Writing 5(Blog Posts) For Crit 4

These last few weeks I have been super busy with my Senior Exhibit: Seven Perspectives.  Since I have been busy I have only been able to start working on a couple of new paintings.  I ran out of my small panels so I had to resort to some bigger canvas.  The last critique was really short and was told that I needed to work on bringing the audience into my paintings.

Of course my camera decided to break on me the last week of school so I will put up photographs of my work when I get it fixed.

I looked at Carlie Gerhardt's work and I enjoy the way she is able to bring characters to life.  She is currently working on combining Pin Up Girls and her own characters that she has created.  You can find her blog here: http://pureimaginationink.blogspot.com/

Writing 4(blog posts) for Crit 3

Last critique I was told to do some plein air painting and that is what I did.  I went out to my grandparents farm and I painted out in their field and lake.  it was a lot of fun.  Here are the photos of the paintings.

I looked at Ashley Tyson's blog and I really like the design of her pieces and how she leads the viewer around.  I really like her designs that look like tattoos and I think she would do well with being a tattoo designer.

Writing 6 (blog post) Artist Lecture

I went to see Ariel Bowman and I thought her exhibit was quaint and her presentation was professional and excellent.  In presentation she talked a lot about her inspiration, her process, and why she makes prehistoric animals.  I did not ask her any questions. What I took away from her presentation was that I can create whatever I want if I put my mind to it.

Below is my favorite piece in her exhibit.

Writing 3 (blog posts) for Crit 2

At the last critique I was told that I needed to put more movement into my paintings, something that I struggle with a lot more than I am willing to admit.  So I completely redid one of my paintings and I did a few new smaller paintings and forced myself to put the visual movement in.  I know I need to work more on the paintings, but I think so far it is a success.

I chose to look at Gaga's blog and I really like how she mixes the different media she uses, you wouldn't normally think that those mediums would go together.  to check out her work go to
http://nanxuanzheng.blogspot.com/ .

Writing 2 Blog Post for Crit 1

1. My concept hasn't really changed.  I have been working on few landscapes and they have been coming along smoothly.  I am not quite finished with these, but here are some in progress photos.

 

 

2. I took a look at Hannah Coward's blog and her iPad artwork is impressive.  She has a painterly style overall, but in a couple of her iPad paintings it has some sketchy details that work nicely with the piece. Her use of textures are really nice.  Overall I really like her pieces and you can check out her blog here: https://hannahcoward.wordpress.com/category/art-350-critique/ 

 

3. I went and listened to Maria Lupo and even though I am not a huge fan of her work, I do like her process of how she makes her work.  What I took away from her talk was that, just because an object or material, like topsoil, isn't seen as an art medium doesn't mean that it can't be used as one.

Writing Blog Post #1: Who I am.

My name is Emily Westhoff and I am a Senior at Pittsburg State University.  I am graduating in May with a Bachelors in Fine Arts with and emphasis in Painting. 
When I was thinking about what I wanted to do for the rest of my life I decided to follow my dreams and become an artist, more specifically a painter.  My favorite things that I like to paint are the beautiful landscapes of Kansas and the storms that roll through. Since I can not get enough of the Kansas landscape, I will continue capturing the vast beauty of Kansas. 
Matthew Richter and Cally Krallman are inspiring to me because I think they capture the beauty and vastness of the Kansas and Midwest landscape very well. You can look at Michael Richter's work on http://www.matthewrichter.com/about.htm, and you can find Cally Krallman's work on http://callykrallman.com/.

Here are a few of my past works.  The top two are in watercolor and the bottom two are in oil paint.