Monday, May 7, 2018

Final Painting

This was supposed to be part 2 of my original series of paintings. However I was caught up in the details of this one and wound up enjoying this one's creation a bit too much. This is meant to be a witch as a child discovering her magic powers and learning how to use them. we see her here learning to fly on her broomstick and falling to catch her hat. i kept her figure childlike and she is wearing typical playclothes to exaggerate her young age. This was an acrylic painting on 14"x 18" canvas.

Change Series



When I started this series, I had an idea for an overly ambitious project that would've been a spectacular idea if I had more time in the semester. I was inspired one night for this new series idea of emotions and facial expressions and angles. I also wanted to try for a watercolor effect with my acrylics since it was a style I hadn't tried before.

This one was meant to jave a more somber, solemn look. I tried to stay away from using a lot of blue to avoid making her look completely sad and depressed. 


This one was probably my least favorite. I like to think it is the sister painting to the first one however. 


This one began to frustrated me because i had to re-do it about four times and it shows in the final product. She was meant to be looking up towards the sun.


This one wound up being my favorite. I feel like i successfully captured a curious, inquisitive mood and got the angle of her face perfectly. I also liked the way the colors all blended together in this one.

Experiments in Mixed Media



Had I known how much I would love working with this stucco medium, I would've done a larger piece. This is about 4"x 5" on wood. the bushes and leaves were more difficult than I anticipated, but with more practice I'm sure I could've found a technique or tool that would've made it easier and more realistic. This wound up being one of my favorite pieces of the semester.

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Value


This was a very fun painting for me. It made me try something very different from my usual style and pushed me out of my comfort zone. After priming the paper with white paint, I used exclusively black India ink. The steam was tedious but lots of fun.



This is my second value painting. I used a couple grey tones and used a very diluted grey paint for the dancer's gossamer dress. 


This is my  realistic value painting. I'm not especially good at shading and felt fairly uninspired and I think it shows in this painting. I used various shades of pale grey and off white to create the melted wax effect and using these similar shades of the same color was a big challenge for me. 





Tuesday, February 13, 2018



This monochromatic painting was done first and it's where I made my mistakes. First i painted the neck first when I should've done the outer border first. I attempted to blur the border into the center. 





I painted my Triadic neck second. I changed the border to a solid border and did it before the rest of the painting. I chose magenta, cerulean blue, and pale yellow as my colors for this one. I liked the many shading options the yellows allows. 


This is my Complimentary painting. The colors i chose are a pale orange a dusty blue. This is quite possibly my least favorite of the four because the proportions of the neck to chin are off and I didn't quite reach the brighter orange hue i wanted. 

This is my Analogous painting, though it could arguably be monochromatic as well. This was by far my favorite. The various shades of pink and purple gave me lots of options for shading and the proportions were perfect.