Although I did enjoy this project, I feel like I only had a vision for around 70% of it. The parts that I had a vision for, the left side, and bottom of the piece, turned out really good and I enjoyed making them. However, the top right/middle of the piece, where the flowers and abstract are, was harder for me to work on and I kept messing up. I do like the final result but it isn't something I really envisioned, as in it didn't come naturally to me which is important to me when I make my art.
To counteract this and hopefully prevent it in the future, I went through my list of favorite artists and made a google doc with paintings that I really liked or styles/subject matter that inspired me. I plan on printing them out and doing multiple spreads in my sketchbook so I have a physical reference. After going through these images, I determined that I want to do less abstract, more illustrations and more watercolor and sketching. I definitely want to keep the faces (which I am now photographing on my own) but after being continually asked who the people I was painting were and having to say they were randos I found on the internet, I decided that I want to do more personal pieces going forward. For example, in this next piece I want it to be a tribute to my friends and have them be the subjects, and incorporate inside jokes/ images/ parts of their identities into the painting as little Easter eggs that would only really be noticed or appreciated by the people who knew about them previously.
In terms of my planning process, I decided that my technique is conducive to a more intuitive and organic way of going about the painting. Part of the reason I love abstract painting is that you don't plan them out- maybe you have a vision or inspiration in mind- but it isn't exact. For my planning page instead of doing thumbnails I wrote down ideas and things I wanted to incorporate so that I had goals but nothing was laid out yet. I find it hard to envision ahead of time what I want my painting to look like in terms of placement and stuff. It is much easier for me to just start doing it when I have my materials in front of me and I can really feel what I want to do.
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