I was intimidated by this project going into it mostly because I've never done anything like it. Even after my two practice paintings I still didn't know what I wanted to do. There were so many options as to what I could do with the paint I was just overwhelmed. I thought I had a picture in my head of what I wanted but I ended up doing something completely different. I had a handle on what I wanted by first layer to be, so that was a simple process. After see what it looked like when i started one of my practicing paintings (the one that I took the most inspiration from for my final piece) with a base color straight from the can I knew that that was something I did not want to do. I feel like it kind of ruined the painting, especially because you can see it on the edges (which is something I really don't like about my final painting but I'll probably just leave it be). After painting that layer I started with the charcoal, which was just a bunch of large marks (some random and some more geometric) that I threw on the piece. I knew I wanted to add the white, thicker paint but I never really thought about how I was going to do it with the charcoal (going around it versus going on top of it). I started with just going around it and trying to blend it, which ended up working in the end but it wasn't giving the blending effect that I wanted and I didn't like how it looked. The only reason I liked it was because of the colors. However, after going in with my final layer I started liking how it looked. I didn't get the blood red color I wanted but because of how I mixed the color i had a lot of extra black which ended up being a good mistake. I applied the red/purple color and blended it with black on the painting, and I did the same thing with the blue (that was the same color as my first layer). I feel like its kind of simple because its the same thing all throughout the painting, but I really like how it turned out even though it wasn't what i was expected.
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MM
2/24/2019 07:56:47 am
Knowing what NOT to do is half the battle! This is a nice post. Proof read for minor grammatical/capitalization issues - and fix them! ALSO, please add a final image that is separate from the slide-show so that we can view the final painting alone. Take care that the picture is of at least "good" quality (straight on, no glare, cropped, etc.).
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Shreya Malani
3/1/2019 11:09:59 am
This reflection about your painting is really well thought out. I can tell that you worked through your process while writing this post and understood how you can improve in the future. I personally love this painting JZ and think that your process was so interesting. The charcoal is one of the coolest things that I've seen in all the paintings. Good job queen!
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Shreya Malani
3/1/2019 11:10:34 am
also you should add a final pic and maybe some close up pictures :))
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MM
3/10/2019 03:47:48 pm
I still see that lower case "i" when it should be an "I." Put that final image at the top - and crop it!
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