“I doodle rather than sketch because to me, sketching means you have an idea, whereas I usually don’t have a plan. It is a super relaxing and freeing process because I can’t be frustrated if I never expected anything to begin with.”
—Alessandra Sales-Muhar, Fine Arts ’24
Canson Universal sketchpad, 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches, summer–fall 2023.

“I was testing out a new pack of acrylic markers with a mini collage of a mask I cut up at work, a portrait of an actress I turned into Joan of Arc, Xiangling and Guoba from Genshin Impact, and a figure study of two girls kissing.”

Canson Universal sketchpad, 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches, summer–fall 2023.

“These are random doodles I turned into one piece. Because the negative space was bothering me, I cut up a magazine to fill in the gaps. In my junior year, all my paintings were centered around meat.”