Georgia O'Keeffe

         I love Georgia O'Keeffe. Her paintings are made of abstract flowers along with looking so realistic. That is what I want to portray in my paintings

Inspired

           Today in class I am asked..why flowers? I think about it and ponder yeah why would I paint flowers? The reason why I would paint flowers would be because flowers are a sense of hope. I was born in the spring time and seeing flowers always reminds me of happiness and my birthday. Whenever I see flowers I also think of my mother and how she always has flowers around the house in big vases. I love flowers they are so apparent in my life.
            Flowers are brought to me after a big accomplishment. Getting into college, graduation, great report card and birthdays. So now thinking back on the question..why flowers? I want to paint flowers because they are ever so present in my life. Every time I see them it brings out happiness and brings back memories.
            I want to make a painting of flowers that has an abstract twist to them because as much as I love flowers I love the abstract ideas behind them....thats why I want to paint flowers.

Artists

Georgia O'Keeffe

Van Gogh

Georgia O'keeffe

Double Block Reflection

      Today was an amazing day! I finished up stretching out both canvas for my project. I then went over them with a white paint to finish them off and tighten up the canvas material. Im so excited to start painting. Im going to start both paintings that way if I get tired of doing one there is the other one to do.
      A problem that I faced when starting the white primer was that it bends the canvas and contorts the rectangular shape. So in order to fix this I laid down a bottle of paint on each corner so the canvas would dry properly.

The first coat of the white primer

Frame before the canvas

Piecing together the frame

Art & Fear

1. "Were talent a prerequisite, then the better the artwork, the easier it would have been too make" (27).

2. "...To require perfection is to invite paralysis" (30).

3. For the artist, the dilemma seems obvious: risk rejection by exploring new worlds, or court acceptance by following well-explored paths" (43).

       I can relate to all these quotes because they are all something I experience almost every time I make artwork. Art does require a lot of talent and time it is not something that you get the first time. You have to work and continue working to become a good artist. With art you need to try something new even if it does not work out at least you tried it rather then doing something you know you are good at and not pushing yourself to use different mediums ect. You also have to realize that nothing is going to come out perfect with your work but that flaws can make something beautiful. The quotes are very similar to my art. I love to try new things to see if something can work out even if its not perfect I will know that that specific thing is not for me.

Paintings

Painting of the rough draft i am working on

2nd in the series

3rd in the series

Week 2 Reflection

This week has been going really well! I am in my final stages on deciding for my project. Im am going to do a series of paintings (3) and have them on rather big canvases; 33'x37'. I am going to paint them based off of actual pictures that I found on the internet.
Everyday before I even start to do work I try and doodle with charcoal. It helps me get into the art mindset for the period. The charcoal drawings help me also ease into art rather then just taking a jump start and going in with "warming up".

rough draft of one of the series

beginning rough draft

charcoal drawings before class