Sticky Situation
Repetition
For the theme “sticky
situation”, I first thought of things that are sticky, such as honey, syrup,
glue, gum, etc. Then I went on a tangent about hard, difficult, or “sticky”
situations such as the Great Molasses Disaster, or a car stuck in the mud. I
decided the composition would look better if there were multiple little things
rather than try to make repetition in a situation. So I went with a still life.
I liked the gum stuck to a shoe idea, but repetition would be hard to incorporate,
and gum packets and honey seemed too original so I went with maple syrup. The
media I used was acrylic which worked really well for the syrup colors. I could
mix the colors to match my references, and the colors also blended well,
allowing me to show the highlights and lowlights in the syrup. The paint also
dried relatively quickly so I could put a layer of paint on and move to the
highlights all in one day. I also got to use the matte medium which allowed me
to thin the paint a little, and help make the shadows more bendable.
I really
liked using this media, even though it was a risk I took in the project. It was
hard to work with, and blend, but it made the different colors of the syrup a
challenge. To incorporate repetition I did a still life with multiple bottles
(3) each had a different shape and darkness which made it interesting, but they
were all maple syrup bottles, creating repetition. The mini lessons also helped
a lot during this project, because I learned how to add highlights and low lights
without just adding white or black to the paint.
I learned to add colors that
are opposite on the color wheel to darken, and add a yellow, or lighter shade
of a color to highlight. The bottle painting on the black paper help to teach
me how to use the white as a high light, and the watercolor lesson helped with
layering and incorporating in other colors.
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