Overall Thoughts I thought about doing this assignment the day after assignment 5, just to use the holiday week slower-pace to catch up after delaying working on assignments for a month. But I had other things to do, and questions about A5 feedback, so I wanted to wait and hear back about that before continuing. …
Evolve Artist Block 3 Assignment 6: Butterfly cup orange Read More »
Overall Thoughts It’s been about a month since I worked on the last assignment. I needed the time to work on some other personal projects and work. One thing I noticed during this time is that mentally, getting back into painting feels harder when you take so much time off. So I told myself that …
Evolve Artist Block 3 Assignment 5: Pot apple cylinder Read More »
Overall Thoughts One of the hardest ones, in terms of matching colors. Lightened the background brown Couldn’t quite pick the right colors, not sure if part of that is because I’m comparing it to a phone screen Remembered to keep track of what colors I mixed Used leftover paint to paint gerbils Spent extra time …
Evolve Artist Block 3 Assignment 4: Tape, butterfly, mouse Read More »
Overall Thoughts So, as I mentioned in the B3A3 blog, I actually did that one first, and this one later, because I forgot to check the lesson website to see if there were any update (I keep doing that! I need to make it a habit to always check the website before I start a …
Evolve Artist Block 3 Assignment 2: Ball, salt, bananas Read More »
Overall Thoughts This is my second ever color painting! Mixing colors seemed harder this time… And then I realized I’d done the wrong assignment. I was supposed to do a still life original painting…oops… Decided to try a new way to compare colors: Put saran wrap on top of the color photo to protect it …
Evolve Artist Block 3 Assignment 3: Tennis ball, cylinder, mushroom Read More »
Overall Thoughts First color painting! So exciting 🙂 Some thoughts: Mixing colors takes longer than you think! (especially as a beginner like me) Watching the mixing colors video from draw mix paint’s youtube video was SUPER helpful. As was reading Blue and Yellow Don’t Make Green, a book on color that Kevin recommended. Honestly, if it …
Evolve Artist Block 3 Assignment 1: Apple, stand, ball (First ever color oil painting!) Read More »
Overall Thoughts Since I started the Evolve program in February 2022, the team has put together three challenges (so one every few months). I love challenges and plan to participate in all of them. Here’s how they went: Challenge 1: 10 Day Check List Challenge (February 1-10, 2022) This was a bingo-style challenge and even …
Overall Thoughts I challenged myself perhaps beyond my ability to create a dragon-themed picture for my final assignment in Block 2. I happened to have a Dragon Fruit on hand, and decided to make an origami dragon for thematic reasons and call the whole thing “Dragon’s Fruit” 😉 The sketch itself took over 2 hours, …
Evolve Artist Block 2 Assignment 20: Dragon’s Fruit Read More »
Overall Thoughts Gave myself enough time to do the assignment, this time. I started around 10am and finished around 7pm. I learned that the main parts of laying down the base colors, and even doing the gradients, takes a predictable amount of time. But then reflections and highlights can take a LOT of time, depending …
Evolve Artist Block 2 Assignment 19: Butterfly Perch Read More »
Overall Thoughts This time I remembered to check the edges of the different shades. Also, I like how the left side of the box turned out. And the dent on the back of the swan looks quite realistic, too. TK YT Pub Assignment video Total time spent: 3:30-4:30+: sketch 4:30-8:30: paint If I were to …
