Time Capsule

These three paintings are my time capsule pieces. This year we had to draw an object that reminds you of your past, an object that represents your future, and a zoomed in part of our body. The first painting I did was the zoomed in body part as a mirror was easily available. I then painted the graduation cap to represent my upcoming future. I had the hardest time figuring out what to draw that reminded me of my past. Finally, I decide to paint a lollipop as it reminded me of the large jar my family used to keep in the cabinet when I was younger. All these paintings revolve around me and my life as they are my own lips and my own hopes for the future.

I wanted to try something new with my paintings and decided that I would paint my time capsules on polaroid pictures. In order to cover the photo, I had to use many layers of white paint. This was used as a background for my paintings. I immediately started painting without sketch lines as I felt comfortable with shaping lips while looking at my own in the mirror. By mixing tan, red, and white I created the perfect color and started painting. The graduation cap was harder to paint because I had to shrink the dimensions in order to have it fit on the polaroid. Once I had the shape of the cap painted, I needed a background. I decided to do maroon polkadots as maroon is one of the school colors. An object that reminded me of my past was hard to find. I ended up doing a peach lollipop as they were always my favorite flavor as a child.