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
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