Wow, this month has been huge! We're well over halfway through February, and I feel like there's just so much creative juice burstin' out of me with these assignments. It didn't happen instantly, though. Our mini assignment was to create a scenic plate. I had lots of ideas for plates and analyzed the given inspirational plates to see what it was about them that I liked. I drew lots that I'd love to see on holiday plates or a breakfast bowl of some kind.
And then, sleight of hand, Lilla and her team of magicians turned that mini into the real assignment which is wall-art on wood... oh, and please use real paint. C'mon, be a good sport!
Paint.
Paint.
Paint...
Did I ever tell you guys I used to be a scenic artist? I was. In addition to Printmaking/Illustration, I studied Set Design and Theatrical Production as an undergrad and I worked at a couple of theatres painting backdrops and props. I have painted a lot of things in my life, but it feels like another alternate-reality version of myself that did that work. The last time I used any opaque paint in my own work was well over ten years ago. Argh! I can do this! Why was I so hesitant?
For some weird reason, I had a kind of aversion to using acrylic in my own work. In my mind, as I painted these most recent MATS assignments, I recalled painting super cheesy assignments for learning grey-scale and color theory. The awkward re-working of straight lines and forced photo-realistic depictions of things. Ugh. I remember one particularly silly illustration where the goal was transformation, and I did a pair of scissors > lobster. I think I'd like to attempt that one again. Ah well. Eventually, I took to the acrylic with a love-to-hate-it kind of relish. :) Why not embrace the discomfort?
Here's what I turned in...
And, here are the rest of the work on wood I painted!
Side Note: If you're in Germany and are looking for these wood plaque type rounds, they're called "holzscheibe" and you can find them at florist's shops (online in my case).
And then, sleight of hand, Lilla and her team of magicians turned that mini into the real assignment which is wall-art on wood... oh, and please use real paint. C'mon, be a good sport!
Paint.
Paint.
Paint...
Did I ever tell you guys I used to be a scenic artist? I was. In addition to Printmaking/Illustration, I studied Set Design and Theatrical Production as an undergrad and I worked at a couple of theatres painting backdrops and props. I have painted a lot of things in my life, but it feels like another alternate-reality version of myself that did that work. The last time I used any opaque paint in my own work was well over ten years ago. Argh! I can do this! Why was I so hesitant?
For some weird reason, I had a kind of aversion to using acrylic in my own work. In my mind, as I painted these most recent MATS assignments, I recalled painting super cheesy assignments for learning grey-scale and color theory. The awkward re-working of straight lines and forced photo-realistic depictions of things. Ugh. I remember one particularly silly illustration where the goal was transformation, and I did a pair of scissors > lobster. I think I'd like to attempt that one again. Ah well. Eventually, I took to the acrylic with a love-to-hate-it kind of relish. :) Why not embrace the discomfort?
Here's what I turned in...
And, here are the rest of the work on wood I painted!
Side Note: If you're in Germany and are looking for these wood plaque type rounds, they're called "holzscheibe" and you can find them at florist's shops (online in my case).
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