Lily Pulitzer (Style Blog)

Lily Pulitzer-
Born- 
New York; November 10, 1931
Major Life Events-

• Lived in Palm Beach, Florida
• Worked at a juice stand and wanted to create a uniform that would conceal the stains
• Uniform soon became more popular than the juice
• 1959: Became president of her own company, Lily pulitzer, Inc.

Important World Events-

• The prints and designs soon were made into dresses, accessories, shoes, and other clothing items
• The very preppy style became popular after being seen in a Life Magazine
• The style was revived in 2010 by Oxford Industries, Inc.

Style Analysis-

Lily Pulitzer's art inspired me because I really love the nautical, beachy feel to some of the prints. I love the beach, and it is one of my favorite places to go. I admire the bright but still soft colors and the creativity with all of the prints. They are colorful and remind me of going to the beach and summertime.

Links-

http://www.zappos.com/lilly-pulitzer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilly_Pulitzer

The 3rd Art Blog

        Artists Take Risks

For the style project, I decided to try using a different media for my art inspiration. I decided to use more of the Vera Bradley/ Lily Pulitzer style instead of an artist that paints or draws. It is more difficult to recreate without prints, and I picked a material I have not used or tried to recreate before. I tried to pick something that hadn't really been done before and that was different, hopefully the final product will turn out well.

        Artists Solve Problems
With the land or sky project, the first picture of the butterfly was what I was going to do originally, but I did not like it as much as I wanted to. Then we were told that we had to do two sketches for each theme, two for land and two for sky. I ended up doing the phoenix and liking it even more, and it eventually became the final product. I solved problems by creating something because we had to and ended up liking it even more than what I was going to do originally.

         Artists Develop Art Making Skills

More with the land and sky project; I used oil pastels for this project, which I don't use very often. I learned how to get them to look very bright and well blended with the burnishing technique. I also used what we learned about color to decide not to mix the blue and yellow/ orange and make more colors seem vibrant with no brown or green between the bird and the sky.

Art Blog #2

       
       2.  Artists develop art making skills. 
For the space project I used pen to draw the picture, and I really love the way this one turned out. I have used pens to draw a little bit before but have never really done a larger project like this one. I was able to get more details in and bolder lines, but if I made a mistake there was no way to erase it. My favorite part of this is the trees and the reflection (in the cropped picture below), the moon and wolf were a little weird looking and not as realistic.

       4. Artists communicate through their work.
The pictures below, from the 2-into-1 project, are intended to be a girl's face and a city with a sunrise facing the night sky. It was intended to be almost like a dream and looking up at the stars and being amazed. I really like the idea behind this drawing and this is another drawing where I love the way it turned out. I also like that if you look from different angles its almost a different picture. 

       7. Artists reflect.

Again on the 2-into-1 project, same pictures as above, I almost wish that it had been done in oil pastel, I feel like the black needed to be darker and if the colors were more vibrant it would look a little bit more finished, but other than that I really love the general idea. I'm really pleased with the way both of these pieces turned out, even if some of the minor details could use some changes.