My initial plan for the independent project was to make two pieces following the instructions from “The Art Assignment.” Then, as I thought about it more, I realized that I wanted to produce something more thoughtful than simply responding to a prompt; I wanted to make a unique work that I would consider finished and of high quality. I was driving home from the gym when I got this nagging idea: what if I painted an image of a flower, or maybe draw it with oil pastel, and then use wire to outline the form and overlay it on top of the painting/drawing to add a 3D effect? The more I thought about it, the more I wanted to explore this idea. I decided that I really wanted to use oil pastels because I just got a wonderful set from the Art room that I’m itching to experiment with. I have several pictures of flowers that I considered using, but I still felt like that content was basic and hackneyed. I wanted a simply yet interesting subject with vibrant colors. Then, I found the picture I had taken of a lizard on my back porch. It immediately seemed like a good match for my intentions. I have spent the past week vacillating between whether I want to use a circular wood board I primed with white spray primer, or a piece of high-quality paper that Coach gave me. I have almost fully decided on the paper because it is much larger than the circular wood board, and I really want to be ambitious with my scale for this piece (similar to my reasoning for scaling up in my In-Class Project). I have done a few drawings with oil pastels just to practice and get a feel for how they work. I am really enjoying the ease with which they blend, although I still feel like I have a lot more to learn about in terms of keeping colors from getting muddied and getting rid of excess pastel dust. I plan on sketching the outline of the lizard next week, doing some practice drawings of the lizard on smaller paper with the oil pastels, and then getting to work on the real deal.
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