piece of my heart - fine art print

this piece was created using mixed media and a variety of artistic techniques sunny learned as she was first learning to draw. the skull and skeletal body were drawn from a model using a technique called blind contour drawing, where the artist looks only at the subject and draws it without looking at her hand or paper. this practice allows artists to learn to draw what they see rather than what their interpretation of the subject would look like in a 2D space. the background was created using white and black gesso and was drawn over multiple times to add texture and layers to the piece. the hands tied to the heart were the finishing touch used to tie the piece together. this gesture was influenced heavily by sunny's mental state as she transitioned from one part of her life onto the next and allowed herself to open up to new opportunities that came her way.