Extra Credit Painting

Jillian Kurzmann
2/27/19

I came up with the idea from the song Castle on a Cloud from Les Mis. I then, googled pictures of castles on cloud and I found one I liked and I changed the background. I like the shading on the Castle where the light hits it. I also like the background shapes.

3 Shiny Objects

Jillian Kurzmann
2/27/19

• My goals and intentions for this art piece were to paint the objects without any detail and to match all of the different shades of blue.
• I accomplished my goals by using the primary blue paint and I looked only at the shapes on the objects and not the details.
• I was surprised at how easy it was to paint the nail polish bottle and how hard it was to make the different shades of blue.
• The most difficult challenge was creating the different shades on the airplane and creating the shadow.
• I met that challenge by color matching my patches of paint and I was very careful with my curves in my shadow.
• I experienced the shift from right brain to left brain when I focused on the shapes and no the details of the objects.
• This picture really works with the nail polish and the cup.
• An artist that inspired me was Peggi Kroll with her fascination for ordinary, everyday, small objects.
• Something I learned for my next painting was to make the background more solid and to make the airplane shading more definite.
• If I have a do-over I would men the background more solid.
• I feel the best things are the nail polish and the cup.

25 Stroke Painting

Jillian Kurzmann
2/19/19

• My goals and intentions for this painting were to paint the pool ball in 25 paint strokes
• I accomplished my goal by not removing the brush from the paper unless necessary to safe up strokes to perfect the lines of the pool ball.
• I was surprised at how easy it was to fill-in all 25 strokes and how easy it was to make black and grey paint.
• The most difficult challenge was getting the number 5 on the pool ball correct.
• I meet that challenge by being very careful of how to paint the number.
• I experienced the shift from left brain to right brain with the when looking at each individual color and shape in the pool ball.
• The picture really works with the shadow and the colors in the pool ball.
• An artist that inspired me was Peggi Kroll because of how she did all of her work A La Prima and she didn't go over her paint more than once.
• Something I learned going into my next painting is how to make black and grey paint.
• If I had a do over I would make the distinction in the shapes in the pool ball more noticeable.
• I feel the best things are the number 5 and the shading and shapes in the painting.

Pool Ball Painting

Jillian Kurzmann
2/10/19

• My goals and intentions for this painting were to create all of the different shades of the colors and also creating a red line between the different shapes.
• I accomplished my goals by looking very hard at the different objects that reflected in the pool ball and what colors those objects created.
• I was surprised at how hard it was to see all of the different colors in the pool ball.
• The most difficult challenge was to create all of the different colors with the paint and to not cross the red lines.
• I met that challenge by looking very carefully at the different shapes and the different shading of the pool ball.
• I experienced the shift from left brain to right brain when I focused on the shapes and different colors of the pool ball.
• This picture really works with the colors of the shapes on the pool ball.
• An artist that inspired me was Peggi Kroll because of her use of shapes and color mixtures.
• Something I learned going into my next piece was to map out the red lines better.
• If I had a do-over, I would map out the red lines better.
• I feel the best things are the colors and the different shapes in the pool ball.
  
  

Snow Shadows

Jillian Kurzmann
2/4/19