One + Progress and Sketches

Well, done as I'm going to be for now. As bullshitty as this painting looks... I actually like it more than the other stuff I've done this semester. I think because it has more meaning behind it. Thanks to two of my smokers for light referencing. Haha It was kind of ironic to be sketching them while they were smoking... for an anti-smoking painting. 

Also, it's based off of some sketches I did, as shown below. 

And here is some more progress on the copy of a master painting assignment. Still not done. I want to finish it and then try to mix the sky into the naked woman and maybe add some goldfish. I want to go for a surreal look. Something for the summer.

The colors turned out a lot brighter than they look in the photo... but I'm not sure if the colors in the photo are damaged from age and light, because they are mostly yellowed in the photo. Anyway.


Here are some other miscellaneous sketches/drawings:

Done as a quick in-class assignment in my COMS class. We were supposed to draw or make a collage of how we dreamed we would be in a year or sometime in the future. After drawing this, I realized how lonely I would be.

This is from not too long ago, but it was a quick sketch of parts of my dream that struck me as peculiar. 

Oh, hello 6am garbage truck. Sigh.

This is also a sketch I did in COMS, except it was during a lecture. I can't help it. I seriously think I am developing ADD or something. I can hardly pay attention when people are talking directly to me anymore. 

Anyway, I like these mini sketches of hand creatures and I hope to do something more with them. 

Overall, looking at the work I've done this past semester... 

1. I really effing love color, specifically... blue? Lot of depth in blue. Must experiment with other colors. 

2. I like vivid images. And I like high contrast.

3. I'm still lazy as hell. Hate the finished details. 

4. I still like digital media better because... every time I make a mistake... I still think "ctrl+z" in my head and it SUCKS that I can't do that in RL. 

5. I'm still attached to outlines. 

6. I'm apparently attached to writing things in my art, too. 

Assignment: Repaint a classic piece

I chose to paint Francois Lemoyne's Woman Bathing because I need work on nude figures and landscapes [I think I already mentioned that?]. Just doing an underpainting for right now. I know I'm not supposed to put color in it, but I couldn't help it. Also, I ran out of dark brown paint. I am lazy and dislike mixing paint. lol 


In just the one hour I've spent on this so far, I've learned that this is a cross-shaped composition. Everything is based of a giant cross in the middle. Feels great to already be learning so much!


Here is the original. I hope to get somewhere near this:

After 2 hours. Ughhh I am so impatient. Need to learn that dark comes before light. Details are annoying.

And after 3 hours. I should've gone to bed... 3 hours ago. Hooray. ಠ_ಠ [stupid macs won't give me the font to see this stupid face aughhh it is the best and the worst face]

The colors are much warmer in my room than in the study room, that's why the photo colors look different. 

Note to self: Twist upper body to the left, make leg on right thicker, make ankle on left less bulbous, can still lower dirt / decrease water size a bit, consider raising the head, tilt girl on right's head forward from the top, decrease pointedness of elbow, work more on trees and fabric 

Things I've learned tonight:

1. Cross composition

2. The lighting is very different depending on where you are ughhhh

3. I must overcome my impatience because DARK COMES BEFORE LIGHT