day 6: The little orbs

Blog 6: 9:30-12:30 = 3 hours

May 15

Today I had a later start to my morning. Since it was Saturday I went in at 9:30 instead of 8:00. I was the only one in the studio and it was nice to have a quiet morning. I begin to paint but as I continued I got more and more annoyed with the process. I didn't know what to add to certain bubbles to make it look more realistic and so I just decided to work on the small bubbles. I added some small bubbles around and throughout the larger bubbles to represent other experiences without actually doing detailed paintings of them. They look more or less like the big orb. I think that they look very similar and add a little bit more detail to the whole painting. Wanted to add some more detail to the ocean bubble so I got a picture of the Roseway and painted the yellow siding designs. once I stepped back from the painting it looked incredible. The detail made a lot of difference to the bubble.

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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.

End of week 2

This week has been so long. I have enjoyed painting a lot, but it has become quite frustrating at times. This week I have reached 55 hours! After counting up all of my hours and realizing I had made it to 55 I was so happy. I have been working so so hard on this painting and I can really start to see it paying off and having worked for 55 hours seems crazy. I have really started to add detail to each of the bubbles and can really start to see it coming together. I have finished a lot of the bubbles and finally being done with parts of his painting feels like a weight being lifted off my chest. I have finished the mountain orb, the ocean or the dorm life orb, the Costa Rica orb, the Slocomb Windows orb, the orientation orb, the Mike orb, and the library orb. I am having trouble with the ski hill and holding this weekend orbs. The ski hill is very hard because I need it to look like it is coming at you, and I struggle with that. There is so much white because of the trees and the snow on...

Day 1: The Water Orb

May 10 Day 1 This morning was the first day of senior project, and I have to say that I am already enjoying it. I had a lazy start to my morning but pretty quickly got my sketchbook, pens and pencils, computer, and a snack together in a bag, and went out the door. My favorite spot on campus is right outside the lower door to the library. There are these beautiful stone benches that are surrounded by beautiful trees and flowers and it looks out over the pond toward the rest of the campus. I decided I would start the first day of my project sitting in my favorite spot. I began with making a list of all of the aspects of proctor that I would like to incorporate into my painting. As I made my list, I found it easy to think of all of the things that make up Proctor, but I found it hard to think of ways to show them through a painting. I thought I would try and do some sketches to figure out how I wanted the main focal point of my painting to look. For ...

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