Oil Painting

I finally finished my oil painting of my still life. I originally wanted to do one that involved some intense fabric rolls and a magnifying glass, but I didn't want to blow myself away on the first painting. This is what I ended up doing, and it turned out fairly well. The setting includes a plaster cast of lips and a museum postcard featuring a painting entitled Silence by the French painter Odilon Redon. The assignment was to make a painting using a limited palette of warm and cool primary colors. It was a difficult project to face simply because of this limitation, but it was a good learning experience in the end.

UT Portfolio

I now know the true meaning of "the grind". Staying up until 1a.m. to finish these drawings the day before they had to be finished made me hate drawing for a brief second, but I was then overcome with relief that I had finished my most difficult college application.

Artist Study!!!!

For this project  I chose to do a study of Jasper Johns's Flag, applying the gestural techniques he used to add movement and value to iconography to an objective still life of a shell on a pedestal. I was thoroughly intimidated at first since I used a full sheet of drawing paper. The sheet was at least twice as big as any other piece I had ever done, but once I got to drawing the product came quickly. This was one of the most fun pieces that I've done in a long time. Horrible grammar, I know.

iTunes finally loves me!!!!

Ok!!! I am so stoked today! The album art I made for a friend of mine is finally up on iTunes. I encourage everyone to go check out the CD titled "With All Due Respect" by Bright Lights. We have been waiting for this release for at least a month now and I'm incredibly glad that it has come out.

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