fighting til' the end.

It's been a couple weeks since I posted last. I went on a cruise March 7th-11th and then Spring Break was the week after, so i didn't get to paint for two weeks almost. I was kind of out of it but then today I started to feel my rhythm again after figure painting. The two above are figure studies I did before the break. I am pretty happy with how they turned out. It always sucks when you run out of time on them though. The one of Matt we only got half an hour I think to paint, and the one of Ariel was an hour and a half, so that one is a little more "done." I like the weight of both of them though.

 These three figures are ones that I have done this week. The top two were done today (Wednesday) and the red background one was done on Monday. I noticed when I was working today, my color palette reminded me a lot of Maria Lassnig's which is funny because I have been looking at her work. Guess looking at art really can and does influence your own. Even Matt mentioned it when he was making his rounds in class. I think my red one turned out the best. There is something about the composition and the structure of the body I think was more successful than the other two. In the top painting I was having some issues getting the legs down just right.

Last but not least, this is my current painting project. We have to paint using a non-visual source. I kind of have gone back and forth with this project and my two week break was in the middle of it so I don't think I have fully investigated the idea of non-visual sources. I chose a couple songs that I like to listen to when I paint by Phantogram and Tegan and Sara, as my source. I was feeling a little frustrated on Monday because I wasn't sure if I should be moving on from the small series of mechanical/organic "littles" or not. Matt told me to basically do what feels right and tune everything else out. I don't think I have pushed it as far as I can so I will keep going with it. I like the smaller intimate paintings right now.


I still have not heard back about either of the scholarships I applied for. Hopefully I will hear something next week :/