This piece revolves around the idea of nature turning mechanical. I had multiple ideas that involved animals with a soft texture. I decided to do poison dart frogs for my nature aspect because the colors stand out from the metal and would be interesting to draw. I started off practicing how the frogs would be half mechanical and ended up having the metal rip through the skin and have bolts for fingertips. This piece was very challenging to do because I am not skilled when it comes to prisma colors. Blending colors and trying to achieve a realistic aspect in the piece were the most challenging areas. The only parts that I am happy about is the background color and where the rocks enter the water. However, I might go back and add more shading in the rocks to make them pop out more, same with the leaves.
For this piece I decided to do the inside of my fish tank because it's not an everyday interior. For the leaves I used various shades and colors of greens/blues. I think the leaves would've turned out better if they were less of an overbearing green. The colors should've been softer and more fluid. I like the colors I used for the fish but not the fish itself, I should have gradually layered the colors to show detail. My favorite part about this piece is the gravel. I did a blue wash for the background then I mixed black and purple together to create a dark color. I then moved the brush in a scraggly way to create texture and contrast with the lighter colors. Water colors were challenging to use because sometimes the colors were over saturated and I couldn't get the detail that I was hoping for.
This art piece is my first oil painting. I decided to do a masquerade mask for my object. To acquire the purple and pink tones I got a purple light and put it against the mask while I took pictures. I used a dark plum color for the background and made it gradually get lighter where the light was hitting. Creating value in this piece was one of the hardest things to do because all of the colors were similar but different shades. My favorite aspect of this piece are the sparkles. To make the sparkles realistic I used black, white, and gray. Using these colors added depth and a realistic feel. However, I wish I would've done more detail with the feathers because there needs to be more depth and texture. This is probably my favorite piece because the colors are so rich and deep and it does have a realistic feel. After this project, I do want to do more oil in the future.
Both of these apples were my practice runs with oil paints. I was very intimidated at first but eventually came to like them. I painted the first apple with oil paint brushes. I already started liking oils with the first one because the colors were vibrant and were easier to blend. The second apple was painted with a palette knife. At first the idea of painting with a palette knife sounded very challenging but I discovered that I liked it more than using brushes. The only downside to using the palette knife is that you have to use a lot of paint. I am happy with these test runs and I hope to use oil paints again because they are beautiful to work with and really capture and enrich the colors.
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