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Large Acrylic Painting Update

For the past few months I have been working on this large scale painting of three spoons with flowers on them. I have really enjoyed mixing the colors and working on a vibrant painting complemented by nuanced gray tones in the whites of the napkin, plate, and table cloth. I have found developing the shape of the plate has been challenging due to the limited color and value contrasts. Mixing values for this painting involves a lot of complements and value adjustments. When I feel satisfied with how the background and mid ground look I plan on applying gold leaf and silver paint to accentuate the spoons which I intend to be the focus of the work.

Expressive Drawing/Painting Process

While observing the still life set up, initially I focused on capturing the objects in the scene representationally, but this approach was limiting. I then experimented with the yuplo paper, which generated interesting effects with the colored inks, especially when I layered values to create the dripping motion.

Below (top to bottom): Original draft with oil pastels and soft pastels, trials with yuplo paper

Final work

While completing this piece instead of focusing on the scene itself, I paid attention and detailed the negative space of the still life instead of the objects themselves. I think the color harmony and variation in line weight/value was successful here.

Waltham Mills 2019

In November, Alex and I went to the Waltham Mills Open Studios. My favorite works we saw were by artist Genevieve Cohn ( http://genevievecohn.com). I like her treatment of the figure and unique lighting in her paintings. Her vibrant colors and bold geometric shapes convey the narrative of powerful women she is communicating through her paintings. In this work below, "Night Watch" I enjoy the dark background and vivid figures together.

Next semester I hope to create another Waltham Mills interior inspired piece. This photo I took which I edited the lighting on I really like because of the warm tones inside and cooler tones in the background past the windows. The studio scene feels warm and comforting, and I think the balance of textiles hanging and the rigidity of the walls and windows would be visually pleasing.

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