These are my final, for now, canvases (excluding the smaller one) for this critique. I think its a significant improvement from the last piece, but I still feel like they could use a few more layers, but I'm not 100% sure and I wanted to hear other people's opinions before I continued. If I were to add more layers I would go in with charcoal to make marks and then add small brush strokes of different colors to create more movement through the piece. While making these pieces I was inspired by the works of Joan Mitchell and I hope to keep exploring other artists to create my own voice within the style. I really like layers I started with even though it created somewhat similar pieces. I want to apply a similar process to other pieces but in slightly different ways to create a cohesive and interesting body of work. ALSO disclaimer, I know my photos in my gallery are subpar, but my cracked iphone camera was all I had to photograph with, these photos will be replaced soon once I get a hold of my sister's real camera and we create a proper set up. I promise the paintings and their colors look a lot better in person and I'll fix the photos asap.
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I now have four or five canvases going, but these are the three I'm most happy with. I continued to add colored onto the painting pictured on the left. I used a large palette knife which I've enjoyed a lot more than brushes because of the abstract mark making I can create with it. I think I am going to bring the green to the top again and then add smaller brush strokes to tie the whole pieces together. Pictured in the middle is the second layer on a canvas I started a little bit ago, and I used the same process I used on the green one to create this kind of abstract shape as my base. I really like this process and I feel like it creates an aesthetically pleasing piece. The third canvas is a baby sized canvas that I decided to do a similar process on but I started with a wet brush and didn't use a palette knife. It didn't turn out as different as I wanted it to but all of these are practice with the style and works in progress, however I think they're an improvement from my last piece. I have some other canvases going that I'm not huge fans of (more specifically a large gray and yellow one that I might start over because I don't like the way the brush strokes blended and made a flat surface) so I've been focusing on these ones. I know its not as many pieces as I was hoping to get done, but with everything that has been going on lately I feel like I'm at a safe pace.
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Julianne
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