Art : 2014

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Interest Research

This quarter I pushed myself and tried to draw and paint things I never thought I could. I went outside of my comfort zone and tried new things. I drew a "punk" Ariel from The Little Mermaid, I did an extremely large painting of Elephants. I also worked on a few more of my "acid" pieces. I think what I've learned is that I have a wide variety of interests and I get tired of doing the same or similar things week after week. This isn't really anything I didn't also partially discover last quarter, but I have learned that I can really do anything if I put time into it. If I could start the quarter or course over I might try to stick to one thing and really get good at it but at the same time I am glad that I ended up with so many different pieces. I am particularly proud of the Elephants piece. It took two weeks and a lot of paint. It was tricky to get the shading right and to position the eyes perfectly. I included my surrealist painting in this collage because I was also especially proud of it. It's another one of those pieces that shows me that with time and patience I can accomplish a lot more than I ever thought I could. I am sad that this class is coming to an end but I am thankful that I have gotten into the routine of putting miles on my pencil! (: