getting closer

So I am getting closer. Getting closer to what you might ask?  Getting closer to the finish for this self portrait painting.  I would say that I'm getting closer to being "satisfied" with the painting but a teacher once asked me, after looking at one of my paintings, if I was "satisfied" with it.  I responded "yes" before he told me to never be satisfied, which I now take into account for all of my work.  Therefore this painting is getting closer to  the stage where you look at it, make adjustments, look at it some more, make further adjustments that could sometimes regress to a less developed state, and finally fix it, walk away, and accept what you learned from it.  I still have a lot to do that will further pull the piece together... so stay tuned

Thanksgiving!

painting in the making

This project is a self portrait project where I'm taking a traditional painting and putting my self-portrait in it. When someone tells you to create a self-portrait, usually, the first thing you think of is rendering your face.  This doesn't always have to be the case.  It is a representation of yourself.  It could be an animal, it could be a collage of all different things, it doesn't have to look like you (after saying all that, mine probably will end up looking like me since that's what I'm going for).

The painting I'm using is Madame de Pompadour by Boucher. I figured that this is a very intricate piece and I could learn a lot about painting in general.  This is a very useful process and is teaching me about color mixing, and how to apply the paint.  It's also teaching me a lot about my own style of painting, although it doesn't show much when you have to render something exact. However, it makes you more aware of the individual decisions you make while painting future pieces.

I think I'm going to do collage work in the background of the piece, but very subtly. I'm also including my face, probably with a yankee hat or something and sneakers showing underneath my dress.

So if you're ever up for doing some painting exercises,  of course painting directly from observation is fantastic, but painting pieces from the masters can't hurt either.

Illustrator: my new best friend

When I first started learning illustrator 2 months ago, I didn't realize how much I would like it.   The first one is with the pen and pencil tool.  The second one is all pen tool. Now i just have to learn photoshop better.

Halloweeeeeeeen!

Don't turn out the lights....or else

I do sketchy sketch

friendship piece

 This was a project on friendship and I  chose to base it on the saying " I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine." I tried not to make it too cliche'. The hair was fun.  My inspiration came from Sam Weber, Zhou Fan, and Hope Gangloff.  Hope Gangloff wil be at FIT at the end of the semester giving a talk with some other artists!! Couldn't be more excited! She does amazing things with ballpoint pen! Looker up