Back in Business!

G'day..........fellow Bloggers!

Important!; to whom it may concern:- This work on jewelry was done from around September 2011 to around the end of the term. The date of the post is not the actual date of Start/Completion.

Alright! So I'm back and I've got to make up for lost time. I'd like to start from the first Term for Form 3 since that was were i left off. The very first topic that was done was the replica painting of that of a famous local artist. Mrs. Davis told us to chose one of Jean Micheal's Cazabond's Paintings and do a close as possible replica of it. At first I didn't even know who Mr . Casabond was, but after some research i became quit acquainted with his amazing work:-
He did all sorts of paintings:

From Natural landscapes---

....to buildings...

..and even people...

But the painting that i decided to copy was this painting of a seascape:-

Unfortunately I don't have pictures of the step by step process by which i did it but since i have portrayed a few paintings in the past....it shouldn't be too difficult for you fellow bloggers to understand the process:-

Materials;

1. watercolor paper
2. acrylic paint
3. palette
4. varying sizes and types of brushes
5. water
6. rags and cloths to dry the brushes

Process;

1. First, i drew grids on both the blank watercolor paper and the printed picture of the Cazabond painting.
2. Then i matched up the individual squared from the picture with the ones on the watercolor paper.
3. I made a simple outline sketch of the painting.
4. Then it was time to paint

Mixing and matching colors can be very tedious but i got the hang of it over time. Its impervious that you use lots of water when dealing with acrylic paints, since the tend to dry out quickly on paper. Watercolor paper is the ideal media for painting with acrylic paints. It's insane the amount of water theses things can absorb without tearing!

So after a few days, i wounded up with this:-

I think it came out pretty great, considering that I'm not a pro. But this is still a major working progress and more fine detail will be added to it eventually.

So I guess that is all for this painting and i hope that you enjoyed reading this, just as much that i enjoyed painting it.

On the next post I'll be covering the jewellery making or in technical talk; "Sculpture and Ceramics".



Until then fellow Bloggers........