A Record of Exploration

The artworks presented here are not simply finished pieces.

They are part of an ongoing record of how students grow, experiment, and refine their ideas over time.

At Andelino Art Studio, students are encouraged to treat every artwork as a step within a larger creative journey. Sketches lead to studies, studies evolve into experiments, and through reflection and critique, these explorations gradually develop into more complete works.

Under the mentorship of Jheng Marzan, students learn to see their work not as isolated projects but as part of a developing body of ideas.

Drawing Studies

Drawing often serves as the foundation of a student’s practice.

Through careful observation and repeated studies, students learn to understand form, proportion, and composition.

These drawings may appear simple, but they represent an important stage in the development of attention and visual understanding.

Students frequently return to drawing throughout their time in the studio, using it as a way to clarify ideas and explore new directions.

Painting and Material Exploration

As students gain confidence in observation and drawing, they begin to experiment with a wider range of materials.

Painting introduces questions of color, texture, and atmosphere. Students are encouraged to test different approaches, layering materials, adjusting techniques, and observing how their ideas change through the process.

These works often reveal moments of discovery unexpected textures, new color relationships, or emerging themes.

Mixed Media and Experimental Work

Many students explore mixed media as a way to expand their visual language.

Combining drawing, painting, collage, and found materials allows students to approach ideas from multiple perspectives. Through experimentation, they begin to understand how materials themselves can influence meaning and expression.

This stage of exploration is especially valuable for students developing conceptual work for their portfolios.

Developing IB Visual Arts Portfolios

Many students at the studio are preparing for International Baccalaureate Visual Arts (SL and HL) programs.

The works shown here reflect the kinds of explorations that contribute to IB portfolios studies, experiments, and artworks that grow out of sustained inquiry.

Students are encouraged to document their processes carefully, using sketchbooks and visual research to support their ideas.

Through steady guidance from Jheng Marzan, these explorations gradually develop into cohesive bodies of work suitable for IB assessment and exhibition.

A Continuing Process

The artworks on this page represent moments within the larger journeys of individual students.

Some works are early experiments. Others mark turning points when a student begins to recognize their own visual voice.

What connects them all is the process behind them the hours of observation, testing, reflection, and discussion that take place within the studio.

For each student, the work continues to evolve.

Kian Quintal is a graduate of Andelino Art Studio currently pursuing his studies at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. Working primarily in mixed media sculpture, Kian explores material tension, spatial dialogue, and conceptual layering through constructed forms.

During his mentorship at Andelino, he developed a disciplined studio practice grounded in research, experimentation, and critical reflection principles that continue to inform his evolving body of work. His sculptural language bridges structure and intuition, reflecting both technical sensitivity and a strong conceptual foundation shaped through intensive IB-focused training.

Kaz Dy is a multidisciplinary artist and graduate of Ateneo de Manila University, She is also the founder of Lore Candles, a creative venture that reflects her sensitivity to narrative, atmosphere, and material presence.

Working across drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, photography, mixed media, and video, Kaz approaches art as a spatial and emotional experience. Her practice is rooted in inquiry and storytelling layering image, object, and environment to construct immersive works that examine memory, identity, and perception.

A graduate of Andelino Art Studio, she developed a rigorous conceptual discipline and refined studio methodology that continue to inform her evolving, cross-medium practice

Raia Castillo is a graduate of Ateneo de Manila University whose practice centers on hyperrealism and surrealism. Her works are marked by meticulous detail and technical precision, constructing images that feel at once tangible and psychologically charged.

Through controlled rendering and carefully staged compositions, Raia transforms familiar subjects into heightened, dreamlike spaces blurring the boundary between observation and imagination. Her paintings invite viewers into moments of stillness and subtle distortion, where reality is sharpened yet gently unsettled.

A graduate of Andelino Art Studio, she refined a disciplined, research-driven approach to image-making, grounding her technical mastery in strong conceptual development.

Hailey Yap is a Grade 12 student at International School Manila whose practice moves fluidly between realism and surrealism. Working from graphite studies to fully rendered oil paintings, she demonstrates a strong command of form, light, and tonal depth.

Her graphite works reveal precision and patience, while her oil paintings expand into layered, atmospheric compositions that explore symbolism and psychological space. Hailey’s process reflects a balance of technical discipline and imaginative inquiry building images that feel both grounded in observation and open to interpretation.

Under the mentorship framework at Andelino Art Studio, she continues to refine her conceptual clarity and studio rigor as she prepares for higher-level artistic pursuits.