Crunch time has begun! It feels like barely any time has passed since my last blog, and yet, we’re almost halfway through the semester. I have to say, that once again, I have overestimated my ability to paint fast just a smidge.
I started my second painting last week, and am about ⅓ done. Don’t worry, I’ll post progress pictures below! So far, I’m very happy with my project, as I’m learning so many new techniques. I painted velvet for the first time, and I’m currently learning how to blend skin tones to look three-dimensional, and how to soften the edges of objects to make them look far away. That has been challenging, to say the least, but I’m sure that I’ll be satisfied with the final product even if it doesn't turn out the way that I’d like it to, since I’m learning! I really want to be officially completed 2 paintings by November 5th, 2023, along with the remaining 3 sketches for my other paintings, so that is my goal. I’m going to hunker down and get ‘er done, as they say. This upcoming weekend may have to contain an all-nighter to achieve this, but I don’t mind in the slightest. I’ve also considered the possibility of selling this collection once they are finished. I’ve done commissions and things before, but the prospect of selling a non-custom work is very exciting to me. If I can’t sell this collection, however, I am perfectly content with keeping them for myself. It just seems like an interesting path that I could take, though I’m not entirely sure who would buy them, where I would post them, nor pricing. Just a thought. I have decided to title these paintings with the premise they are based on. So, painting ⅙, which I had previously titled as “You May Not Fix It”, will now be titled something along the lines of “Familial Discord”, and so on. I think this will better help observers connect with the meaning of my painting, rather than pondering a long and abstract name. The purpose of these families is to acknowledge the traumas of being human, and I realized that the complex names I have used have taken away from this. Hopefully, more straight-forward names make just a little bit more sense. I haven't taken a picture of my first painting completely finished, so I'll get on that when I can, but I do have some progress photos that I'll put below! Ciao until my next progress update!
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