For me, the most challenging aspect of creating these 30 studies was timing. I am a procrastinator in all things and take long periods of time to work out challenges in my artwork. Likewise, I prefer completing a few large paintings instead of lots of sketchbook drawings. For these reasons, I knew from the beginning that this project would be a challenge to my usual way of painting. Even though I knew that the multitude of pieces would come to haunt me in the final week, I still procrastinated more than I wanted to.
Because we were encouraged to do things out of our comfort zone, I took a lot of chances at little obscure pieces (mainly abstract). Interesting enough, I started to realize a certain style which was appearing in some of my landscapes which was never my style beforehand. It involves very basic shapes and simple, representational landscapes. I surprised myself because I actually am fond of this style, even though it is not what I am used to. I am not sure if I will further this in the future, but I am certainly glad I attempted it during this experimental period.
I played around a lot with color and the use of line. In two of my paintings I played with the fluidity of lines and colors in order to convey themes in nature(patterns and human veins). This was an interesting style which I want to pursue further this semester. Another theme in my pieces was lots of sketch marks to show how I corrected my lines and outlined specific parts I wanted to emphasize. I liked these pieces and felt they were pretty successful at the small-scale size; however I don't think that they would be successful as larger, more refined drawings or paintings. One conceptual theme which is evident to me (although maybe not the viewer) is the merging of two ideas into one piece. I played a lot with brain-storming activities by thinking of two words and trying to represent the merging of them in little drawings. For example, I merged the idea of a DNA cell with a caterpillar in a cocoon for two pieces, and the thought of beads with hot air balloons in another. I had a lot of fun with these mental exercises and these pieces are my favorites out of my 30 studies because they are so conceptually different than all of the others.
Much of my previous work has been very conceptual, with a lot of underlying political and philosophical statements. For this reason, I was really conceptually tired out. Instead, I took these 30 studies as an escape from reality in order to play with the different mediums a bit and to force to try something new. The photographs used to create my pieces were taken by myself, and many of them have personal ties. For example, the painting of the lamb stemmed from a photograph I had taken two days earlier of our newborn lamb at my house. I wanted to create the piece in order to document my life currently and also to have a reminder at school of my life back home.
Oskar and Chelsea, oil painting
I like this painting but I think I will keep it as is; I don't want to further this study
Windmills, oil painting
this was a little abstract study of texture and color, but I don't think its very successful
up-close of squid painting, acrylic
this is one of the veiny paintings I referenced. I want to play more with this style this semester because I find it more vibrant than most of my other pieces
up close shot of my palette painting, oil and acrylic
This was a pure study and a little representation of sustainable painting! I had a lot of fun with it but don't think I'll continue with this thought
Chaos painting, acrylic
I don't like this painting. That's all there is to say about this study
Dad in white fields, watercolor and pen
I had fun with this, but it wasn't a very technical piece. I want to work with this picture again but in a different medium and with more attention to detail.
hill, valley, forest, pen and pencil
I had a lot of fun with these studies and for some reason I really like the finished product as well. I see a lot of similarities between the three- that's why I grouped them together. Its nothing like what I have done before. I want to play around with this more in the future!
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