Apart from that, I turned in a few essays for some scholarships and finished up a painting I have been procrastinating on ( here is a quick shot of it...but its a horrible pic because the light is bouning off my mom's yellow walls)
This was my first attempt at painting an actual person. I know as an artist, I should be strong in all areas..but painting faces is just not my specialty. I am working on editing this video of this project. I want to start making videos on all the lil art projects I work on, so this is just the start of many to come!
After I finished this portrait, I started painting a friend of my brother's Guitar. I have been procrasting a bit on this one too. I Finally got my airbrush machine and have practiced using it, but I do not have the right paint to atcually use it. I found out that I either need to use airbrush paint or use paint thinner with acrylic paints. So, I will have to wait until I have enough to buy that specific paint. So, I taped off the guitar on the places I do not want to get paint on.
The guitar was already stripped and sanded so I prepper the surface with GESSO (I got at an art supply store) and let dry after 20 minutes. For this guitar, I am painting a galaxy/star theme to it, so the first coat of paint is blue mixed with black. I have only applied the first coat.
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| sorry its sideways..couldnt turn it :( |
The lighting is horrible.....Not that I am dissin on my mom's kitchen color...but yellow is just not my thing. When I was in my Color Theory class at the Art Institute, I learned that yellow walls make babies cry..its just not a soothing color to me and it doesnt go with my skin tone...at least I dont think so. HA HA HA!
Oh, and I almost forgot! The whole purpose of my blog for today is that I wanted to blog about a contest I found where you can submit any type of artwork for a chance for it to be on this clothing line. (click the link in the title for the page) Last day to enter is Nov. 30 and you must email a JPEG of art to submissions@allpublicclothing.com check it out for more details. On Dec 2nd, the community will vote on the best designs and will win $500!
So, to everyone who reads this, thank you for reading and I hope you have a great day!
Do what you love and the money will follow.
