Since this was my first time painting, I wanted to get a full range of color experimentation. So, throughout my four pieces, I think the whole rainbow is pretty much accounted for. I also knew I wanted to limit myself to one simple collection of objects for all four works so that I could really focus in on understanding the use of color. I don’t think I really encountered any “issues” per se? I’m sure there are a lot of things I could have been doing with better technique, but nothing overall frustrated me too badly. If anything, it was just and issue of my own patience, but event that wasn’t too bad with so many pieces to switch between working on. I also got stressed out if I didn’t use all of my paint in one sitting, but that’s also more of a me issue. A problem didn’t necessarily provoke this, but since the first rendition of the bottle was very opaque in it’s shapes and strokes, I decided to try a more translucent layering of paint for the next bottle. And I really like them both! I’m pretty satisfied with how my pieces turned out; it was about what I envisioned. I would definitely like to go back and change/add some dimension to the backgrounds because right now they are either blank or ugly. And that’s okay! I’m still getting a hang of this stuff! But I would like to fix it…
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