My art is the only way to heal my inner child. I do not seek perfection in my work, I just scribble out what my eyes see. Through different media, I have managed to express what I see through still life drawings of both objects and people. Working with oil paints, willow, white charcoal, and charcoal pencils gave me the space to be as messy, or neat, as I wanted. Black and white drawings express the roughness and contrast from translating color to value. On the other hand, using soft pastel pencils and oil paint to mix up colors has served me as a way to give a character, or an object, life. My inner child is fulfilled with what my eyes see: the imperfections of my portraits, the scratchiness of the charcoal pencils, the thickness of the glops of oil paint. Seeing my progress throughout these works has inspired me to explore new media as well. Working more with digital art and collages is my next stop!

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-Fernanda Espinoza