I am a Painting I student attending Lakeland Union Highschool and I am in 9th grade. Throughout the semester I completed an acrylic close up of blueberries, an acrylic butterfly stained glass, an oil balloon gradation, an oil still life and an oil 12x12 free choice. I chose to do an oil painting, because I was getting used to the oil techniques.The picture that I chose shows depth as the layout is, an old red van, surrounded by darkish, tall trees that line the road, along with a rail, a mountain in the background and a beautiful sky full of clouds. I chose this picture, because it reminds me of the beauty, road trips, the travel and originality. The picture I chose was very dark and was very vertical. My layout process involved making a grid on my 12x12 canvas showing 4 squares to help me map out my picture.
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I used four types of brushes throughout my painting that included: a round brush, a pointed round brush, a flat brush and a bright brush. Some techniques I used throught my painting included: blocking color; to get original shape, layers; in the sky and trees, intensified and contrasted my colors, several brush stroke sizes, and informational brush strokes to create a soft texture. My main focus on my painting was the van and the trees. The van needed detail more than anything else in the painting, because it was what made my painting pop. I did short, and energetic brush strokes with my trees and since my picture was so dark I ended up doing a lot of my own ideas. My struggle in this painting is the fact that oil drys slow. Many times I needed to rest my hand somewhere, but was unable to and a lot of times I was oblivious and got paint on the whole side of my hand or on my shirt. It is also hard to do layers when the paint isn’
I used four types of brushes throughout my painting that included: a round brush, a pointed round brush, a flat brush and a bright brush. Some techniques I used throught my painting included: blocking color; to get original shape, layers; in the sky and trees, intensified and contrasted my colors, several brush stroke sizes, and informational brush strokes to create a soft texture. My main focus on my painting was the van and the trees. The van needed detail more than anything else in the painting, because it was what made my painting pop. I did short, and energetic brush strokes with my trees and since my picture was so dark I ended up doing a lot of my own ideas. My struggle in this painting is the fact that oil drys slow. Many times I needed to rest my hand somewhere, but was unable to and a lot of times I was oblivious and got paint on the whole side of my hand or on my shirt. It is also hard to do layers when the paint isn’