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>> I'M EMILY WENDLAND.
I'M A STUDENT AT B.S.U.
I'M GETTING A DEGREE IN ART.
I HOPE TO BE AN ILLUSTRATOR.
SOME OF MY WORK UP HERE RIGHT
NOW IS FOR A SHOW I'M HAVING AT
DUNN BROTHERS WITH A FELLOW
STUDENT OF MINE.
AND IT'S KIND OF NATURE THEMED.
I REALLY ENJOY DRAWING ANIMALS
AND WILDLIFE AND I THOUGHT THIS
WOULD BE KIND OF A DIFFERENT
SPIN ON NATURE SHOT YOU MIGHT
SEE AROUND BEMIDJI.
I DREW DIFFERENT WILDLIFE AND
THEN KIND OF ADDED FUN, BRIGHT
SHAPES AND COLORS AND LINES TO
MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE VISUALLY
INTERESTING.
SO, YES.
WHAT I'M GOING TO DO TODAY IS
JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH HOW I
SKETCH OUT AN ANIMAL OR COME UP
WITH IDEAS FOR A PIECE.
I'M GOING TO DRAW A LOON.
ALL OF MY WORK -- ALL OF MY
DRAWINGS ARE FREE HAND.
AND LIKE I SAID, I USE REFERENCE
PICTURES.
SO I'LL JUST KIND OF DO THE
BASICS.
BASIC HOW YOU LEARN TO DRAW IN
7th GRADE ART CLASS.
JUST START WITH OVALS TO GET MY
PROPORTION CORRECT.
BUT I HAD SEEN AN ART PIECE
ONLINE THAT WAS A DEER HEAD MADE
OUT OF A BUNCH OF TRIANGLES.
AND THAT KIND OF INSPIRED ALL OF
THESE PIECES.
I ACTUALLY JUST WAS ON KIND OF A
KICK OF DRAWING ANIMALS AND
INTEGRATING THE GEOMETRIC
SHAPES.
SO I ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF THESE
BEFORE I EVEN PUT TOGETHER THE
SHOW.
OR LIKE MADE IT INTO A SHOW.
SO LIKE I MADE THE ART PIECES
FIRST.
AND THEN KIND OF FIGURED OUT A
THEME AFTERWARDS.
AFTER I HAD A FEW PIECES
ALREADY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO KIND OF
DEVELOPING A STYLE OF
ILLUSTRATION THAT PEOPLE CAN
SEE.
ONE OF MY ILLUSTRATIONS, YOU CAN
KIND OF RECOGNIZE IT AS MINE
WITHOUT HAVING TO SEE MY NAME
RIGHT BESIDE IT.
I THINK MY STYLE OF DRAWING IS
PRETTY CONSISTENT.
I MEAN, REGARDLESS OF LIKE ALL
THE CRAZY COLORS AND TRIANGLES,
LIKE IN MY WORK RIGHT NOW, I'M
FAIRLY REALISTIC WHEN DRAWING.
AND I THINK THAT KIND OF STAYS
THE SAME IN ALL OF MY ART PIECE.
ILLUSTRATIONS GIVE A LITTLE MORE
SENSE OF IMAGINATION, LIKE YOU
CAN DRAW IN OR ADD IN THINGS
THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE
REALISTIC AND YOU CAN GET A
PHOTO OF.
YOU CAN GET A LITTLE MORE
EMOTION OR MORE OF AN IDEA OR
CONCEPT INTO AN ILLUSTRATION,
VERSUS JUST A PHOTOGRAPH, LIKE A
PHOTOGRAPH THAT WOULD BE WITH A
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
I GUESS MAYBE YOU CAN GET MORE
OF AN IDEA ACROSS.
THERE'S A LITTLE MORE FREEDOM IN
ILLUSTRATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INTO
MAKING GREETING CARDS OUT OF MY
ILLUSTRATIONS.
LIVING IN A TOWN LIKE BEMIDJI
HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL TO KIND
OF MAKE A NAME FOR MYSELF AS AN
ARTIST.
BEMIDJI HAS BEEN REALLY
SUPPORTIVE OF THE ARTS.
AND IT'S BEEN HELPFUL TO HAVE SO
MANY ART FAIRS AROUND TOWN AND
DIFFERENT COFFEE SHOPS AND
RESTAURANTS THAT ARE WILLING TO
TAKE NEW ARTISTS' WORK AND
DISPLAY THEM.
I DID HOLIDAYS BY HAND AT THE
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IN BEMIDJI.
AND I SOLD QUITE A FEW THERE.
AND THEN I DID HAVE THAT LOT SIX
FAIR LAST SUMMER.
HAVING ART BE SO MUCH A PART OF
THE COMMUNITY, LIKE HAVING IT
DISPLAYED, HAVING LIKE THE
DIFFERENT SCULPTURE WALK AND
DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK IT BENEFITS THE
COMMUNITY AND THE ARTISTS.
I MEAN, I'M BEING AN ARTIST.
I'M BIASED TO HAVING ART AROUND.
I LIKE DOING -- WHEN I'M DRAWING
OR ILLUSTRATING, I LIKE USING
PENCIL AND THEN USING MICRON
PENS OR PEN OVER THAT.
PAUSE YOU CAN JUST ERASE THE
PENCIL MARKING UNDERNEATH AND
THE PEN WILL STAY IF YOU WANT TO
PAINT OR COLLAGE ON TOP OF THAT.
THEN THAT'S WORKED OUT WELL FOR
A LOT OF PIECES I'VE DONE.
THE COLORS I WILL PROBABLY USE
TO PAINT THIS THEN WON'T BE
TYPICAL NORMAL COLORS TO MAKE IT
MORE INTERESTING AND STAND APART
FROM A PHOTOGRAPH, I MIGHT USE
LIKE PURPLE OR PINK, WATER
RATHER THAN LIKE BLUE SKY, BLUE
WATER.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE
ILLUSTRATING, YOU HAVE THAT
FREEDOM TO DO THAT VERSUS A
PHOTOGRAPH.
IF ANYONE WANTS TO CHECK OUT MY
WORK, IT'S AT THE OLD UMBRELLA
FOR SALE IN DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI.