ft. lucy I'm coming toward the end of this project. My goals from the last project were composition, brush stoke, and secondarily optical mixing. I've just got a couple more things to fix but at this point I quite like it. Compositionally this is a huge stride from my normal paintings. Brush stroke is not quite as loose as I'd like it but also shows improvement. It would be difficult to have loose brush stroke on a subject this detailed. And as for optical mixing, it's a little heavy-handed but I don't think that's an issue. Optical mixing is a really important way of adding visual interest into a painting.
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more rubbings. I think this brings the total up to around 40 rubbings. I’m interested in how information about an object or surface is conveyed in a rubbing—but it’s not complete information. I tried to remain ambitious with these, making rubbings for things that are not flat. I like the brick and wood ones the best. Something to consider is whether I want to somehow show how the rubbing was made from the actual item, for example with the rubbing of the six sides of the brick.
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Gradually working to build up detail and color. This is about 6 hours of work. My two goals for this project are brushwork and composition. Composition is much better but I need to continue to develop my brush style.
The Art Assignment – "Surface Test" The assignment is to find a surface that speaks to you and make a rubbing of it. I intend to do lots of rubbings. I thought it would be simple: grab a crayon and rub. But it turns out that it's not quite that simple. Like any kind of art, understanding your medium is key. Mark-making and applied pressure matters in rubbings too.
I only have interior rubbings to show today. More outdoor ones coming soon. |