Thursdays Guest Crit. March 8th

Todays Critique was a guest Critique, It was alittle nerve racking for me because I really didn't know how others would react to my work. Especially people who don't know me as a friend or student. It turned out to be rather helpful and encouraging. . .

The first person to critique my work was Denise, a student at Flagler. She told me that the best thing to do is just keep making lots and lots of work. She said "when in doubt, pump it out". She also told me she has the same stuggles of over thinking about the content of the work and that sometimes hinders her form moving forward, she said the best thing to do is just not think about it.

The next Crit came from teach Angela Verga. She suggested that the colors in my work might be distracting and taking away form the quality of the work. She said the color seemed distracting to her and suggested that I try to make prints of these Images, and perhaps add limited colors. This might help the impact of the subject matter.

My Third Critique came from Russel, a teach at Flagler also. He told me to just keep making more and more of these. Make lots and lots.

Lastly Student Leah suggested that perhaps I should limit my color pallete.

All in all I really enjoyed the guest critique and found the suggestions very helpful. Thanks everyone for your imput.

Thursday March 1st Q & A

Is the image inspired by someone you know?
-No, it was something I sort of made up.

Is it only watercolor?
-No, there is also Gouache used especially on the roses.

Is there a segnificance linked between the figure and the roses?
-No, I really hadn't thought of it. I just wanted to decorate the area around the face.

Are the Roses Symbolic?
-No, not really.

Did this drawing provide you with any other ideas?
-Yes and no. I really haven't chosen exactly what I want my subject matter to commicate to the viewer yet. Right now I'm just drawing things I think are pretty, I guess.

Is the material guoache inspiring?
-Sure, it is exciting to my because the saturation of color avialble is greater the watercolor.

Why is ther a lack of boarder or frame on the paper?
-I don't know, I really hadn't though about any need for a boarder.

Do Comic books influence you?
-Not really, I honestly don't think I've ever really looked at one.

What about Coloring books?
-Yeah, I guess so. As a child I loved coloring books. I was very protective about them and wouldn't let any one else color in mine. My sister used to get really upset. I also used to try to copy the images out of them so I could recolor them.

Why did you chose this particular pose?
- I really don't know. I saw an image of a girl holding a basket of fruite in an art nouvue book and decided I liked the image of her looking over her shoulder, so I just drew thet part.