Grey Smith: Finding Yourself
In the monotony of day to day life it can be easy to lose yourself. It happens. People m i s p l a c e things. Sometimes that thing happens to be oneself. Fortunately, most people find themselves again, sometimes in the most obvious places, like when your glasses turned out to be on […]
Imaginary Paint: Coronavirus Update
I felt the first effects of the coronavirus outbreak on March 5, during my seventh block, when the school loudspeakers announced that everyone needed to leave the campus because someone’s family member had contracted COVID-19. Come Monday, I expected things to return to normal. After all, they just needed to test the student and I […]
Postcards From: Paris, France II
If you love dessert, France is the place to go! Macarons are my favorite cookie and I also love crepes. Besides dessert, the art museums in Paris were one of the highlights of my trip, especially the Musée de l’Orangerie. Claude Monet is my favorite painter and seeing his work in person was breathtaking. The […]
Postcards From: Portugal, Italy, Spain, Malta, Belgium and France
For this post, I decided to something a little different. I just went on a trip to Europe for two and a half weeks where I visited six different countries. It was really exciting, so I wanted to share some of my favorite pictures that I took since I wouldn’t have been able to paint […]
Imaginary Paint: Holiday Wishes
December has arrived, and along with the end of the Wave cycle come many holidays, including, but not limited to, Christmas! I painted a nice snowy landscape with just a touch of the Christmas spirit, inspired by Bob Ross. I used oil paints and drew from many of the techniques he used in his videos. […]
Imaginary Paint: Fish Don’t Blink
It’s watercolor time! In honor of painting with watercolors, I decided to paint some adorable little fish. Get it? Because it’s water-color. And fish live in water. Ok. I’ll stop now. I’m not really a fan of watercolors. They always dry either too quickly or too slowly and I’m never able to achieve a solid gradient […]
Postcards From: Honolulu, Hawaii
Laying on the beach and snorkeling with turtles in Hanauma Bay. The tropical flowers. The best shave ice in the world. Açaí bowls. Ahi poke. Malasadas. Spam musubi. The beaches. My favorite udon place, Marukame Udon, is in Waikiki. I love everything about Hawaii. Laying on the sand in Waikiki Beach, sipping on an iced […]
Imaginary Paint: Lemmings with Tails
Today’s painting is based on an idea that I’ve had for a while, but only got around to painting recently. It just goes to show that writing down ideas in the moment is a good practice for me because sometimes I may have a spark of inspiration that I can’t follow up on until much […]
Postcards From: Intro
Postcards: they show someone that you’re thinking about them when you’re away. It’s a simple but meaningful act with a special image, a short message, and a postage stamp. Much more thoughtful than a text or an email, which takes only about a minute to send. I think you can see where I’m going here! […]
Art of the Arts: Happy Little Accidents
My next medium is acrylic paint! In this piece, I followed a Bob Ross painting tutorial except that I used acrylics instead of the oil paints Bob usually uses. It is said that you shouldn’t use acrylics when following Bob’s tutorial, because it doesn’t work well with his ‘wet on wet’ technique. In some ways, […]