The last three weeks—one of which was spring break—I completed the mountain portion of the mural. I was surprised by how much I liked the style that came out of it, as I wasn’t entirely sure the last time I left off what how I wanted the mountains to look and how I was going to achieve the style I decided on. I ended up simply doing what felt best until I liked it, then using the techniques to carry the style through out. I ended up with a style that was somewhat abstract, blending in some places, with some rough strokes that stand out for emphasis. It was difficult matching colours between paintings, but overall the mountains went smoothly and turned out well with a style that I’m really pleased with. Next, I’m working on the clouds above the field, and I have to decide if I want to make them the same round and fluffy clouds as the ones in the sky, or if I want to make them more wispy. If I make them wispy I’ll have to figure out how to paint them stylistically, so I’ll likely start with some digital testing to see what might look good. After that I’ll be doing the undercoat for the field and planning how I want it to look digitally.
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March madness has certainly been given a new meaning this year, with many things being tossed in the way of the world which we are all trying to understand and cope with. For me, in the subject of art, this meant taking my work home after the school closures, making my independent project truly independent. Although it took a while to get my hands on the supplies needed to work on my 3x3’ canvases at home (a standing easel, some colours and the biggest soft brush I could find at the store), once I got what I needed I got to work, slowly but surely. In the last two weeks I have finished the clouds throughout the whole mural, as well as the base for the mountain below. Working layer by layer has been successful so far and I haven’t had to worry about going back and adjusting any of the elements I painted behind the mountain. The mountain, however, will be the first element of the paintings that I have to be very careful about carrying through each canvas. I’ll be using mainly grey tones to create the shapes and slopes of the mountain and these need to connect and make sense throughout the mural, in both colour and shape. This is going to be difficult and likely one of the longest parts of the painting process, especially since the mountain is the main focus of the mural. Expect many updates on the process of painting the mountain, as I’ll definitely be trying lots of methods to make it work best. |
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AuthorLeah is an eighteen-year-old aspiring Canadian artist who enjoys drawing, painting, and photography. |