5/15/20- I took a bit of a break in order to study for the upcoming AP exams however with the deadline for the senior show quickly approaching cough cough it may have been today ... I needed to finish this piece if I intended it on being in the show. I essentially had to print, cut, and paint all of the test today which took several hours, but I completed it within the deadline! Overall, I am happy with how much I accomplished and am pleased with my growth from the beginning of this year to now. I am a bit irked by how some of the text is a bit wonky/crooked which, despite having used a ruler and measuring out where I wanted the lines of text to go, still made its presence known. I like all of the elements of the painting individually, the skull, the text, and the background shading/shadow; however, I think it is all a bit too much/too busy when all on one canvas. I think the font is too dark and the red hazy effect in the background is a bit too distracting. I think if I had gone with a black background and lighter text it may not read as busy? But it's hard to say. Again, overall it is one of my better pieces and I like it purely from the growth demonstrated in the painting and content but there are a few things that could definitely be improved. As the last piece of the school year, I am happy with how it turned out.
5/6/20- So I'm gonna go ahead and say I'm done w the skull and overall, am content with how it turned out. I am a bit frustrated with the brow bone specifically because it is a bit too extreme (left) in terms of curvature and maybe a bit too intense with the red/brown color. I also think the skill is a bit too yellow and the forehead area is reading a bit too 2D but what can ya do. I'm struggling a bit to figure out what I want the background to be. I was originally going to go with just straight white, but I'm now considering the red/brown color I used on the skull or maybe a mix of the two where the red/brown is like an under-layer situation, or maybe like a slight yellow to make the skull seem less yellow? But then would it all just read too yellow? I'm not sure... Hopefully I will get some feedback in the upcoming critique! 5/5-6/20- So after far too much planning (seriously, I have like four sb pages of ideas, most of them muy mal), I have decided on my next piece. I am attempting to paint a skull of one of the first Homo sapiens and am pairing it with text from the Bible saying that God created life, to return to the debate between evolution and biblical origins. Currently, I am a bit brain fried as I have painted for four hours straight in very bright lighting from my computer screen and am currently dealing with slight blurred vision and a headache from my hair being in a too-tight bun. BUT aside from that, I am relatively pleased with how the skull is turning out. I think it might be a bit too yellow and some of the proportions/relative placement of things is just a tinyyy bit off, even though I tried with a grid, but overall fairly pleased I guess. The bottom title from the slideshow is kinda covering the teeth area which is annoying because I worked a bit to get them to appear semi-acceptable. I ended on the eye sockets for tonight so everything below is probably not gonna change a whole lot.
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AuthorNatalie Kim is a senior at MLWGS who likes to do art, take pics, and pet puppers. Archives
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