Sally Franklin

So the next artist I want to look at is Sally Franklin. Franklin does works in watercolors and in colored pencils, and I am going to look at both types of pieces.

Antique Keys With Red Tassel (colored pencil)

"Antique Keys With Red Tassel" is one of her colored pencil drawings. According to her website she says they "are keys from an antique secretary desk that was passed down to [her] family" and she "added the red tassel as an accent" (sallyfranklin.com). The keys are important to her, so she memorializes them in her drawing.
As always, I love the detail in the drawing. I like the accent of the red tassel, but I kind of wish that the background was not just white. It certainly makes it so the eye is drawn to the only colors in the drawing, but it just feels so empty and almost unfinished otherwise.

Espresso Please (watercolor)

In "Espresso Please" yes, the cup and saucer are the only things in the painting, but the brown background gives it a more finished feeling than "Antique Keys With Red Tassel," and the fact that the brown is not an even shade all throughout also gives it a little more added interest.

Garlic in a Wire Basket (watercolor)

I like the lines in "Garlic in a Wire Basket." The repeated curves of the garlic, the literal lines of the table cloth, along with the lines from the wrinkles, and the lines created by the basket, draw the eye around the painting and add interest to it. I also like the limited palette in this painting; it is simple but aesthetically pleasing.

-Maria

http://sallyfranklin.com/