When Mrs. Rossi told us we were going to learn how to use oil paints I was REALLY excited. I love to paint, and I sort of feel like learning how to use oils makes you a "real" art student, whatever that means. It was sort of intimidating at first, since oils are so different from acrylic and watercolor, but I found that I really liked them. I liked how easily I could blend the colors with my brushes on the canvas itself, and I didn't have to worry about the paint drying in a few seconds. The palette knife painting scared me a little bit though. As someone who loves to blend my colors together, the idea of using only a palette knife was uncharted territory. I found that I really really enjoyed it though, I liked how you could layer the paint on thick and then add lighter colors and still blend them together. The texture on my palette knife painting turned out so cool, and it was unlike anything I'd painted before. It just goes to show how stepping outside your comfort zone can pay off in the end. I'm really looking forward to using oils on a bigger scale painting, and playing around more with new techniques in the future.
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A Little InfoThis page is all of my art from Art Four, which I took my junior year of high school. The main goal of this class was to begin collecting pieces that I can potentially add to my AP Portfolio at the end of Senior year. During this class I created some of my favorite pieces, and also one of my least favorite (I'm looking at you, adirondack chair painting). I'll be retaking this class in the fall of senior year to add more pieces to learn and grow even more, and create more potential portfolio pieces. Archives
January 2017
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