The overall tone of this painting is on the warmer end of the spectrum as an orange-brown underpainting was used to build up the painting. Glazing technique is applied for the underpaint to come through.


Christina Chen is an international student from Taiwan. This is currently her third year in Penn State. She’s a B.A. major and business minor. While her concentration in the art program is painting, she also enjoys engaging in creating different types of art such as sculpture and ceramics. Art has always been something she has loved and painting is something she could do for hours. Christina has no regrets in joining the art program and hopes whoever’s reading this can also find what truly makes them happy.