Colored Pencil & Pen by Ryan RuLong
Medium: Pen and colored pencil on paper
Size: 8.5 in x 11 in
Artist statement: “My name is Ryan RuLong. I pretty much been doing art my entire life. I love painting and drawing dark sketches, but due to my circumstances, being able to get some of the materials has been hard. I just want to let you know that I spent a lot of time on this piece. It’s just something I enjoy and I hope you like it. All I had was pens so I tried to sketch this pen drawing with different strokes and negative spaces.”
Image description: A person’s head is framed by white swirling flame and a background of bright pink and dark pen. Over the figure’s face is a pen drawing that covers their features and looks like a mask made of different types of lines. At the top of the image is written: “Understand what it is we’ve grown to be”.