This week, I worked on my texture painting and watercolor skills practice. I think paint doesn't like me, that's why I don't like it either. I want to change it but at the same time I don't. On the watercolor skills practice, most of them came out right. I painted too much on the solid wash and it came out weird. I re-did that one and also the gradated and rubbing alcohol ones. I did them on top of the first one, that's why they look different. The solid wash doesn't look right but I think I know how to do it if I try it again. The other two turned out well. Those were the problems I ran into this week. For the watercolor project, I decided to do a street with lamps as street lights. It's also going to be rainy. It just shows lamps out of place and they are now street lights. I thought it would be cool to do it, but I have no idea how it's going to turn out. I think my biggest strength this week was artists develop art-making skills because I learned how to do the watercolor techniques that I didn't even know existed.
This week, I worked on my painting. I think the best part of my painting is the sky but I'm not sure if I like it or not. I still don't like the green on the background. I think it's still kind of bright. One problem I've ran into is when I try to blend colors. I go from one color to another, so when I want to blend colors I can't because the paint is already dry. I'm going to try to stay with a certain color and try to finish using it before I go to a different one so I don't run into the same problem again. The only thing I've changed so far is that the sun is on the left side of the painting, not going around the umbrella thing as I'd planned it because I thought it would look better since there would be nothing covering it. From feedback, I changed the green color of the background because it was too bright. It looks better now, but I still don't like it. I think my biggest strength this week was artists are productive and accountable (again) because I went in an extra study hall so I can get done with the painting faster.
For the texture painting, I decided to paint the umbrella-looking thing outside my grandma's house in Mexico. I didn't want to draw a picture like I do most of the time, but I decided to do it hoping this time I can do something cool to it and that it turns out better than the other things I've done. My grandma's house is in the country part of the town where I'm from. I love going to her house because I feel great while I'm there. This week, I drew the picture on the canvas and started to paint it. I think the drawing turned out well. I didn't do an underpainting because I didn't want to wait for it to dry but I probably should've. I hope I don't leave any white spots when I'm done with it. So far, I've painted the sky and part of the umbrella thing. I like the texture of the sky but I think I'm going to make the purple lighter. Other than that I haven't ran into any other problems. I also haven't changed anything from my original or gotten feedback that made me change something. I think my biggest strength this week was artists are productive and accountable because I worked the whole time and made up the class and study hall I missed on Wednesday.
This week, I started the skills practice paintings. The ones I've finished look pretty good. The colors are very close to the original colors. I haven't ran into any problems yet. No changes to original plan. No feedback. My biggest strength this week was artists develop art-making skills because I hadn't painted with a palette knife before. I've also been trying to come up with an idea for a painting but I still don't know what I should do.
I think the best part of my painting is the sky because it shows a "there's a light at the end of the tunnel" type of thing. It doesn't look that good but I still like that it's there. What I don't like is how the space in the sides of the road looks. The problems I've ran into are that I wouldn't get the colors I wanted when I painted and thinking about things to make the painting less boring and better. When I didn't get the color I wanted I would just mix the color more until I got the color I wanted. To make the painting better, I just had to listen to the feedback I got (from you) to change what wasn't working. I changed the sky and added orange to the painting, which was not part of my original plan. This made the painting much better. I think my biggest strength this week was artists take risks and grow because it's hard for me to change my mind once I think of something and using the feedback I received to make my painting better made me grow as an artist. I really didn't think a lot about the feedback I received, like I do with almost everything, I just did it and it turned out better than what I thought it would. Sorry, I made this too long.
I think my painting is really boring. I think the best part is the desk because it gives the painting contrast between the dark blue and the color of the desk and it makes it seem less sad. I haven't made any changes to my original plan. I should but I don't know what else I should do that makes it better but that also goes with the idea of the painting. One problem I had was that the sky turned out too dark (last week). I kept making the blue color lighter but it was still dark when it dried so I decided to paint over that with pure blue and it turned to the color I wanted, kind of. The feedback I've gotten (mostly from you) is that I should put something crazy on there. I want to do that but I don't know what to do. I'm probably going to change the sky and something else. My biggest strength this week was artists are productive and accountable because even if I'm a little bit behind, I've been working the whole time.
This week, I started my painting. I was thinking about changing the colors I was going to use but decided to keep it how I planned it. Right now, I started painting the sky but it turned out too dark. I'm going to change that as soon as I can. So far, I haven't gotten any feedback either. My biggest strength this week was artists collaborate because I helped some of my classmates by giving them feedback about their work and ideas.
This week, I came up with an idea of what I wanted to paint and chose how I was going to arrange it. I also started a final sketch but I still don't know what colors I'm going to use. When I decided what I wanted to paint, it was just a desk in the middle of nowhere. After I made my thumbnail sketches, I added a road and doors on the side of the road because it would make it more interesting and to give you a clearer idea of what it's supposed to show. Before I chose which thumbnail was going to be my final sketch, I was deciding between two of them. Mrs. Singleton and Alice helped me choose which one I wanted to paint. My biggest strength this week was artists collaborate because I gave and received feedback in order to come up with better ideas.
My piece is going to be about how sometimes you can feel lost and uncertain about the future. It's kind of like the first picture in my inspiration board because it shows how you're building your future but it's uncertain like the background since it's dark. It's going to communicate that and also how a person can feel like they're busy enough with their life (the things you have on your desk), but once you're done with them, you start thinking about the future and feel lost because you don't know what's going to happen. I think this is original because a desk is usually not seen in the middle of nowhere.
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