I had this image in my head of a poppy field fading into the sunset. It is acrylic on canvas.

Here I mixed an orange color for the full background and then applied a brown down half of the canvas. I added streaks of white, then lightly brushed some yellows into the orange. Them, I directly a applied black paint to the canvas and spread it with a pallet knife. It is acrylic on canvas.

I wanted to approach painting without really thinking. I started by mixing a purple and blue color, spread them on the canvas, and blended the two into a mixed background. Then, I turned the painting sideways and saw tree trunks, and created an imaginary forest. It is acrylic on canvas.

On my own time I decided to draw a picture of Zach. This is outdated now, but I still like the drawing in that it shows my pencil skills.

My first still life in my art class was of these foam shapes and a glass cup on a black mat and tray. I used a lot of contrast in my shading and used an eraser for bright highlighting effects, especially in the glass. For added contrast, I rubbed shaded fingerprints around the still life.

Not too long after I saw the movie Apocalypto, I was inspired to draw and watercolor a character from the movie. This was one of the pictures I found, and after I drew a basic outline, I filled the drawing in with watercolor.

This piece started out as a perspective drawing from a picture that I had. For my art class we were to choose a picture with a focal point. The one I chose was a picture from Virginia beach. I liked the clock because it had inscribed on the face "Decker", which is a family name of mine. From this, I created a perspective drawing that goes back to one point. Later on in the class, we were to choose a piece of art and watercolor it. I chose this one.

Drawing with pencil is one of my best talents, especially when it comes to shading. I wanted a picture that would provide me with deep shadows and contrast. This is a picture of Mark Wahlberg.

As one of my pieces on pointillism, which is an image created from multiple dots, I chose to recreate a picture of a girl in a field.

My final on pointillism was this sneaker.

A hand study is finding five different hand poses and then drawing each one of them separately. These are the poses I chose for mine. The object is to capture the hand at different angles.

On my own time, I felt like creating a watercolor. This is a collaborative piece with my boyfriend, Zach. We took turns putting down one watercolor item at a time. The product was this creative painting.

Can you see it? My eye is in there. I adore this musical jewelry box and decided to draw it one day. Because of how fond I am of it, I decided to add a little part of me.

This art piece is a display of color contrasts, specifically color opposites. The two examples are blue and orange and purple and yellow. It also features geometric shapes that tie in the color combination.

As part of my art class final, I had to do another hand study, which included hand poses that were more difficult than the original hand study.

For my final still life, I chose a bottle, a pear, and a sunflower, which I placed on the heavily textured art table to cast some detail on the overall picture.

Experimental watercolor of flowers.

Experimental watercolor of flowers.

Accidental photograph, which turned out quite artistic.