How I Cope: Artistically

Most people do not know me as much more than an old high school friend or a math tutor from where I work. Some even know me as the crazy gym rat. There are other things that I enjoy doing besides what people expect from me.  Artwork being one of them.

After my mom passed away, drawing was the first thing that I did to cope with missing her.  I spent a lot of my time trying to keep myself occupied to forget about losing her.  

The picture of the angel on the right was done graphically in one of my Graphic design classes that I took in college while earning my Associates. We were only given the face to work with, which was half of a metal mask.  This is what I saw from it and how I decided to render it. 

The painting above is actually a water color piece that I rendered using a photo I had taken as a reference.  It was a step by step process as seen from photo to photo. I did my lights and slowly got to my darker shades.  

I do not have just one medium that I do but I do have a favorite that I enjoy. Stippling, or as some call it, pointilism, is the use of dots to create a picture.  The picture above of my bf's and I's hands are done totally in ink dots.  It may take a while to complete but it truly is worth it. 


These are but a few of my pieces.  I sadly lost all of these in the house fire my family had, even the graphic piece.  The flash drive it was on melted.  I am currently trying to redo some pieces and make some new ones as well. Years and years of work is gone.  Yeah you can say it is material items, but, it was hard work and items that meant a lot to me. I will eventually have more, better pieces but I do miss the older ones..