We had a couple snow days and I worked on this both at home and at school … I think it needs some more brighter colors (like the yellow), but I'm not mad at where I'm at. Everything is looking good.
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I'm finally done- for the most part- with the "background" (honestly, I could leave it at this and I could be done … but I don't want to, so no). I like the way that the beige turned out too. I added the expressive line spur of the moment, and boy do I love it! I can't wait to start adding some real color.
I've started a new project! This is much bigger, and more abstract than before … and I have high hopes. I have a color palette picked out (kind of retro muted colors) but we'll see where that ends up. I don't have a set end for this painting, I just want to feel good and confidant whilst painting it.
I've touched up the figure and fixed the hair. I'm happier with the hair now, and I decided to keep the arm strangely long (proportion isn't my focus after all). I also added some stripes that I'm low-key happy with, not my best though (the texture threw me off I think). I've also cut out all of the cardstock with Hamlet's "To be …" written on it. I will be gluing those on latter. I'm pretty happy with this project! (Here's to wishing for snow days to work on it more though).
Holy gosh! That arm is SO long, but I've actually received both positive and negative feedback on its size. I'm kind of digging it … we'll see where that goes. I've basically completed the figure (although I'm not sure about the hair and I need to touch up the hands) and I will be taking this home to work on it.
I'm done adding all of the cool tones, and I think that I won't add the orange for now. I've also sketched the figure onto the canvas (although you really can't see), and I will paint that next. Although I don't think I will be able to finish this at school, I'm pretty sure that I'll have to take it home next weekend ….
Started the abstract portion of my painting. I still need to expand it quite a lot, and I want to add lighter cool toned paint. Then I'm going to go in with some orange I think (I'm not quite sure).
Actually started painting for my next project today. The canvas is 15"x 30", which is much larger than last time so I'm excited. I need to tone down this background with a white liquid wash, but I'm pretty satisfied as of now. I plan to begin the abstract part of this piece next class (after the wash). I'll post my rough draft and planning later today.
We finally finished our sessions with Tommy and had a critique of our works today. I personally like my more finished works more, but I can definitely see improvement in my line quality and composition! (click images for vertical view, I can't figure out how to fix it as of now)
I finished the (majority) of the background of the painting. I would like to do second coats on the top and bottom layers, but they need to completely dry first. Next thing that I'll do is paint the stars and sun, which I'm debating on colors for. I want to do the son a pinkish-red OR a bright yellow. And I want to do the stars either white OR bright yellow. I'll figure it out soon though. But, I'm very happy with how these colors turned out … I like them a lot!
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