We've all got a novel or short story we're working on, but what other projects do you have that you're working towards? I don't mean work related activities, I mean projects which are outside work.
I'm working on developing my painting style. I finger paint, and I've recently moved from using tempera block (like what you get in high school art class) to acrylics. Because of the different qualities of the two types of paints I've been experimenting with how much water I use, but it's given me the freedom to basically stop at any point with no adverse effects (tempera block forced me to finish a section that's all the same colour, or I just could not get the colour back next time and it looks rubbish). I've been treating it a bit like watercolour so far, which kind of came as a surprise to me really, but because I'm fingerpainting a "wash" approach makes sense because I can't do detail easily.
My current piece of work is called Serenity. I've drafted it on paper and experimented with the application of paint, but the final will be on canvas. It's based on a screenshot from the first episode of Firefly, but the final touch will be the words "Serenity" and "You can't take the sky from me" written in Elian script (which I will do with a brush - after much practice!)
After that, I've got a dragon planned. I've been working on sketches of lizards, and i'm going to add to that with sketches of birds and dinosaurs, before designing a dragon based on the anatomical stuff I learn in the sketching phase (like how they move and stuff), and using features of all three to develop a dragon design based on what evolution might have produced rather than on what looks cool and scary (well, the rule of cool will still play a part, and there are some pretty awesome lizards out there that I've found so far, but it will be rule of cool within what fits). Then I'll paint that. Probably do the detail with a pen rather than a brush, though. Mixed media, yeah!
Ultimately I want to get to a point where I can sell my artwork, but for now, it's for fun. Because each painting session generally needs to be a couple of hours, and even if I do need to drop it short notice it takes time to clear up the paints (which are best not wasted, so longer sessions are better) and wash the paint off my hands and everything, and even then the paint doesn't completely come off, so painting is best restricted to the weekends. So far my painting sessions have been sporadic, but from now on I'm going to put aside two or three hours every Saturday or Sunday to paint. That should mean I can complete a painting, including drafts, in 6 to 10 weeks depending on size and complexity.
What projects are others working on?
I'm working on developing my painting style. I finger paint, and I've recently moved from using tempera block (like what you get in high school art class) to acrylics. Because of the different qualities of the two types of paints I've been experimenting with how much water I use, but it's given me the freedom to basically stop at any point with no adverse effects (tempera block forced me to finish a section that's all the same colour, or I just could not get the colour back next time and it looks rubbish). I've been treating it a bit like watercolour so far, which kind of came as a surprise to me really, but because I'm fingerpainting a "wash" approach makes sense because I can't do detail easily.
My current piece of work is called Serenity. I've drafted it on paper and experimented with the application of paint, but the final will be on canvas. It's based on a screenshot from the first episode of Firefly, but the final touch will be the words "Serenity" and "You can't take the sky from me" written in Elian script (which I will do with a brush - after much practice!)
After that, I've got a dragon planned. I've been working on sketches of lizards, and i'm going to add to that with sketches of birds and dinosaurs, before designing a dragon based on the anatomical stuff I learn in the sketching phase (like how they move and stuff), and using features of all three to develop a dragon design based on what evolution might have produced rather than on what looks cool and scary (well, the rule of cool will still play a part, and there are some pretty awesome lizards out there that I've found so far, but it will be rule of cool within what fits). Then I'll paint that. Probably do the detail with a pen rather than a brush, though. Mixed media, yeah!
Ultimately I want to get to a point where I can sell my artwork, but for now, it's for fun. Because each painting session generally needs to be a couple of hours, and even if I do need to drop it short notice it takes time to clear up the paints (which are best not wasted, so longer sessions are better) and wash the paint off my hands and everything, and even then the paint doesn't completely come off, so painting is best restricted to the weekends. So far my painting sessions have been sporadic, but from now on I'm going to put aside two or three hours every Saturday or Sunday to paint. That should mean I can complete a painting, including drafts, in 6 to 10 weeks depending on size and complexity.
What projects are others working on?
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