MILES!!

When I started working on the still life one of the biggest struggles off rip was trying to make an interesting composition without using too many complicated objects. My original idea involved a flower, a wood carving, and a clock. Thankfully Coach knocked some sense into me and I got rid of the clock and agreed to simplify the carving in the painting. In the end I had this final composition. After getting the composition down I sketched it out with charcoal and began painti

Today I will be talking about an upcoming artist name Glib Franko. Glib is a Ukrainian artist and has been making art since he was young. Both of his parents were artist and surrounded him with their work, like his father's watercolors, as he was growing up. As a young man he studied at several premier art institutions in Ukraine, such as the Kosiv Institute for Decorative arts, the Department of Monumental Painting, and the National Academy of Fine Arts in Kyiv. Franko's art

This Week I attended the lunchtime lecture by Mr. Oura Sananikone. I actually had the opportunity to meet and volunteer with Mr. Sananikone over the summer at the Visual Arts Center, and so I was familiar with his work going into the lecture. His style is very unique and I have never really seen another artist produce work like his, even in the world of comic books. I asked Mr. Sananikone during the lecture where he draws inspiration from and he gave me a very simple yet clea