What I Know Now

The primary colors are: red, blue, and yellow.  The secondary colors are: purple, orange, and green.  You create secondary colors by mixing two primary colors.  Example: red + yellow = orange.  Complimentary colors are colors that go well with primary colors.  Two ways you could emphasize something in a painting would be by using warm colors, and/or cool colors.  When making a shadow, use the opposite color of the object that you are shadowing.  End.  100% Sophie Meltzer.  You are fantastic.  Your abundance of knowledge is shocking.

A Painting I Remember

When I was in first grade, i saw a painting of a dinosaur.  My friend Kaliegh made it for me.  I thought that it was fantastic.  Since then i have been obsessed with dinosaurs and dragons.  I am not sure that it was actually a dinosaur, or looked very much like a dinosaur, but the bright red, yellow, blue, and green paints were magnificent.  She told me that it was a dinosaur.  And i took her word for it.  I'm not sure that what she said was entirely true Right now it's in my attic, collecting dust.

My Skills As An Artist

Well... I would like to preface this entry by saying how short this is going to be.  I have no skills as an artist.  I drew a "self-portrait" of myself, and i looked like a baboon.  Or, well, maybe i just look like a baboon.  I think that some of my weaknesses are getting caught up in every little detail, and trying to make things perfect.  This is a weakness because i spend so much time worrying about little, minute details, that i am not able to accomplish the "big picture."  Also, I draw what i want to see, not what i actually see.  What a bummer.  I think that my strengths are being able to talk while i am making art, and not getting distracted to the point where i a, not working.  I have raised that to an art-form.  No pun intended.

Why I'm Taking Oil Painting

When i was first handed the signup sheet for dropped classes, I immediately glanced at Oil Painting.  I had struggled with an art class the previous spring, and I was interested in challenging myself to give art "another chance."  I was determined to find a new medium to work with, and accomplish something.  I feel like maybe even signing up for the class was an accomplishment in and of itself.  Before this class, i had never done ANY Oil Painting what-so-ever, so, that being said, this is going to be a very interesting, and refreshing experience.