I am currently in the process of making a fake tomato ad poster! I have sort of run into a wall on what to fill the rest of the page with though. This is my second actual decent piece of artwork I have done digitally and it has been actually getting easier! I figured out a color palette and learned how to draw the inside of a tomato, which I haven't done at this level of detail before. I learned how to use the digital art tools I have without making it look lifeless like the first few I did. This upcoming week I hope to finish this up and find out what to put in the empty space on the right. In class I will not be working on this though, but instead I will be working on my altered reality piece, which I am kind of excited to start working on.

I sadly do not have any photos of my mouse knight piece but I have been working on it for the past week. I also have been drawing and sketching random things into my sketchbook. Mostly I have been drawing in order to overcome my current art block. I drew lots of faces and some non-faces which is very rare of me. It has been difficult to sit down and do art recently, but I plan to keep pushing because I know I will find the inspiration to do more drawing soon. This upcoming week I plan to finish the mouse piece and maybe even do the other two ideas. 

I finally finished my mouse piece this week! I did the final green details and then I painted the frame. Over the next few days I gave the frame detail and ended up also using clay to give depth. It took a few too many coats to cover the white clay. In the end I believe it turned out pretty okay! I do wish it was easier to add good detail to the frame, but for what it's worth I like the stuff I was able to do with it. In the future I think I will embrace using clay for the whole frame. This upcoming week I plan to work on my painting. This painting is based on the concept of "eat the rich." I'm very excited and really hope it turns out good.

I did a still life in class this week but sadly I have no photos of it. I definitely challenged myself because I really don't enjoy doing realism. I think I grew in learning that realism doesn't always mean tiny details, it can be the larger shape. I finished this plant still life and I hope to cut it into a nice shape. At home I have been trying to get better at animation! This has been very fun and I have one I am kind of proud of.

I spent the majority of the class time this week painting a canvas black. I coated it in a layer of gesso and after it dried I painted it fully black. It was  surprisingly difficult! This black canvas is going to be used for my painting that I spoke about in my 3rd entry. This week I will be painting the figure on it and planning out the shape of it. Hopefully next week I can start adding details.