Progress Post #32 - May 3, 20195/3/2019 I am continuing to make progress on my painting. I think it looks nice, but it's definitely very very difficult to work with heavy gel medium. I have to apply multiple layers for anything to look opaque, and it's hard to cover big expanses of space. I really wish I had painted/blocked out colors beforehand so I could just add texture on top. I can't wait to see what this looks like when it's done. I really like the parts where the colors are clearly separated.
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Progress Post #31 - April 26, 20194/26/2019 This week, we finally started our next projects. I decided to paint my bathroom and describe places where women are especially conscious of their femininity and their identity as women. I decided to make it very chunky and monochromatic because I believe that contributes to a more oppressive and aggressive nature of the painting. I really like how it's starting, mostly because I love the texture, and I really liked Coach's idea of doing sketches of my bathroom on some nice paper and displaying it with the painting. I have discovered that painting with medium is very very tedious.
Progress Post #30 - April 19, 20194/19/2019 This week was home project critiques. I came up with the genius plan to put my acne wipes in the container that they came in, but I ripped off the label and painted the container with an azalea (which is the flower I have been embroidering on these wipes). I like how it came together, but I am super unsure about how I want to display it. I am not sure that there is a good way for me to put this up without having a massive exhibition with other work like it. By itself, this piece is not necessarily monumental unless people are able to touch it and interact with it and actively understand its message. I was kind of thinking of making a sculptural piece with these embroidered wipes by placing them on wire coming out of the container? Although I am unsure if that would be effective in communicating my message.
Progress Post #29 - April 12, 20194/12/2019 This week we started to plan for our next project. I am super confused and unsure about what I want to do, but I know I want to paint and on a very large scale because I am tired of working small. I definitely want to continue my commentary on women, but I want to branch out of painting people and paint more landscapes or environments or still lifes. I also want there to be texture. Maybe I will have an epiphany? My home project is going great. I have made a couple more flowers, and I am really relaxing while making these. It is super soothing to just embroider and watch TV. Some of my craftsmanship got a little sad, and some of the makeup wipes definitely warped, but it's not as bad as the first one so I am considering it a win. I need to figure out a way to display these and hold them so they don't get lost.
Progress Post #28 - March 29, 20193/29/2019 This week was critiques. I finished my collage and the extra mod podge really helped it stay down! I also wrote on the frame of my photo with a renaissance nude on my face with lipstick and I think it looks nice, although I understand the concerns about how it is very difficult to see the actual subject of the piece. I am definitely thinking about adding a background to the collage that is blue because right now it looks unfinished with just the white background. My home project is progressing nicely; I have worked on a second one and it looks way better than my first try. It didn't warp as much, and I was much more adept at the needle. The flowers look more solid, and I think this is shaping up to be a good project.
author.jacqueline. she/her. senior. virginia, usa. art v. archives.
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