

Short-Term Stuff

Here are some of the things I'm learning about right now:

Using White & Black Conte to Draw on Greyscale Paper
Creating a Series of Charcoal Drawings Inspired by the Human Figure
Creating a Series of Watercolor Paintings Inspired by Nature

My Inspiration Sources

"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants."

As an artist, I find inspiration in two sources:

(1) The work of other visual artists and storytellers

Here are some of the artists whose work I admire:

Leonardo Da Vinci's Sketches
Ken Sugimori's artwork from Pokemon Generations 1-2
The Woke Salaryman's webcomics
Ted Slampyak
Zac Crawford's Street Portraits
Norman Rockwell's paintings
Pawel Kuczynski's satirical illustrations
Gavin Aung Than's "Zen Pencils" webcomic
centuriichan
Robert DeJesus
Zoe Dufour's Sculptures
Christine Wang's sketches
Eric Kim's Cindy Project
Coelasquid's "Manly Men Doing Manly Things" webcomic

(2) My own life experiences

I like to draw what I observe when I travel to new locations.

I like to draw people. I am more concerned with making people smile, than making art that'll end up in a gallery. Why? Art, for me, is a means to meet people and create beautiful things with them.

I like to draw buildings. I am especially love to draw bridges, Victorian-style houses, Tudor Fairytale-style houses and stone-and-timber log cabins.

Art Gallery

Here are some of the things I created. Click on an image to view more details!

Emily

I created this picture using graphite pencils.