I finished! I don't hate them. I want to incorporate different elements more in my next piece such as washes, drips, and paint skins. My goals were to make more pieces and use different techniques which I feel like I did successfully. Not really sure where to go from here though! Sorry for the bad quality on the first picture, my phone camera is cracked and for some reason the photo uploaded blurry.
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Here is what I've been working on at home! My first art assignment is close to finished, and my second is still conceptually in the works. For this first one, I was inspired by the Geurilla Girls and I chose their art assignment. I want to cover them in resin so they are slightly reflective like a mirror, but the words block you from fully being able to see yourself. I'm in the process of touching up the letters and outlining some of them in red. I covered up the yellow on my first piece, made a skin and ripped it to add to the side of the piece which I feel like is successful but I can easily remove it if it makes the piece too busy, and I went in with drips. I feel like the piece is resolved except for the top right corned but I need opinions! On the second piece I tried a new composition that I don't like, at this point I'm kind of using that canvas for experimentation and the first canvas as a real piece if that makes sense? I'm going to continue adding layers but I think my next step is going in with some white (or some kind of white type color) to correct a lot of it and build up a different composition. I tried to make dark blue drips with black drips and for some reason it came out green like the other drips did. I want to keep playing with new textures though I really enjoy it. QUESTIONS/GOALS/THOUGHTS:
In-Class: I got my palette and new knives! I'm super excited to use them, I feel like they'll make my paintings more interesting. One thing I've learned is that when I make a color I don't need to use a ton of it on my painting, a little goes a long way. With this process thought, a lot of paint mixing results in a small new layer. It may look like I haven't gone far, but it really was a ton of mixing colors to get what I wanted. I have a lot of white space on the bigger canvas, so I'm gonna try to go in with drips and put some paint on the bottom as well, but I'm gonna look over some other painting first to see what compositions work. My biggest focus right now is just having a successful composition.
In Class: I repurposed a canvas from an older unsuccessful painting that I feel like I could not improve with more layers. I used my palette knife to make a new pink and white layered background that I could build on, to give more character to the first layer of the piece. The one hard part working in layers, but the good part about having two pieces going at once, is that I need the paint to dry before adding more layers (SOMETIMES). It depends on what I am going for, but in this case I wanted the paint to dry before continuing on so I went to my second piece. In the past I have stuck to blues and greens as a first layer, using a large shape to build off of. That has made me feel limited in the past because I never wanted to completely cover the shape. To help solve this problem I made the goal to use different warm colors and different marks to create my first layer, still with a focus on composition because that is what I failed on with my first pieces. One thing I have a hard time with is figuring out colors that will go well together in the end, because like any normal person I hate colors like a brown-green color, lime green, the combination of pink and brown, or anything related to orange. I know I can't limit myself like that though, and I've had some success with using those boring colors in the past but I wish there was a way to study how to successfully combine colors. So after this week I've realized that I need to get a flat palette and a smaller palette knife. I took advantage of my curved palette knife by blending my colors together on the piece to the right to create my shape. I hate the color scheme but I know the majority of it is getting covered. I think I'm gonna go in to the next layer with a dark blue and then carve out with white. I don't want the piece to get too muddy or messy which is why I think I'm gonna go in with white. For my piece on the left I think I'm gonna start with a few cool colors towards the corner and use some thin paint for the drip effect. I'm not sure yet though, these pieces are very different from my other ones so far and it's kind of out of my comfort zone. I'm not rushing these because I want to make each layer purposeful and deliberate rather than rushing like I did on my old pieces. Slowing down has allowed me to learn a lot so far! QUESTIONS/GOALS/RELIZATIONS:
At Home:
I have never made a flyer before. And I don't want to go digital. I am really currently wishing I had a method of screen printing at home, but while I figure out the way to create my flyer I have gone through more ideas and sketches to figure out what to do. Regarding my second art assignment, I know I want to do the 'Never seen, Never will' assignment, but I want to make it heavy in content. Like along the lines of a smile from someone who is going through a mental illness such as depression. Not that actual idea, but thats just a cheesy example of what I am going for. Or I might go the very opposite direction I honestly don't know yet. So far my ideas are uninterrupted sleep (or a full nights sleep in general), still hands in a crowd of people, the end of a chapstick tube, and a peaceful family dinner. I bolded the ideas that I think are more realistic in regards to depicting it in an artistic way. For the chapstick I could attempt a painting? or drawing of a hand spinning the bottom of a chapstick to reveal the plastic end. I'm not sure the best way to depict the hands one but I do really like that idea. WEEK REVIEW: I haven't been feeling well lately and with Covid it's making me super paranoid and decreased my productivity level. I'm hoping I can get my energy back soon so I can keep grinding! Even if I can't physically paint I'm doing the best that I can to learn and plan to allow for successful pieces. I'm hoping I'll be well by class on Tuesday |
Julianne
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