Artist Drawing

Pond

While in Florida this year, I took many pictures of different types of flowers. For this art piece, I combined my flower pictures into one nature painting. To fill the empty space, I placed a quote that had a lot of meaning to me. It says, "Every flower must grow through dirt". It was written by Laurie Jean Sennott. To me, this quote means that we all must go through hardships, struggles, and challenges to become beautiful people.

Artist Menu

Food

In the Mirror

Messy Drawer

Messy Desk

The Street

Looking Through

Inside a Closet

Around the Corner

Bathroom

Glasses Half Full

Kitchen Sink

Shiny Object

Household Items

Paint it Black

In this art piece, my goal was to create a well blended, interesting painting of a reflection. I accomplished my goal by zooming in on my subject until I found an angle with a fun look. I was very surprised how hard it was to blend the paint and create the "right" colors. The best way to fix this issue was by holding the paint to my subjects to compare color values. I believe that I experienced the switch to right brain thinking when I stopped looking at my still life as objects and instead just painted colors. I feel like the lipstick in the painting really works. If I had a do-over, I would make the yellow in the reflection less yellow and more green and I would make the handle of the cup thinner. I would also give the edge of the cup a more rounded look. Through this art piece, I learned how to blend colors and mix color values. I feel that the best thing about my painting is the lipstick. I love the highlight on it.

Artist Pages: Robert Stark

Version One:

I think Robert Stark did a great job with the color on his projects. In Red Dory, one of his paintings, the beautiful transitions from sea to sky really caught my eye. In addition, the small lines he made to suggest distant ships or birds really brought the piece together.

Version Two:

I really connected with Robert Stark as an artist. His use of the color blue throughout his paintings had a calming vibe that drew me into each of his works of art. The way, and the things, he paints present a tranquil mood for his audience; so as a person who needs some calamity in the chaos that is my life, I was instantly interested to learn more about Robert Stark. One of my favorite things about Stark's work was his smooth transitions. I love to have paintings that flow, and all of Stark's paintings do just that. Not only do they flow between values, but they also flow between sky and sea. By studying Stark, I learned the importance of color values and how hard it can be to transition between values without an object becoming flat or a solid color. Throughout this oil pastel, I felt calm and free because no matter how badly I messed up everything could be fixed through blending and layering and if everything wasn't perfect it didn't matter because, as a luminist and expressionist painter, Robert Stark didn't try to be perfect either.

Eggs

In this art piece, my goal was to create a painting of three vibrant easter eggs. I accomplished my goal by using fun bright colors. I was very surprised how hard it was to create a 3d look. The best way to fix this issue was by continuously looking at the real objects to find the shadows and highlights. I believe that I experienced the switch to right brain thinking when I began to find the different shaped colors on the real objects and incorporated that into my painting. I feel like the colors in my painting really work together. Although, I wish the pink egg was more vibrant and, if I had a do-over, I would repaint that egg. Through this art piece, I learned how to paint a 3d image from life. I feel that the best thing about my painting is the green egg and the bright orange background. I like how fun and free they feel.

Oil Painting: Three Shiny Objects

In this art piece, my goal was to create a Peggy Kroll styled oil painting. I accomplished my goal by minimizing the amount of strokes I painted in one area. I was very surprised how hard it was to stop repainting one area of the painting after I had "messed up". There were so many times that I went back to fix certain parts of the painting, but I found that the more you work on one part of the canvas the potential for the painting to get worse increases. The best way to avoid this was to stop repainting an area, instead leave it to one stroke and done. I believe that I experienced the switch to right brain thinking when I stopped looking at my artwork as an object and instead as shapes. I feel like the shadows in my drawing really work. Through this art piece, I learned how to create a realistic object with shapes not lines. If I had a do-over, I would repaint the background, I feel that the colors need more contrast. I feel that the best thing about my drawing is the front binder clip. I like the contrast between the two sides of shadow.