Week 15

some more drawings and collages....

Week 14

I worked a lot on my painting. It needs a few pushes and pulls particularly around the figure and the people in the foreground so that they are more integrated. I am happy with how it is going and plan to be finished by next week.

I also continued sketching and collaging for more possible composition ideas. As I was working on my presentation I also feel like I consolidated my ideas of what I have been doing lately. I am making landscapes that are not all real but instead explore fantasies and enchantments drawn from elements of past that no longer exist. The extravagance in these landscapes is an attempt to get back to New Orleans and the simplicity of home as a child.

Painting - 18 hours
Sketching and Collaging - 6 hours
Stretching Canvas - 1 hour
IP Presentation - 3 hours

Week 13

This week was all about painting. I worked mostly on the painting of the float in the swamp that I started last week. I think its off to nice start. I have been avoiding working on the people in the foreground of the painting however because I have been unsure how to approach them. I think that the way they are approached will effect the overall feel that the viewer takes from the painting.  I want to also make sure that just because the float and the person on it are very centered that they do not become the main focus and the only thing you care about. To make sure this doesn't happen I have started trying to make the surrounding elements interesting to look at, starting with the trees. This weekend and in the following week I want to try and get this painting to a state where it is basically finished.

I also worked some on the painting of my dad, myself, and the cars. I am still not really feeling it, but I will keep it out as work in hopes of being inspired.

This weekend I want to stretch another canvas and decide on a composition to start another painting. I also want to continue to work on the other two paintings and do some more sketching/collaging.

Painting ~ 15 hours