My concentration is a representation of my trip in Nicaragua.
Originally my concentration was more literal and I was doing pieces off of photographs that I took on my trip. However, now my pieces are more abstract and I am focusing on the colors of the country -- EX: the one with reds and oranges is a depiction of the villas I stayed in, and the tall, narrow piece that is all different shades of blues and greens is a representation of Lake Nicaragua. For the last critique I tried to use shapes for something different (the one with the blue triangle and the white triangle that was on the clear over the wood...did you think that was successful?
Right now I am kind of struggling with coming up with more ideas for different color palettes. I think I want to continue with the more abstract route, but I am definitely open to ideas. What do you guys think? I am definitely open to input and advice so let me know!
I love the idea of you going more abstract/interpretive with your pieces. It seemed like creating pieces based on literal pictures was somewhat difficult considering you're using wax haha. You'll definitely be more successful and show growth if you continue on with the interpretive aspect of it. And for your blue and white triangle piece, I don't remember studying it that much but from the glance that I saw of it I thought it was pretty successful, and you should stick in that direction! (:
ReplyDeleteI think that staying abstract will work, but you seem to be doing a lot of just horizontal lines. If you went in a different direction with the abstractions, it would be great for your concentration. Maybe try creating some pattern that looks like tropical flowers. Use some string/wire in your pieces, maybe, I've seen that done in encaustic before. Try sharpening up your lines and getting more stark shapes, which I'm sure can be hard in encaustic, but I'm sure it can be done! Good work so far!
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ReplyDeleteSo yah I really like that your concentration is about your trip and I honestly liked the earlier ones better because I get a better feel about your trip than just some shapes. I think you have a skill with encaustic and you should embrace that and do something literal! Like look through all your photos and then do one of those. Do a little black baby face or something. I think your trip was really powerful and that should come through with your artwork. word.
love you,
sophie
I really like the idea of going interpretive with your pieces, it will be an amazing abstract piece to the viewer, but to you it'll be like a little secret to what it is haha. And I agree with Sawyer to stay clear from horizontal lines. I don't know much about encaustics but push yourself to create different shapes. <3
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