Hello all! I've added a few more pictures of work I did in painting and metals this past semester, and if you may have noticed the rather random Venus Flytrap ring among all of the faces and figures. For my metals class, I also made an anodized titanium flatware set with a plant theme, but it stayed at JMU for the break to be photographed, and I didn't take any good pictures of it before I left. So, those pictures are soon to come! I'm not entirely sure how I started to run with the idea of plants in metals class, but I decided to continue it through each of my projects for the class because I really liked the idea of juxtaposing such organic subject matter with the industrial nature of metal. This proved to be a challenge, and I made plenty of mistakes and some not-so-great looking rivets along the way, but all in all I was happy with my work and excited to explore a new medium.
As far as painting class went, I came out with six paintings, two of which were the mandatory still life (which was somewhat bearable because it was painting after all) and nude model, each done in oil. It was my first time working with oils, which was exciting, but I quickly realized that I am much happier working with acrylics. I went back to acrylics for my final series, and experimented with modeling paste, sand medium, glosses, varnishes, and all of those other fun things you can mix in with the paint. I wanted to use the figure and its positioning to express the ephemeral, and show an appreciation for every unique moment I am given. This is why I placed each figure in a somewhat precarious position, and created a fading effect using the pebble-like patterning. I included water in each painting to unify the set, but also because water is something that's always in motion, just like time. I was very happy with the series, and I feel like it was probably some of my most successful work yet. I am anticipating intermediate painting next semester, and the growth that will hopefully come along with it! Thanks for reading, I'll post new work as I finish it!
As far as painting class went, I came out with six paintings, two of which were the mandatory still life (which was somewhat bearable because it was painting after all) and nude model, each done in oil. It was my first time working with oils, which was exciting, but I quickly realized that I am much happier working with acrylics. I went back to acrylics for my final series, and experimented with modeling paste, sand medium, glosses, varnishes, and all of those other fun things you can mix in with the paint. I wanted to use the figure and its positioning to express the ephemeral, and show an appreciation for every unique moment I am given. This is why I placed each figure in a somewhat precarious position, and created a fading effect using the pebble-like patterning. I included water in each painting to unify the set, but also because water is something that's always in motion, just like time. I was very happy with the series, and I feel like it was probably some of my most successful work yet. I am anticipating intermediate painting next semester, and the growth that will hopefully come along with it! Thanks for reading, I'll post new work as I finish it!