Paintings
Flying Whale
Medium: Oil
Who says whales can't fly? In this piece, I used a palette knife for the textured paint on the whale, and I used my fingers to dab on some pink and blue clouds in the background.
Pug
Medium: Watercolor
Pugs aren't this colorful, are they? Well, this piece proves otherwise.
Beach Day
Medium: Watercolor
It's interesting how the absence of something can be just as, if not more, powerful than the presence of it. By leaving out white spaces on the person's face and hair in this painting, I formed a concept of bright, beachy sunlight.
Galloping
Medium: Watercolor
I had lots of fun with this piece! I loved experimenting with splattering paint at the end to create more movement.
Flowers
Medium: Chinese ink
I painted these two pieces (Flowers and Bamboo) with my grandma. We were sitting at her kitchen table, listening to the sound of the fountain in her backyard.Â
She taught me about putting varying degrees of pressure on the brush to create varied line thickness. I love how art can bring people together--even people from two completely different generations.
Bamboo
Medium: Chinese ink
The Crying Empress
Medium: Watercolor
I wonder--what does a rich and powerful empress like her have to cry about?