Critiques are life savers. Yes, they're a royal pain in the patootie, and man can they draaaaaag! But without some of the crits of art-classes-past, and the one on Monday, many of my pieces would have turned out entirely differently.
For example, during the last crit, a very smart and insightful person brought up that most of my stuff is super colorful. Like straight-from-the-tube colorful. And I've been trying extremely hard to stay away from that, because I tend to yield better results when I do. My problem is that I wasn't brought up to use neutral colors, or rather, no one seemed to point out that I didn't mix my own colors. That explains why I have such a problem deciding which colors to use in my art, because I don't use a limited palette. If the whole wide world is available, why not just use them all?
So I am very thankful to my dear friend for bringing that point up, and reminding me that I'm an artist, and not a toddler with a 280-count box of Crayolas, (or whatever number they are up to now)! Those days were much simpler, though.
Well I'm done blathering about that. Here's what I've been up to in the past few days...
New composition and style to my design!
My wood-burning friend, the tool I'm using for my line work.
(I wear a mask and turn on the kitchen hood fan for proper ventilation when burning the wood.)
Left side of my double-page spread.
Right side of my double-page spread.
New & Improved! color palette, using 3 primary colors, white, and one brown.
Not done yet... but I'm liking the results! Thank goodness for the color changes!
This project, as well as "Mother Nature" and "Song of Spring," will be completely finished by Monday, and all three will be scanned and posted here on my blog most likely a day or two after that. I'm so glad to have some nicer pieces to put into my portfolio! Can't wait to have it all done!!
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