Flower Project

Inspiration- Georgia O'Keefe's abstract flowers- I looked at pictures of Georgia O'Keefe's artwork from books in the classroom and really liked her positioning and shapes she captures in her flower paintings. 

Process

For this Project, I wanted to try a black and white rose, using a black matte board and white colored pencil. I really have enjoyed this medium and want to push my talents in drawing flowers, so I chose to draw a abstract & fun rose. I then used my white colored pencil to sketch out the basic shapes of the flower, as well as its' petals. After this, I began shading in and blending with my white colored pencil. I then spent a lot of time trying to capture a light source facing the flower, by laying heavy layers of white in certain areas, and leaving other places very dark. After making these details to help the flower contrast with the negative background, the project was complete.

Judgment

I really like the way this flower turned out, but wish I had better results with the colored pencils I used; they didn't react the way I had hoped with the shading and smudging on certain areas of the flower. Other than that minor setback, I really like the way my piece turned out.

                                                   Reference Pictures

    

  Starting Point (Adding the white colored pencil and creating contrast)

      

                            

                                                Final Piece