painting #2

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for my first painting i was inspired by romeo and juliet, for this one (thanks to a sugestion from ginny) i drewinspiration from another favorite book, The Witch of Blackbird Pond.

i started a landscape with this book in mind when i was getting frustrated with my other painting/was thinking i was getting to be done with it. It was cool working on this piece because it is so different from the other painting that i was working on. I found the lake/pond to be the hardest part for me to get right. I loved the colored blended in the sky and the trees. I'm thinking of adding back in some flowers or other plants around the water's edge to add some small details into a very open landscape.

at this point i had covered up a lot of what had been on the canvas. I was worried about how to continue. I wasn't sure of colors or patterns or what to do next. I was disappointed because I had covered up some of the textures and prints on the painting that I had loved the most. I think that kept me from being able to move forward with confidence.

ms. roberts suggested headphone...best.idea.ever.

i put my headphones in and little by little i was able to add on to my painting until i was beginning to feel excited about it again

art book

I found these images in a book in the art room and i thought these were really cool. I love the way they elaborate on what images are already there. that is the type of work that i like to do.

painting progress

There was a point where the blue didn't feel like it was going anywhere, I was stuck. I decided the best way to proceed was to throw some color onto the canvas. I decided to used some ink to put on the canvas too.

Wassily Kandinsky

Inspiration

Dana Schutz

Amy Sillman

Painting #1