Melanie

A family in my ward had seen me doing some caricature while sitting in my ward and they asked if I could do a drawing of there child. At first it was going to be in the style of a caricature but in the end they wanted something more realistic so they gave me a photo to use for the charcoal drawing. They also wanted it to be smaller somewhere around 5" tall but I ended up making the drawing much larger, closer to 16" tall. Now it is framed and hanging in there child's room and it looks great.

Waiting

So far my printmaking class has been a lot of fun. This print I based off a previous print called "Waiting" as well. The phone and other objects in the print have faith driven symbolism that is intentional.

Leap Day Flyer

This was a fun little flyer that was made for another ward activity.

Cuddles in the Kitchen

This is a new print that I had to print two identical prints of. We had the use three different process's. The first process was line etching then I used an aquatint and in final I printed in a gradient of two colors.

Sketch Book

During my printmaking class my teacher also taught me how to make a sketch book from scratch. I used mohawk paper and tore it into the right size. I then folded the paper and sewed all the paper together. I used leather and book cloth to cover the outside. In the inside I used my lino blocks to print my end papers.

Skull Belt Buckle

This skull belt buckle was the first buckle I made. It was made using lost wax and poured with cast aluminum at home in California.

Ethan

This caricature was a lot of fun. It's of my nephew Ethan and in the reference photo he was just starting to walk while holding on to the table

Waiting

A mezzotint test print. A mezzotint is created using a tool with curved and pointed tip that is rocked side to side in 12 different directions making dips and burrs in the copper. Once you have done that step you scape or burnish in the parts you want left light.

Late But In Earnest 2nd State

This is the second state of this plate. I recently applied an aquatint to the plate to get different values.

The Boxer

A Test print of The Boxer. This print is a dry point print so I didn't use any chemicals just a carbide tip needle to etch the copper plate.