The first step I took on this day was adding another charcoal layer. I had liked it and how the paints had layered over it in the past layers so I decided to add more. I had a little more difficulty getting flowy marks that were solid lines with line quality, which is why theres a couple lines with multiple marks. I think there also was a bit more hesitancy and rush as this was the last class day to work on it and I was not sure how to make it a finished work. I knew I wanted to use white next but I wanted to do something other than more gestural strokes because my goal wasn't an all-over composition I wanted something to draw the eye and create something more specific than that. My teacher suggested again filling in shapes, but that became increasingly difficult for me. Because of how I had covered my favorite aspects of the painting in the past, I was really scared to block off areas like he was suggesting, as I didn't want to cover up all of the layers I had created even though that is sort of the point. Through the frustration, I added some white marks and filled in a shape in the center that I do think creates a good focal point. Later that day, I went back to add additional marks in a similar yellow to what I had started with. I don't completely dislike these marks but I tried to do multiple yellow tones and that is not completely visible which I think would have created more depth in the stroke. In addition I don't think the same amount of line quality is present that there was in the first few layers. I am not sure if this is the finished painting yet. I am content with it but I think it is missing a last piece that would truly make it "finished".
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MM
2/24/2019 07:52:08 am
So... Where's the final post? Great process/commentary, otherwise... you give a good sense of the decisions you had to make/struggled with. Get that final reflection/photo posted! Also, include your practice paintings in order to pull the whole project together and to reflect on ALL aspects of the techniques you tried and conclusions you made.
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