Columbus State’s courtyard showcased in watercolor painting

Student News | Thursday, March 19, 2026

Lukas Blake’s painting of the Columbus State Courtyard as seen from the Library. Eibling Hall is behind the trees.

Above: Lukas Blake’s painting of the Columbus State Courtyard as seen from the Library. Eibling Hall is behind the trees.

Art student Lukas Blake turned an ART 2275 class assignment into an opportunity to showcase Columbus State’s courtyard. (Stacy Leeman is the instructor.)

“The assignment was part of my midterm portfolio,” said Blake. “The prompt was to paint a scene, either inside looking out or outside looking in. I sat on the second floor of the Columbus State Library, looking out, and painted for four hours. I completed the rest of the painting from a photograph.”

Blake spent a total of ten hours on the project. The medium was watercolor on watercolor paper, with a limited palette of alizarin crimson, lemon yellow, and phthalo blue, and a sepia brown underpainting. Blake is pursuing an Associate of Art in Studio Arts and an Associate of Applied Science in the Interpreter Education Program. He plans to eventually pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts but has not yet selected a school.

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