This was my painting from when we had to choose a spot within or around the classroom. I chose to be in front of the sink because I thought it would be a cool composition. I did the sink in blue because I wanted to add to the sort of damp atmosphere that surrounds the sink. My painter I'm following this week is Frederic Edwin Church and he was one of the members of the Hudson River School. His piece "The Iceberg" is overwhelming in a good way. The use of scale and color immediately caught my interest.

Final Project: My space was the plant and the window and my object from three perspectives was the cup. I really liked the colors I used, I did a monochromatic color scheme of red. The process was not too complicated, I'm pretty happy with how it came out. I just made the shame o the branches with pretty messy brush stroked then placed color in the back for the underpainting. The painter I'm following this week is a member of the Hudson River School named Albert Biersdat. His piece "Emigrants Crossing Th Plains" is special because the warm colors of the sky gives the piece a serene feeling and it's very well done.

Painting: My process for this painting was a little delayed due to the fact that my canvas failed to dry so I had to wait for it to dry before I started. I tried to do a dull under painting first to help my brighter colors pop. I had a lot of trouble with the bottle and the transparency of it. I went on the website LocateUs and looked at all the art on the website and found this really nice piece called "An Awe'ferin" and I really liked the composition and the color and the use of material. I really liked the website and how easy it was to find really cool art.

Spheres: The top photo was done by the painter I am following this semester. Her name is Joslyn Brinkley and she was commissioned to do this piece for a family. The pictures underneath are my spheres and they were all relatively easy minus the vertical lined one.

Painting I: The process I used for my color swatches was pretty simple. I started with the pure, primary color in the middle and added white going in the left directing and black going towards the right. The gradient scales were a bit harder because I struggle with blending but I got the hang of it by applying a thick coat of yellow then moving the darker color from the right to the left. My art is the black and white sketch . The artist I will be following this semester is a senior at Beech High School named Joslyn Brinkley. She's a very skilled painter and I asked her to say a bit about the piece below.(the last one). "Here is one of my most recent projects. It is on a 30x36 canvas. This was my first time using oil paint so I was fairly nervous at first but super excited to try something new, which I ended up loving and now have used it several more times. I have a love/hate relationship with oil. I hate how long it takes to dry and how messy it can be, but it is MUCH easier to blend than acrylic paint. Oil is a long process, with layering the first coat with oil then the second without oil, but in the end result is beautiful and worth it."