weekly reflections
final critique
last critique with images and set up for final opening show
Week 9 work
The final of my pieces and a update to my portrait of my husband
week 9 work
my final piece has me getting ready for the end of this quarter. I wish i had started it sooner so each layer could dry, something i will try again in the future. all that is left is to carve in the bubbles. I will spend most of the day Tuesday doing this and Wednesday … Continue reading
thanksgiving break work
at this point in my project i’m not only battling severe anxiety but also some depression. I’m finding it hard to even make myself paint and it just seems like no matter what i do the paintings don’t look right and i don’t have the energy to try and go back in and fix them. … Continue reading
thanksgiving break work
this piece i under painted black and white acrylic and then put a cream coat glaze on it with a blue brown shadowing done. the photo was slightly blue toned. I didn’t think this looked good but when I took the photo of it i realized it was very close to the original and it … Continue reading
week 7 studio plan
This weekend I’ll be spending the majority of two days in the studio and then I will take advantage of the fact that we don’t have school Monday to sketch out my next two paintings and write the rough draft of my creative essay. I’m thinking a painting a day this weekend and then a … Continue reading
Progress on paintings for week 7
Sketches for paintings 1 and 5. These are the smallest of the paintings for this project at 5 x6″. I suspect they will take the least amount of time. I’m currently in a funk of not wanting to paint. So, I’m hoping these smaller paintings can help me get to the root of my question … Continue reading
Week 6 weekly reflection
This week we read Historic painting and Neo- Expressionism, from Painting Today. As well as 95 Theses on Painting, 10 rules for Creative Projects, and Chuck Close on Creativity. We had two podcasts, Kerry James Marshall and Molly Zuckerman Hartung. The practice for this week was to do library and feild research, build studio plans, and work … Continue reading
Week 5 weekly reflection
This week we read Painting Today: Chapters on Abstraction, Photographic, and Post-Feminism. As well as pdfs of Shutz-Sillman interview. With the podcasts TJ Clark on Rembrandt. The theory for this week was to focus on the figure/ground relationship, form, fracture, and our creative copy this week of a body. In the studio practice for the week we … Continue reading
week 4 weekly reflections
As I was sick through the whole week of week 4 I’ll give you everything I learned while missing class. This week we read Painting Today: the global scene, Western Traditions, and The Figure. As well as The Creative Copy PDF and watched John Berger’s Ways of seeing 1972 podcast. There was a Artist lecture posted of Hanneline Rogeberg. … Continue reading