Let me start off this reflection by stating that I have a love-hate relationship with this project. Originally, I was excited about the idea of interiors and how I can make a more meaningful piece of art. However, all my pictures didn't turn out the way I had hoped and I had to abandon many of my ideas. I began to fall behind and decided I just needed to take a picture of any interior I found to be somewhat appealing. Funnily enough that ended up being my dentist's office. In this office I liked the decorations and the yellow/orange color scheme. In my eyes, it was very vibrant and pretty, yet very challenging. There were so many details, I didn't even know where to start.
When finally beginning my project I sketched out the dentist office in pencil. Since I was on a time constraint and the pieces had a lot of detail, I simplified my drawing and only included the main objects such as the seats, the tables, the lights, and the back door. Once I had an outline, I chose to use guache as my medium. I had used guache before in Art 3 and was excited to use it again, but this time I was painting on a form of paper rather than a canvas so I was met with some challenges. The guache didn't mixed as easily, showed my brush strokes, and warped the paper. Also because I used a lot of water to mix/blend, my paper began to peal.
Although I did have to overcome many obstacles re-learning how to use the medium, I also was met with a few successes. My blending for the painting in the back wall and the pictures on the ceiling did better than I expected. I had learned that the best way to blend was to put the colors you wanted to blend on the paper and use water to mix them together (but not too much water or you risk making the colors too light than originally intended). I also learned that to paint with guache I had to paint really fast because the guache dries fast on my artist pallet and on the paper. Once it dries on the paper, it is difficult to work with however if you add a little bit of water to your brush you can lighten or blend the guache a little.
In the end, I am still not finished with this piece however I do believe it has helped me improve as an artist. It has taught me that there is always new techniques and styles to develop or learn with any given medium, even ones that you've used before. I also learned how to properly sketch out the perspective of a room. And finally, this taught me that not all art has to be symbolic or meaningful, art can be found in everything, even in a dentist's office.
When finally beginning my project I sketched out the dentist office in pencil. Since I was on a time constraint and the pieces had a lot of detail, I simplified my drawing and only included the main objects such as the seats, the tables, the lights, and the back door. Once I had an outline, I chose to use guache as my medium. I had used guache before in Art 3 and was excited to use it again, but this time I was painting on a form of paper rather than a canvas so I was met with some challenges. The guache didn't mixed as easily, showed my brush strokes, and warped the paper. Also because I used a lot of water to mix/blend, my paper began to peal.
Although I did have to overcome many obstacles re-learning how to use the medium, I also was met with a few successes. My blending for the painting in the back wall and the pictures on the ceiling did better than I expected. I had learned that the best way to blend was to put the colors you wanted to blend on the paper and use water to mix them together (but not too much water or you risk making the colors too light than originally intended). I also learned that to paint with guache I had to paint really fast because the guache dries fast on my artist pallet and on the paper. Once it dries on the paper, it is difficult to work with however if you add a little bit of water to your brush you can lighten or blend the guache a little.
In the end, I am still not finished with this piece however I do believe it has helped me improve as an artist. It has taught me that there is always new techniques and styles to develop or learn with any given medium, even ones that you've used before. I also learned how to properly sketch out the perspective of a room. And finally, this taught me that not all art has to be symbolic or meaningful, art can be found in everything, even in a dentist's office.