A Few Recent Projects of Mine

Untitled from Kelli Fox on Vimeo.

Daffodils from Kelli Fox on Vimeo.

Poster for Earth Week environmental events happening on campus for Greensense. List of 3 movies being shown in Applied Arts.


Poster I designed for the Fashion without Fabric show, which I am also coordinating. If you don't see it at first, there is an "H + V" in the poster, representing the theme, Heroes and Villains.

Spring Break

Over Spring Break, I was able to make a visit to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. I had forgotten how much art was really there. I especially enjoyed looking at the Chinese Export Porcelain. It is very beautifully handcrafted. I also particularly appreciated this Art Nouveau Pedestal/Plant Stand by Gustave Surrier-Bovy. The interesting curve of the spine of the stand sets it a little off kilter in a quirky kind of way.

Life Drawing I Midterm Portfolio

Link to my Life Drawing I Midterm Portfolio:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34323108@N03/sets/72157623485384973/


During the semester so far, I have liked the flow of the class. By starting with only the spine, and adding bones and muscles gradually to gesture sketches, it really helped my to build on what I was learning. And through warming up with gestural sketches, I formed a more general idea of what the overall shape of the body should be, and then work on a longer pose. I enjoy the long poses the most, with adding the contour lines, which make me look closer at the form of the body. By being forced to draw the dimensions of the body in lines, I have to really look closely at the curves of the bones and muscles in the body.

My strengths I believe are attention to detail, careful observation, and controlled line quality. What I have the hardest time with is getting the right overall shape, size, and placement right of what I am drawing on the page.

I would like to improve my knowledge of the underlying structure of human anatomy to better understand how to draw the body. I would also like to continue getting better at making my long pose drawings more accurately proportionately and otherwise. Continuing to be patient with my drawings will also help me to look closer at my subject matter and see more details.

Shell Drawing #1

This is my shell drawing using contour lines and variation in line weight to create a 3D look. The lines curve with the form to show the full roundness and shape to the shell. I looked very critically at the form and tried to draw the details accurately to create a likeness of the shell. The varying light and dark lines help indicate the form.