Adventure Time (or my alternative mother title would be "Calgon Take Me Away")
Gouache on board,12" x 12"
This week we were asked to find colors that we wanted to work with. I dug though my "design" journal that I keep ideas in regarding color combinations I used when doing web design. In the past, I never mixed colors and used the entire rainbow - there was not a color I did not like. However, finding this new middle ground where I am consciously creating colors is an entirely new beast. For this weeks assignment I used Goauche instead of acrylics... for a whole new set of problems. However, I loved that it was so matte and flat when it dried. The colors I chose were chartreuse and deep blue for the background. As is typical with gouache, the background got muddy and it was hard to get the color right. Then everytime I tried to fix it over the next few days, it never seemed to come together - oh well. I finally discovered what I wanted to do for my subject matter - wanting to do a polar bear and a girl - so them diving in together felt like a good idea... and I loved the personal themes it evoked for me (going on a journey, trusting one's animal self & instincts, taking risks, diving in.) I'm not quite done yet, because the background is still bugging me, but I'm not sure what I will do. Perhaps I will also add some more shadows, strengthen some of the lines and take a better picture. That's my progress report for this week.
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