Here are the collections of art that I made during my time with the Desert Life program in July 2016.  This first gallery has the sketches, warm-up activities, and watercolor tests/practices that I did while I was in New Mexico and Texas, as well as the cyanotype prints and “resinations” that I talked about in …

Final Day Got up around 6:30am so I could finish my trading cards and pack up all my things in time.  Breakfast was simple, just some cereal and yogurt.  Pretty soon we were all set to go, and we drove to the Organ Mountains for our final stop at Desert Peak National Monument before driving …

Percha Dam State Park Today was a wonderful day for relaxation. Good thing too, because I wasn’t feeling so well…I took a shower in the morning, and then I ate a few pancakes with some mini bananas for breakfast.  After breakfast, we were told to find a secluded place where we could focus and really …

Valley of Fires (continued), Percha Dam State Park Our last day in Valley of Fires….I’m going to miss this place.  In the morning, we had breakfast and then got ready for a morning herp hike.  We were hoping to find a rattlesnake and a collared lizard this time, but still no luck.  We did, however, find Sceloporus …

Valley of Fires After a night of crazy wind, thunder, lightning, and rain, we woke up to a beautiful morning surrounded by the black rock lava formations of Valley of Fires State Park. For breakfast, we ate cinnamon oatmeal, bananas, and milk, and then we were off to explore for our hike. The gnats were really …

Oliver Lee (continued), White Sands National Monument We had an early start today with breakfast (yogurt, granola, banana, muffin) at 7am. The first night was pretty rough because of all the wind and the heat, so I didn’t get much sleep and was super tired in the morning. On the plus side, we had hours …

Desert Life Here we go – my second adventure through ART+BIO Collaborative!!  I’m very excited for this trip, especially since I’ll be exploring and gaining new experience with the desert habitats of New Mexico and Texas! 😀 I’m also looking forward to learning more about art+biology, getting more field experience, developing my ink+watercolor art skills, meeting new friends, and doing some …

This summer I realized I never posted the artwork I made during my Puerto Rico trip, so here it is!  These are the sketches, warm-up activities, and watercolor tests/practices I did while there.  Materials used include pen and ink, watercolor paints, watercolor pencils/crayons, graphite pencil, and charcoal. And these are the bioart installations that I talked …

Today was such a bittersweet day.  After breakfast, we traded our cards with each other.  I ended up basing mine on the different species of lizards that we found.  It was so cool seeing everyone’s unique styles together on the table and all the memories that they brought back to us.  Then we packed up …