Our next bootcamp was the Painting bootcamp, where we learned how to use watercolor and acrylic paint correctly. This was really exciting for me, because I have dabbled in painting before but never to this extent.
We started out by creating skills: learning how to blend the paint, how to mix colors, and even what proper brushes to use. It was fascinating to see how differently acrylic paint and watercolor behaved. Next was our turn to create original artwork. We were to paint a landscape using either watercolor or acrylic. I painted a picture I took about a year ago in a local park. Going above and beyond, I wanted to use both watercolor for the background and acrylic to the foreground. I think it turned out really nice, and I was even nominated for Artist of the Week on Artsonia! After we all finished our paintings, we took a critique walk around the room to take a look at and comment on everyone else’s paintings. This was fun for me, because I was able to learn from everyone else and see how they would learn from myself. Overall, this bootcamp was really successful, and I can’t wait to see what’s in store next.
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This bootcamp was really fun for me, because we got to use traditional ink and pens! I had always wanted to learn this, and this was my chance. We learned how to develop skills with the pen, the ink, and the pressure used in the bootcamp, we expanded our global awareness by learning about illuminated letters and the book of kells, and finally, we got to make our own illuminated letters! I had a really fun time in this bootcamp, and I’m excited to learn more skills in the future.
We have done many value and contour drawings since the beginning of the year. In the first one, we had to trace our hand on the paper and use curved and parallel lines to give it depth. I think mine turned out decent, but I wish it was a little neater.
In the second, we had to trace our hand four times onto clear film before placing them on a paper. I took this opportunity to spell out "LOVE" in sign language. Out of all of these, this one is my favorite. In the third, we had to take one of the drawings from the last exercise and add shading to it. This isn't perfect, but I think it's pretty good. I'm proud of the fact that I've been exploring more in the realistic side of things. An interesting exercise we had to do was to draw our friends faces while not looking at out hand. It was okay, I guess, because we got to color them after and make them our own. I was honestly having a pretty bad day, so I used this as a venting opportunity I guess? I don't know. It's weird and abstract, and I'm not sure how to feel about it. 6/10.
For our first assignment in Art this year we were told to draw/recreate an image upside down, bit by bit. The catch: we couldn't look at what we were recreating until we were finished. The picture we recreated ended up being Picasso's Igor Stravinsky, which was really cool! My friend Tobi commented that it looked like my guy was wearing sunglasses, so I took that idea to the extreme. So, here is The Badass himself.
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