Lion’s Pride of Lake Washington Institute of Technology (LWTech) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. For the individual, original works contained herein, all rights reserved and revert to artists after publication. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of LWTech or the magazine publication staff.

The Lion’s Pride is a publication of written and visual works created by students at Lake Washington Institute of Technology. We attempt to include students representing the diverse populations and programs at the college.

For information on how to submit your work for consideration, please visit the publication homepage: https://www.lwtech.edu/campus-life/lions-pride/

You may also contact wesley.mantooth@lwtech.edu if you have questions.

Lion’s Pride Committee:

Wesley Mantooth, English Department Chair
John Calavitta, English Department, Professor
Robynne Raye, Design Department, Assistant Professor
Jason Sobottka, Art Department, Professor
Steve Cave, English Department, Associate Professor
Paige Miller, Student
Sue Wozniak, Faculty Librarian

Cover Art:

The Improvement in Watercolor Painting, by Viktoriia Koziar

Artist statement: For as long as I can remember, watercolor has been my least favorite medium for painting. I was never thrilled with the results, also the process of creating an artwork was always nerve-wracking and difficult. Consequently, I was quite disheartened by the prospect of completing an assignment that involved painting a figure in a landscape using watercolors. However, while painting, I was surprised by how this material revealed itself to me from a different perspective. At that moment, it seemed I had finally understood its essence. Therefore, I definitely plan to continue experimenting with this once-hateful medium in the future.