I Think I’m On to Something.

Happy Wednesday!

I apologize for my brief hiatus, it’s finals season here at Temple U. So there has been very little sleeping, eating, or blogging for this girl. But I found some spare time today because I wanted to share the progress I’m making on my Color Theory final! I’m actually surprisingly excited about it. Our assignment was very vague, create 2 paintings; one using a harmonious color scheme, the other being dissonant. Dissonant does not mean bad or ugly, just higher contrast or visual variance. These pieces are painted with this new product I just discovered which I am now OBSESSED with:

They’re Windsor Newton Drawing inks! The pack of 6 was very reasonably priced and totally worth every penny. I chose these because I wanted the fluidity and opacity of water color, but sometimes water color be a little too transparent and washed out. Also, my small palette of water colors would not satisfy my two foot painting. These are perfect because they are concentrated and highly pigmented for bold colors!

Here’s my recent work:

I’m sorry for the poor quality iphone pictures, I’ll take some nicer ones!

This is the dissonant color scheme.

 

And this guy is harmonious!

These fellas are far from finished but I think my all- nighter last night really paid off! Thankfully, tonight I have a relaxing night of home- cooking and hot – tubbing with my room mates!

I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful spring day!

 

Jen