For my final acrylic painting I chose one of H.P. Lovecraft's eldritch creatures to illustrate. As you can clearly see, it is incomplete due to me getting sick. (um- and maybe I'm a perfectionist who has a hard time marking a canvas that is nearly as big as me hah-) I plan to finish this project in my free time at home and by the end of the year have the final outcome posted! Anyway, I have taken from this project that I need to get down the basic shape/shadows of the object down and not to obsess over the outline. I not intentionally made every tentacle a different shade of blue which I actually really like. I was setting down the main color and getting the big shadows then planning to add the intense detail last. I used a digital piece as my main figure and shadows for the painting but also factored in little things that would satisfy my perfectionist garbage self. For example, I incorporated the factor that in Lovecraft's original sketch he drew Cthulhu with three eyes and his head was pretty small compared with the rest of his body. The reason I chose to draw Cthulhu was because I am currently reading the entire H.P. Lovecraft archive of dreary fables and really am enjoying them.
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My first acrylic painting this year was a recreation of a painting done by Andre Derain. First, we coated the canvas with a light layer of a tinted yellow white for a base coat, next came the brown sketch, then came the painting replication. I really had to focus on the colors of the original and try to mix and match to get it as close to the original as possible. I also tried to get the texture he gave to his painting with his brush strokes which I didn't really factor in at the top portion of the painting with the mountains. I really think the brush strokes were fun to do and though didn't come out exact, still look satisfying. I tried to choose a picture that would challenge me and also would be an acceptable starting point for the acrylic unit.
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