My First Piece

Excuse my terrible scanning job.  Most of my works were done on sketchbooks that are larger than my scanner, and I did not want to rip them out.

Instrument: rose art colour pencils
Material: paper

This is the first piece I ever did in high school.  This is a mountain landscape with the sunset reflecting off the water.  I think I spend around 1 weeks to finish this.  I was very proud of this piece, and my only regret is not having known about Prisma colour pencils at that time.  The wax of the inexpensive colour pencils is very dull and not very pigmented.  I can only imagine how much more vibrant this would look if I had used Prisma colour pencils.

Before auditioning for the school, I knew nothing about arts other than me doing some doodles on my notebooks.  As my introductory class into fine arts, my instructor went over some of the famous artists.  When I saw Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, I was shocked by his technique.  I was amazed by him and respected his dedication to finishing such a painting with just dots.  So when the time came with an assignment my instructor told us to pick any one of the techniques we learned and use it to complete a drawing, I knew what I wanted to try.

Even to this day, Seurat is one of my favorite artist and pointillism is one of my go-to technique when I am doodling.