Kaylee's Art Blog

"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." - Vincent Van Gogh

[myrellee]

In the 2nd of December 1958, there were serious number of deaths in the parochial grade school. There were no rescuers within the first few minutes, only one fire exit. The fire was impassable that 87 out of 1700 students had died. Based on the news articles, the school does not have emergency...

[kayconk]

I think that it is the parents of the students who are to be blamed. Why else did they enroll their child into a school, where they know does not have the safety rules they desired? Or maybe they have forgotten about the safety since they obeyed the fact that Our Lady of the Angels is a religious school. Therefore, having faith should be enough for everyone’s safety.

[jennylema]

Personally I find that the basic reasons for conflict are religion and oil and any other goods that are short of supply and high in demand. I got this idea from an interview with a teacher (Ms. Biegert). I decided to draw some doodles to portray this idea and spark some...

[kayconk]

Jenny, I like the way you included a specific example to help put the question into perspective. You said that as long as the world had supply and demand, we would be unable to live without conflict however, what if we removed supply and demand? Is that the only factor that would effect a cold-less world?

[kayconk]

This picture is my favorite because The bright colors from the gumballs stands out and then your eyes move towards the other objects in the background.  Unfortunatly I did not notice the things in the background of the picture untill after I took it.  I think I am going to use this composition for my final piece. 

[kayconk]

Still Life Composition Pictures

[kayconk]

Example compositions from my DWB.

I like the building because of it's use of negative space as well as the contour lines that were drawn to create space.

The apple is unique because of its 1/3 to 2/3 color ratio.  

I like the reflective parts in the middle picture because the artist has really strong darks and lights which makes the toning visually pleasing.

My favorite to drawings are the cup of water and the lightbulb.  Both images are clear objects and the two artists do a good job of creating movement with line variation.  The line in the lightbulb in particular gets so thin at one point that it is almost nonexistant forcing the audience to fill it in with their eyes. 

I think that I am going to focus on using the bottom two compositions for my own project because my objects have a lot of clear areas and I like the way that the glass in both of the examples creates a strong piece. 

[kayconk]

Reflection of Fruit Still Life

In the beginning of my process, I laid out my still-life that created the image that I wanted to portray.  After that, I lightly drew the outline of all of the fruit based on the still-life.  Other than that, there was no other planning. My next step was to decide where I wanted to use the chalk, the charcoal, and the colored pencils.  I started with using the colored pencils for the drawing of the carrot because I liked the bright orange color and I thought it would make the carrot pop out. When I finished with the carrot, I drew my pepper using colored chalks because I like the smooth, shiny, green color that it had.  My final step was to use the charcoal to fill in the pineapple.

Throughout the process, I improved my drawing with colored pencils because I had never used them before and I did not do it so well when I first started.  I started off coloring too hard so it did not give it a smooth, delicate appearance and it made it look less realistic than it could have been.  Eventually I started to get the hang of coloring with colored pencils and I improved my skills and knowledge of shading with colored pencils.  

If I could re-do my still life drawing, I would not add the color to the table.  I was trying to show a part of the table by coloring it in with the colored pencils and the chaulk however I was unsuccessful and it ended up ruining my composition.  In addition, I would make the pineapple longer because it ended up being a bit stumpy in the end.  

One of the biggest problems that I faced was drawing the details on the pineapple.  It was a huge obstacle that I stared at for a couple of days before I even attempted to try it.  Eventually I just had to jump right in because I was running out of time.  One of the things that I liked about the body of the pineapple was the contrast with the darks and the lights.  I also really like the pineapple leaves and I think they turned out well in the end because of the toning.  

Overall, I do not think that my final piece was a good reflection of my work and of what I am capable of doing.  I think if I took some more time on my composition and on my shading and rendering, it would have been more organized. In the future, I think I should do a rough sketch before I start on my final piece.  

[kayconk]

Fruit still life drawing