Lyrical Paintings
How did you express a song through visual imagery?
I expressed the song by using imagery that related the song to me on an emotional level. Creating an image of what I felt the song represented within my own life. Cat’s in the Cradle, is represented in my art piece through a forest, a mountain, and a vibrant sky. The lyrics from this song are under the forest and on the mountain. The reason I used this imagery is because these are things that my dad led me to. Things that he led me to appreciate. So they felt appropriate to represent the lyrics.
What was your process of layering paint?
My process of layering paint was simple. I painted the whole thing without any water mixed with the paint. Then I painted over with white to add texture. After this the sky was made with multiple layers of very wet and drippy paint that ran down the painting. This way I could have something that appeared less purposeful and more natural. The trees at the bottom are the final layer and are there simply to add to the painting by giving it depth. They are the foreground, the beginning of the painting, you might say.
How did it evolve from start to finish?
This painting evolved quite a bit from start to finish. The beginning was lacking in direction, but I knew that I wanted to create a painting using washes that I liked. I used the white to make an interesting texture but also because I was not a fan of what my painting was beginning to look like. The sky was just me experimenting and the experiment worked so well, in my opinion that I went with it. The mountain actually stayed relatively unchanged throughout the process. The trees and the lyrics were added in part because I needed the lyrics and the trees because I needed a foreground. I had a very different vision at the beginning than I did at the end, but I took Britt’s advice and painted without thinking.
What emotions are you trying to evoke? How?
I see less emotion than I do reflection. The emotion comes with reflection on the past and the experiences that have been had with someone who is a model to you. That was the goal here. I gained appreciation of the outdoors and the beauty it holds from my father, thus the imagery used, but this basic idea can be given to anyone for them to reflect and remember happy moments, sad moments, exciting moments and boring moments.
I expressed the song by using imagery that related the song to me on an emotional level. Creating an image of what I felt the song represented within my own life. Cat’s in the Cradle, is represented in my art piece through a forest, a mountain, and a vibrant sky. The lyrics from this song are under the forest and on the mountain. The reason I used this imagery is because these are things that my dad led me to. Things that he led me to appreciate. So they felt appropriate to represent the lyrics.
What was your process of layering paint?
My process of layering paint was simple. I painted the whole thing without any water mixed with the paint. Then I painted over with white to add texture. After this the sky was made with multiple layers of very wet and drippy paint that ran down the painting. This way I could have something that appeared less purposeful and more natural. The trees at the bottom are the final layer and are there simply to add to the painting by giving it depth. They are the foreground, the beginning of the painting, you might say.
How did it evolve from start to finish?
This painting evolved quite a bit from start to finish. The beginning was lacking in direction, but I knew that I wanted to create a painting using washes that I liked. I used the white to make an interesting texture but also because I was not a fan of what my painting was beginning to look like. The sky was just me experimenting and the experiment worked so well, in my opinion that I went with it. The mountain actually stayed relatively unchanged throughout the process. The trees and the lyrics were added in part because I needed the lyrics and the trees because I needed a foreground. I had a very different vision at the beginning than I did at the end, but I took Britt’s advice and painted without thinking.
What emotions are you trying to evoke? How?
I see less emotion than I do reflection. The emotion comes with reflection on the past and the experiences that have been had with someone who is a model to you. That was the goal here. I gained appreciation of the outdoors and the beauty it holds from my father, thus the imagery used, but this basic idea can be given to anyone for them to reflect and remember happy moments, sad moments, exciting moments and boring moments.
Acrylic Transfer Project
The hardest part of this project was understand what exactly I wanted to do and where I wanted to take the project. I still look at it now and think that I need to find that vision so that I could make a wash that fits what I want the painting to be. Which I am still not sure what I want the painting to be.
The fun part was getting to use acrylic transfer for the first time and getting to mess around with washes which is a new experience for me.
This project did change my approach to painting. In the past I used to view painting as one big step. With washes you do one wash and then you may need another and another and another. That is a new idea for me and a new style of painting.
Brother Derek said that he "likes my art and my color scheme. He also likes the way that I blended the edges in order to make a new and interesting texture."
The fun part was getting to use acrylic transfer for the first time and getting to mess around with washes which is a new experience for me.
This project did change my approach to painting. In the past I used to view painting as one big step. With washes you do one wash and then you may need another and another and another. That is a new idea for me and a new style of painting.
Brother Derek said that he "likes my art and my color scheme. He also likes the way that I blended the edges in order to make a new and interesting texture."