Meet Hannah Mukohata! She is one of the cheer captains and an active member of the Teen feed and MedLife clubs here at Lincoln.

She got really interested in art when she was in 6th grade, finding it a great way for her to express herself during difficult times. Since then, she has developed a love for drawing.

Every day in middle school, she would come home and sit and sketch for hours on end. This led to her enrolling in the AP Art class here at Lincoln.

Last year, in that very AP Class, she made the drawing below, which depicts a girl with rainbow lines around her hands. Mukohata told us, “I wanted a piece in my portfolio that represented acceptance and peace.”

To help her achieve this goal, she used inspiration from neurotrophic art. Neurotrophic art is a style that is often used for stress relief and to prevent overthinking.

To Mukohata, this drawing reflects on how she was able to find peace within her thoughts and emotions. Growing up, she often felt as though she was too emotional or too sensitive, which caused her to bottle up many of her thoughts and feelings.

As she got older, the strain she felt from keeping everything in became too much. This drawing shows how Mukohata grew to realize how she doesn’t need to please everyone else.

She learned how to let her emotions out and to accept her feelings. With this drawing, she hopes people will be able to relate to her experiences.

Looking at this artwork, you can really see the amount of attention to detail Mukohata put into it. The shading around the face adds an incredible level of depth and texture.

You can also tell how much time was spent on the girl’s facial expression. The shadows and overall shading really amplify the dull and saddened look, giving the drawing a strong emotional feel.
The girl in the drawing holds a rainbow ball close to her chest, the colors and shapes being used to make it seem as if it is bursting out from her chest.

Mukohata says the various colors being used “symbolize the many different emotions I felt within my mental health journey” and that the fluidity of the lines “represents acceptance and loving emotions for what they are.”

Overall, this is such an amazing and well thought out drawing. The attention to detail and meaning behind all of it is so carefully crafted to perfection.

Hannah Mukohata is a phenomenal artist, and we can’t wait to see everything she does moving forward in her art career!

Meet Adela Mihalas! She is a full-time artist, always finding herself doing something crafty. She has a wide range of artistic talents, including painting clothes, making her own tattoo portfolio, and taking commissions!

Mihalas became interested in art when she first moved to Seattle as a kindergartener. She quickly developed a passion for drawing the world around her, focusing on architecture and cars.

Mihalas made the black and white inked drawing shown below. When figuring out what she wanted to make, she knew she wanted her art to have some kind of interactive component.

By creating two drawings in one, she was able to make this happen. If you flip the canvas over, you see a whole new perspective.

Mihalas’ work can be compared to the famous optical illusion art piece, the Edgar Rubin Vase, in which you can see a vase, or two faces, depending on your perspective.

Mihalas says that her piece is meant to “show duality, balance, and how seeing something from more than one side is needed to fully perceive its beauty.”

She accomplishes this beautifully in her visual representation of contrasting balance: The day and night perspectives, the use of black and white, and the two potential orientations of the canvas.

It’s truly incredible the way she was able to execute this drawing so flawlessly. As an example, the sunrise and the ripples in the water. from one view, they are simply natural elements, while from another they seamlessly become a beautiful walkway.

This style of drawing allows Mihalas to use so many techniques and patterns. You can see being used all over the canvas adds to the realistic tone and appeal. The stippling, the shading, the detailed lines and swirls. An incredible amount of work was put into every centimeter of this work.
Keep in mind, she did all of this with a fountain pen, which are often incredibly difficult for people to use. This shows just how much skill she has to have to be able to have such a clean and detailed piece.
Adela Mihalas is an amazing artist and we’re really looking forward to seeing everything she does in her art career moving forward!