This body of work is an insight on the teenage experience, with each work portraying a common but also uniquely personal teenage struggle. From juggling the pressure of academic excellence to struggling to find a sense of belonging among peers, the...
Processes: A light layer of watercolor, covered with black ink into the creases of the paper
Size: 10 inch by 6 inch
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"Washed" was inspired by the feeling of bliss that overwhelmed me when I stumbled across a beautiful old photo of some place in Rome. In this sandstone colored alley, I try to capture the essence of my spontaneous emotions by using a variegated wash of complementary hues: cobalts and tangerines. To finish off, I messily doodled some lines with my ink pen, darkening and filling in areas for deepened contrast and leaving others blank for the fullness of joy to take over.
I hope this small-scale painting brings you to Rome.
Tomorrow we will be trying some high relief 2D/3D art! Stay tuned for that!
