This past week I came close to finishing my first project and I also came close to finishing my second project, which is a skull in gray scale that is supposed to represent death. I have to touch up some parts and finish the background and I will be done. I am going to start my third project either tonight or tomorrow.
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This past week I got a solid chunk of my first project done, which is an 11 x 14 painting of myself making a disgusted face. The painting in a monochromatic green/yellow color since those colors are associated with disgust.
This past week I finalized my idea for my series. I was thinking about how the series could be boring if it's just black and white with straight faces, so I decided to have each person do a different facial expression and the pieces will be monochromatic based on the color of that emotion/expression. I also decided that my series will start out small and gradually increase sizes until they get smaller again. I think this will give my series variety and will make it more visually appealing and fun to create.
Last week I felt like I was stuck in my series with no ideas and I started to waste a lot of time trying to brainstorm. I thought to myself that if I wasn't coming up with any ideas for the second piece, then I should probably find a new direction. So last week I decided to change my idea. My new series is going to be portraits that include someone from different stages of life that personally connect to me. I am going to use people in my family or close relatives. The stages I will focus on are infancy, childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, midlife, mature adulthood, late adulthood, and death. These acrylic paintings are going to be a posterized style in gray scale. I am choosing gray scale because grey is a neutral and balanced color, which I feel can also be powerful. The pieces will have colors that come close to black and white, which also provide purity and power.
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