Category: Students

Final Painting

My en Plein Air Landscape of the Steel Stacks from the bridge Sand Island Trail location. Setting up the same location in the heat with people walking by constantly was not ideal, but it was a fun experience.

Final Project – Landscape

For my final project, I chose a photo of me and my mom and dad’s shadows in Utah this past summer. My mentor artist is Deborah Brown (some of her work is shown at the bottom). I am taking inspiration from her use of shadows, long brush strokes and her bright color palette.

Self-Portrait

Update 5/1: I started working on the background and did my hair. I think it may be pretty much done. Update 4/29: Per Prof. Murphy’s recommendation I converted my reference photo to black and white so that I could block out my lights, mediums, and darks for a little guidance with paint placement. While my …

Final Painting Series

For my final I am going to be doing a series of 4, 8 by 10 paintings based off of 4 photographs. The mentor for these painting is an architecture student named Paul Eis who is based in Germany. His goal through his photography is to take the monotonous grey city of Berlin, and add …

Final Project

5/10/2021: Throughout the process of this painting I kept going back and fourth with how I wanted to showcase my inspiration. For awhile I felt I would just paint these individuals to the best of my ability. Then I decided why I was inspired in the first place to show something that means a lot …

Admittedly Terrible Stripes

https://www.twoinchbrush.com/fanpaintings/2452 – a fan painting of Bob Ross’s “Winter Moon” (I had difficulty finding a high resolution picture of the original)

Final Soap Bottle Painting

I might touch up a few areas, but I liked the colors and vibrancy. I think I should maybe make some of the edges a little cleaner and more defined but I’m not too sure.