Spring Term painting homework has begun!
First homework assignment is 2 small paintings, any subject, approx 3 hr total time.
Here's still number one - hopefully I'll have some time before turning it in to work it some more. It's flat.
Next I tried Water color crayons. Neat little things. Twinkie didn't turn out that well, but it was interesting to try. I left the detail off of her - so she's extra blotchy. Not sure how to get it in with those things without using a different media.
Both pics are on 9x12 canvas 'paper'.
Class Two - we did the black and white projection still life, working from a projection that was blurred out, then making it slowly sharper as the day progressed. I like this one, though it's hard. It's fun to reduce the painting to blobs of shadow. It really does help free you up from 'detail detail detail' thinking at the start of the painting. This time, we went the whole class with this, rather than half. I liked having the whole class time for one painting better. :)
Proportionally, there are many bits of this that are messed up. Overall, I think I'm doing better on layout though. And I didn't panic so much.
Back to the short homework paintings. First one was to paint a small classic (girl with pearl earring) in B&W in about 1.5 hrs. Dropped alot of detail and have to move on to assignment two.
Second was suppose to be a still life in B&W with 3 objects and strong light. kinda is. :)
Class Work - Still life close up
This one got weird from the start, but oh well.
Next homework was 2 still lifes. One with a little brush, one with a big brush, 3 objects. These were done in the hotel room in Seattle (still life was sitting in the window sill.) The big brush was a flat - at least an 1". The small was a round - #2? It was the smallest I had that wasn't a detail brush.
Little brush
Big Brush
Here's the unfinished stuff for the week I missed... it's going to be late. :(
Master's copy that is driving me insane
And here it is a bit farther along...
Farmer Twinkie
Draft - two masters merged. An Abstract and a Raphael... Gotta go write the abstract dudes name down... this has a long way to go. It's blotchy and a blurry pic. Had alot of problems with the proportions of the Raphael, which I wasn't expecting. The rounded chubness of the figures was harder than I thought and I totally failed on the face.
This is the start of the series of 3 paintings. Still in Progress. Painting was still wet when I took pic, so there's an odd sheen.
Apocalpyse Twinkie - Twinkie Strikes Back ;)
Here it is again, likely 'done'
And here is picture two - Twinkie Toys
And picture 3, flaming god head twinkie... lol
Ok, really disliked how panel #3 ended up... so I tried it again. Here's the almost finished draft of it...
Final 2 paintings - 'Tiny' Ones.
First is just a still life. Didn't turn out that great, but was painted on clayboard, so that was interesting. Kinda fun. Wish it wasn't so spendy in bigger pieces.
**pic pending**
Painting two is a landscape kinda abstracted (lazy me) on paper board. Never used paper board, so that was interesting. It's tougher than I thought. If I'd known it would hold up so well, I would have started with a dark toned background. Anyway, another learning experience.
