Monday, May 5, 2014

Acrylics, frustration and a little improvement!

  After just finishing another semester, I have definite mixed feelings. They say it is pretty common to feel like you are getting worse as you develop due to the fact that you are seeing and understanding more of what should be there (and may or may not be). I am definitely experiencing this. That being said, after going back and scanning my projects in, I can at least see some progress as well. I also really appreciate the feedback and help of my faculty this semester.

  So, I'll go ahead and post a progression of my acrylics over the last semester. Hopefully in the future I'll get better at making weekly updates so I can comment on the things that I learned from a particular piece. I also had a run in with hot press illustration board the first few weeks, which makes painting on it...well, it makes it about 50 times harder. Also, specific elements such as color combinations, textures, brushing techniques etc were given in different assignments, which may be why it seems a bit strange at times. Hopefully as I have time, I can go through and add some captions giving a bit more detail.








Master copy from a digital piece.


















Master copy, one of my favorite pieces I did this semester. Was done on gesso, building up acrylic washes.

Master copy from Mr. Bennet.














































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