Caitlin Kost: February 2013

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

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Minutiae Project 8

SHADES OF BLUE

Minutiae Project 7

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

SHADES OF BLUE 6

Monday, February 25, 2013

Shades of Blue

Minutiae Project 4

SHADES OF BLUE

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

I found the critique of my photoshop composite project to be extremely helpful. It is always a good idea to have more than one pair of eyes viewing a piece of work, so to speak. For one, I learned that my piece was a little off balance, especially the background, and after a peer mentioned that to me, I realized that they were exactly right. The left side of my piece has more "movement" than the right side, which is something I will have to fix. A major thing I discovered after my critique was that I need to add some filters and even out all the different tones. The pictures of me in the foreground need to be evened out, as some are lighter than others. The background, especially the sky, which is really white, needs a filter to even the color out. I think that I could have planned my overall project a little better before just jumping into it. But I think I got constructive feedback.

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Shades of Blue 2

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Civil War Painting

Upon first reading this article, I was surprised to read that civil war painting or the Civil War in general was being compared to painting of volcanoes. At first, I did not know how they could possibly correspond. As I finished the article, I had a clearer understanding of what the author was talking about. A painting of a volcano will most likely include red, bubbling lava, which will spread everywhere. This lava can be compared to the massive amount of bloodshed from the Civil War that filled the creeks and the fields. The smoke that billows out of the top of the volcano and covers and chokes everything in sight, can be compared to the gun and cannon smoke that was so dense, soldiers had a hard time seeing each other. I think that many historical events can be depicted accurately in paintings and compared to other events. I don't really know if it is completely true that most Civil War painters paid little attention to the landscape.