Drawing

Kolt Miller"Baseline"

6x9, Colored Pencils, 2025

My idea was to make a landscape drawing mainly showing the one singular tree on the hill.  I got the idea from it being so nice out.  I have done landscape drawings in the past and I liked doing them.  First I sketched out the hill, tree, and sun.  Then I colored in the green parts, then the brown part of the tree, then the sun.  I used pencil and then and then colored pencils.  It shows just a relaxed place where you would want to take a nap.  I want them to think that they would want to go to this place. The tree was most difficult because of the wood.  I tried a couple times and got it how I wanted.  I would change coloring in the green parts to make it more colored in. What style of art is this?  (Realistic, Abstract, Surreal, Non-Objective?). What makes it unique to your own personal style?  What do you love about it? 

Kolt Miller"Tee-Ball"

9x12, Colored Pencils, 2025 

  My idea was to draw the picture as realistic as I could. It evolved by me not really wanting to do the background.  I got inspired by just looking through old photos.  I started with making my grid.  Then I went and did the outline and then colored in the background.  Then did my bat arms and clothes.  Then I did the face. I just used colored pencils and just colored.  This artwork shows how much I have grown since then and how I still love baseball.  I want them to think about how much I've grown since then.  The face was very difficult trying to get the different shades was hard. I asked for help and learned how to do it. If I did it again I would put more effort into the background.  This is a realistic style.  The thing that is unique is the bat.  I love the fact that the face looks like me.

Kolt Miller "Bo 2"

9x11, Scratch Art, 2025

 I want made this realistic but black and white, but it worked out because my dog is black and white.  This is my dog and I wanted to draw him.  I already did this picture in painting and I wanted to make it better.  First I trace and color in all the white parts.  Then I scratch off the black on the white parts.  I use an engraving tool. This artwork is of my dog and I love him so I wanted to draw him.  I want my audience to think about how the white just pops out on the black paper.  The hardest part was that when you are scratching it accidentally goes on a different part that it is not supposed to.  I overcame this by using a black pen to black it out.  I would not change anything I thin k it looks good.  This is realistic artwork. It is unique because the white just pops out at you. I love the his face and how he is making eye contact with you.