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2/23/2018 0 Comments Progress Post #17We started doing oil paint in class and I'm in the most squished place. It's been pretty interesting so far. The underpainting process is fun to build up but a little slow for my taste. I'm scared to use too much raw umber in one layer and make it too dark, but it doesn't seem too bad for an underpainting. Also, this week I've been contacted by an interesting buyer for my purple abstract piece. I've never sold art before but if I manage to sell this piece at a reasonable price, I'll get the money for my new york trip this spring break. Finally, this Friday my NAHS group also organized the Colossal Art Cleanup. It was pretty fun, even while we were cleaning, and I ended up with two pairs of free brand new vans. They were exactly my size!! They'll be a home project, but I'll post some updates on here. Next week is going to be full of art-related things!!
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2/15/2018 0 Comments Progress Post #16This week we've been starting on our oil painting section of the year. We've made our oil palettes. I finally got to use the paints Bob Ross uses like Titanium White. I also went to the Lunchtime Lecture this week, starring Hamilton Glass, a muralist. Unfortunately, he said that he is in fact not sponsored by Montana, and spends a lot of money on spray cans every year. He is my favorite lunch lecture so far, and I think a lot of people liked him because of the stickers he gave out for questions. I put the sticker on my sketchbook. Also, we had to start our still life compositions, so I did some thumbnail sketches.
1/17/2018 0 Comments Progress Post #14This week we've only had two classes but I decided to include all the progress I've made so far. I haven't decided which way I want to keep it yet (landscape/portrait). Every time I take a picture of my work so far, I put it in Autodesk and try new stuff out, so I don't ruin the canvas. Tomorrow (the second day), I'm going to add some type of orange to the waves. I'm fine with how it's turning out so far, and have been working with the same paint roller and paint pan for the most part. I wanted to use some regular gloss gel for some 3D parts for my painting, but with what I've been trying to make, it doesn't suit it too much, so I haven't been able to. 1/11/2018 0 Comments Progress Post #13This week being a short week we only really got one full class period... I stated my big abstract expressionist piece today using a roller and some watered down acrylic. I’m excited to see how it will turn out. I started doing white accents in regular gel and I hope it doesn’t dry out on my palette before I finish using it. Originally I wanted more of a magenta color but kept adding blue, so maybe I’ll use the magenta, some white, and some darker accents.
12/18/2017 0 Comments Progress Post #12The top pic is the final, the middle pic was what I was doing before I remembered I was supposed to be doing a color field painting and the bottom pic was the painting I did originally before the changes in the middle piece. Coach gave me the advice to add the pink contours and I like what happened. As for my other piece, I liked it a lot better as it was, but I started to make some changes and now I don’t know what to do with it.
12/10/2017 0 Comments Progress Post #11So far we have been practicing techniques and media through action painting, zips, and color blocks (like Rothko). We watched some videos on how famous Abstract Expressionist paintings were made, so afterwards when we were to apply these styles I was sad to hear that we couldn’t use house paint. We’ve been practicing mixing the golden heavy body acrylics with the acrylic mediums, so it’s been interesting.
11/12/2017 0 Comments Progress Post #9Finally done with both of them!!! Maybe next week at some point during lunch I'll go and do something with the first paper I used for my self-portait ...But we also critiqued them on Friday and I got some good praise and polish about the tightness of my self-portrait, and the hatching difference, and how my pose conveys my personality. I thought it was really funny that in all of our self portraits we were looking off into the distance. Overall, I enjoyed this project because I got to work with and look at a lot of old master pieces as well as analyze and apply mark. Ink and ink wash weren't really that new of mediums for me, but I liked how I somehow got marbled/ ink splotchy effects when I used the wash. I've had a lot of fun these past few weeks and am excited to see what we do next.
11/2/2017 0 Comments Progress Post #8The ink dried from last time, and bled a lot. In some spots the bleeding works, in others not but it’s ok. Also, the ink dries less yellow-brown than when I apply it so that’s good. So far, I’ve only used a Chinese calligraphy brush and a small round brush to make this, in contrast to the pen and brush the original artist used. Although mine is a little darker overall, I took the picture I’m drawing from at night and have a lot more shadows than he did. My whole “study” looks like coffee though, which is my favorite part.
10/26/2017 0 Comments Progress Post #7The brown ink works really well and I got a lot done this week. Coach Hall went and bought me new paper and ink, so I started over. I'm happy with what I've done so far and I think I'll finish it next class-- then I'll be able to do something with the paper that I drew on but then it decided it didn't like ink so I started over. I'm thinking marker or paint or something that will be absorbed by the paper.
10/19/2017 0 Comments Progress Post #6Today we had a studio day so I finished the sketch of my self portrait, but when I went to ink I found out that my paper is ink repellant or something. On the test part of the paper, I tested all colors of ink we have and even when applied with a nib or a brush all of them stayed on top of the paper and were not absorbed properly!! I used the right side of the paper to sketch (the rough side), so I hope to figure out the problem soon. If I have to trade papers and start over it shouldn’t take to long to finish though, especially since I won’t have to mix my ink color, so I’m not that worried (but I don’t want to waste paper). On another note, I’m pleased with the picture I chose to use for the drawing because it suits my personality and will do well with my old master’s mark.
10/14/2017 0 Comments Progress Post #5Finally finished with my master drawing. Since most of the class is done now too and I think I got the mark down, I probably won’t do another painting. Also started taking good pics for my self portrait project, but I still need to figure out a way to convey emotion without forcing it by Tuesday.
10/6/2017 0 Comments Progress Post #4Started with a pen (w/ nib), but the ink was not opaque enough and I was scratching into the nice paper too much. Switched to a Chinese calligraphy brush and a small round brush-- it ended up working so much better. Might add a second layer of ink wash to the darkest part of the piece, but I had to mix more brown and added black resulting in the detail color. It's more green than the more purple one underneath but oh well. Maybe for my self portrait I'll do a set color like purple or something so I don't have to mess with mixing the colors anymore.
10/5/2017 0 Comments Progress Post #3After mixing my own brown I decided to do the ink wash before the ink. When I tested it on the scrap paper it worked so fingers crossed. I will probably end up doing two master drawings, because this one is going to be finished soon. Idk which one I want to do though.
9/29/2017 0 Comments Progress Post#2Working on getting composition and marks down before starting on the fancy paper drawing. Chose a slightly tinted paper but not planning on tinting it myself, as the drawing already has a lot of ink wash. Already made the enlargement grid and working on the contour to get started!! Hopefully by today I can start really testing out the ink and start drawing on the final paper.
9/22/2017 0 Comments Progress Post #1I finally chose my Masters drawing yesterday. I really like the mark making of the artist and look forward to how I am able to replicate it.
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