17 Cherry Tree Lane

I've been working on some freelance work today. This piece of art will not get to be used in the final project so I figure I might as well post it here. Enjoy!

Playing with Patterns and Few New Website Changes.

 I've been experimenting with making patterns on Adobe Illustrator. It's a lot of fun and I find myself wanting to create more and more. Here are the few recent ones I have created. The first 3 are just patterns, the 4th one I've added a texture to and the 5th and 6th are just more patterns...

I've also been working on my website layout and design. Check it out here at: www.kelseycarlsonart.com

Martha's Mountains Show Opening on July 23rd! Hooray!

Hi Everyone!

This past month I have been crazy busy working on my BFA project. It's been a lot of fun, hard work but it's almost done! I would like to invite you all to the opening reception for my show on July 23rd. It will be at the Harris Fine Art Center (or HFAC) on the 4th floor, East Hallway from 6:30 till 8:30. There will be wonderful food, some great art and I will be there to answer any questions you have about my art pieces. It should be a party so please come! Here is the invitation postcard that I have made for the event. If you would like one just send me an email with your address and I will get one sent off to you! My email address is kdatwyler@yahoo.com. Thanks everyone! I really do hope to see you there on the 23rd!

Just a little update...

So... it's been sorta crazy ever since the Semester ended! At the beginning of May I got married to my best friend and the most wonderful man ever. We are now moved into our new cute little apartment. I feel like my life is practically perfect in every way right now and I am ever so happy. 

I've been working on a new Menu re-design for Ike's at Provo Beach Resort and also creating a new Outside Menu Board for Pier Cafe. It's been busy, and the final pieces you see below went through many slight changes before they were print ready. 

We've created a Guest Appreciation Card for Ike's and Pier Cafe. Watch for them soon at Provo Beach Resort! They were fun to create. 

I've also been busy working away on my BFA show. Watch for a post about that soon. My show is scheduled to go up the middle of July! Hooray! I'm almost there!

Thanks for visiting and watch for new art soon! 

It's Been a While...

Hi friends! It's been a while since I've posted anything. I have been super busy with school, planning a wedding and work. This is a project I completed for my Illustration 5 class, and I'm just working on fixing things up for the final review so I figured I would post some of my projects here. This is a post card that I created for Bear Lake, one of the places my family loves to go every summer. Let me know what you think! :)

The process of oil painting

My Senior Studio 2 class this semester is all about figure painting. The first painting we did was a head study, the second was a full figure study. This is the third painting, another full figure study. I have spent 3 class periods so far on this painting... which is about equal to 8 hours of painting time. This painting is by far my favorite piece from this class so far and we still have 3 more 3 hr. class periods to spend on it, which I truly can say that I'm excited for. The last painting I did, was a small little guy about 16"x20". This new painting is 24"x36"! I've decided I love painting big and if you ever get the chance to try it, DO IT! Check back in a couple of weeks for a photo of the finished painting. :) 

p.s. sorry it's not the best photo... but I it get's the basic idea across... and it's still a pretty loose painting anyways. 

Monster Show at Muse Cafe

So this past month almost everyone in the BYUIA (BYU Illustration Association) has been working on monster projects for a show we put up at the Muse music cafe. I joined in with the creativity and thought about the many moster themed pieces that I could create. I decided to go with the idea of illustrating a venus fly trap...  I started with the first sketch and worked my way to a finished sketch and final piece. Everyone that created a monster submitted their work framed to Hana, and all of the pieces are now up and being shown at Muse.

I've also been looking around for inspiration from fellow artists. A few that I really admire are: Mary Blair (google search her, she did a lot of early concept work for Disney.), Mike Hutton (link to his website here) and Steve Simpson (link to his website here). Super amazing artists and just a few of the many I admire. Now you can look at my monster piece, and if you like it lots and lots, it is for sale at the Muse Cafe on University Ave. in Provo. ;) Go check out the sweet monster art at Muse and become a little more cultured. (In a Provo sense of being cultured haha)

SKETCHES!

These were my first sketches for this project.

This was my first go at the venus fly trap

First unplanned attempt at the final. Decided I didn't really like how it turned out...

This was my last final sketch. :)

Final Painting.

I love art.