Sophomore Painting 

Quin Kuehl "Sunset Flower"

8” x 10”, Acrilic, 2021 

I got my idea for the flower because sunflower is my mom’s favorite flower. My mom and Aunt grow sunflowers and have a competition every year to see who can grow the bigger sunflower. I started blending pinks, reds, and whites into my background so I can get my desired background. I drew my sunflower over my background to get a rough idea of what I wanted. Then I painted my sunflower and put in finishing touches such as the seeds with a paint marker. I used paintbrushes, paint, and paint markers to create my piece. I want my audience to think about my mother when looking at my painting. I would have to say the most difficult challenge for me was mixing the correct colors of yellow. I went over some of the pedals with a yellow paint marker to give them more depth. I would change the size of my painting to be bigger. I love how I blended all of the colors.

Quin Kuehl "Landsape"

8” x 10”, Acrylic, 2021

I got my idea from a picture of the Rocky mountains. I once flew over the Rocky mountains before. I used to paint, and paint brushes. I did the background first. Then I did the mountains and detailed work last. I want my audience to think about the mountains and going outside and appreciating nature. The most difficult thing for me in this painting was making the sun since it was the last thing I did. I would change the color of the mountains. And put more color and detail in them.