The second project we have done involved painting an area using the idea of place, hue, values, and proportions. This is my hue value scale, which helped me learn to mix different colors to get different shades and hues. This is also probably my most helpful warm-up, as I did not know how to make certain shades and hues of colors to put on my painting. Here is my painting after the first day. I was able to paint the background a pinkish-red to make the colors more vibrant. I had also sketched the basic outline for objects to make it easier to paint them. I had the basic sidewalk down and some of the street painted by this stage. This was after the 3rd day of painting. I had the cars in the background roughly done and had gone over the sidewalks again. I had also painted the grass and some vegetation in the back. This was the 5th-6th day of working on the painting. I finished the trees and sky, and added more vegetation. I then went over the sidewalk and cars again with another coat to make it smoother. This resulted in the final image in which you see.
The place I choose to represent was where an old friend that lives in Florida lives. I chose the location because of the good memories I had being with them and visiting them. The most challenging thing about this painting is the small details. I found it hard to use a paintbrush to make the details on the cars and the sidewalk cracks proved hard to get them straight and thin enough. I feel that the vegetation is my best part of this painting. I did well on the shades of the bushes and how the trees look compared to the other parts if the painting.
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For my 3 drawing's theme, I chose musical instruments. My pictures are of an electric guitar, an acoustic guitar, and a drum set. My most helpful warm-up so far were the pen cubes, as I didn't know how to add value while working in pen.
My artist of choice was Amanda Parer, (https://www.parerstudio.com/), and she makes giant inflatable light-up rabbits. She lives and works in Tasmania, where rabbits are viewed as invasive pests instead of cuddly pets. She uses wire and white fabric to shape the rabbits. In the daytime they appear opaque, but when night falls they light up from within and shed light around them. The project, named Intrude. She makes them in all sizes, and insists that they're "very huggable". I find her work to be interesting because it's very unique, and it can't be displayed in a regular art museum. I am inspired from the scale of her work, as some rabbits are a few feet tall, while others are over 20 feet tall. I am inspired by how hard and how long she works on the rabbits of that size, and they still turn out looking amazing.
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