This is an Acceptance Letter

"Dear Kimberly Morgan,

Congratulations! Your application to the Department of Visual Arts has been reviewed, and we are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted as a Visual Arts student in the 2D Studio Arts and Art Education areas beginning Fall 2014."

I HAVE A REAL ACTUAL MAJOR NOW!!!! OH MY GOSH!!!!! I'M GONNA BE A REAL ARTIST!!!!!!!

Life is good. Reality is better than my dreams.

This is a Portfolio

I submitted my portfolio to the Illustration program today! I am so relieved that that is over. No more worrying about anything. I've done all I can do, so now I just have to wait and see what happens. Here are the pieces I included in my portfolio

"Line, Color, and Shape"

Left: Ink on paper. This is all about line.

Right: Watercolor on paper. This is all about shape and color. 

"A Study of Negative Space"

Ink on paper

I overlapped lots of negative space drawings of mine and came up with this.

"Negative Space Collage"

Magazines

This evolved from my study of negative space. It is made completely out of magazines.

"Collaged Drawing"

Graphite pencil on paper

I made a collage, then I drew it

"Collaged Portrait"

Graphite pencil on paper

This is a drawing of my friend, Brooke. I made a collage of her, then I drew it. She has her hand on her chin and is looking off into the distance, in a thinking pose. This represents our inner thoughts and desires, and how they make up who we are. 

"Self Portrait"

Charcoal and chalk pastel on paper

This is my cubist inspired self portrait.

"#tronietuesday"

Graphite pencil on paper

This is a modern take classic portraits, known as tronies

"Coloraid Portrait"

Coloraid paper 

This is a cubist inspired portrait that is made of a bunch of little papers. This is a portrait of my boyfriend, Will.

"Reading in a Tree"

Watercolor on paper

This is a picture of a girl reading in a tree. 

"Jacob Lawrence"

Watercolor on paper

This piece is inspired by Jacob Lawrence's "Ironers." The top painting is inspired by the composition of the piece, and the bottom painting is inspired by the patterns in the piece. I also used the same colors that Lawrence used. 

So that's my whole portfolio! Stay tuned to see if I got into the Illustration program. 

This is a New Study

Hey y'all! I know it has been a while, but I promise I have been "arting" as my friends like to call it. I still need to upload my final project from my drawing class, and after I finish my project I am working on, I will upload that too. But I'm posting because I am doing a new study. I call it "50 days of sketching", and I will draw 2 drawings in my sketchbook every day for 50 days so I will be ready for my illustration portfolio. It's gonna be sick. I am posting this so I will actually do it. Here's to the next 50 days!