blog 12: A day of bubbles

Blog 12:

May 24

Unlike all of the other days, I had an early start to my day, but it was unintentional. Today I got to the studio at 10:00. I spent literally the whole day turning the small orbs into water-looking bubbles. It was literally so hard. Since I had to basically cover the whole bubble with a thin layer of blue paint, I needed to go back and make the colors brighter once I had turned them into bubbles. Since I had to make all of them look about the same, it took me so long. I added so much paint and I think that it really started to look like what I wanted.

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Day 2: The Bubbles

May 11 Today I started bright and early. I started the morning by stretching my canvas with Corby. It was really hard and I have to say I’m glad that's over. I then did some more sketches and worked on color choices. Once the canvas was done, I started by sketching out each individual design that would go in the bubbles, which took me forever. I did a ton of sketches in my notebook to decide what experiences to paint and I finally made up my mind. I was really excited to start painting so I set up my paints, chose my brushes, and started mixing the color for the background. It took me a while to get the color perfect but I got it and started painting. I forgot how much I love painting until I started. I made so much progress today. I painted the whole background and a lot of the bigger details in the small bubbles. I am really happy with the work that I did today.

Day 1: The Water Orb

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