This drawing answers the question: "Why do I draw?" I draw to express a feeling; to capture a moment in the way that I am experiencing it. Drawing is a flow from my brain to my hands, and it’s almost as if I am barely conscious of what I am creating. When I am creating in general, I am able to understand and process what I am drawing as well as other outside thoughts I am having at the time, which is why the act of drawing allows me to release those thoughts. I used a saturated color palette to represent the intensity of my emotion, and particularly red, as it symbolizes passion and contrasts with the surrounding color palette. I used the combination of colored pencils over watercolor as that was the primary medium I found interest in when I first began drawing as a child. I also took inspiration from Art Nouveau, the historical art style, for elements like the border, the patterning in the background, and the general movement throughout the drawing.