 |
| Pop Art: Paint Brush and Spray Paint Can |
My goal for this project was to experiment with brush strokes and make all four of my paintings interesting and take risks within my painting style. I wanted to expand my normal routine of painting and try being expressive and energetic. I also wanted to define "pop art" by making my painting bright, colorful, and fun. I didn't want a boring, plain, or simple one. My visions changed often, but I really wanted colorful paintings. My favorite painting is my triadic one (red, blue, and yellow.) With this one, I feel I used a variety of shades and ended up with something bright, happy, and colorful. But, with every success comes dilemmas and problems. One of my biggest problems was on my complementary painting (purple and yellow.) I had trouble painting over the dark background, and I wanted to make this one very different from my others. I stumbled upon making different shades of yellow. So I decided to let the background come through, and ended up making a really interesting painting. I learned that letting go and being expressive can be rewarding in the end. The group feedback was really helpful because they told me they liked my energetic side of the paintings, and really just helped me with the technical side, like painting within the lines and matching the colors to one another.
I really enjoyed this color unit. It was a different way of approaching painting. I have never done anything like this before, so it was interesting to see where it would turn out. I loved experimenting with all the colors and my joy for painting definitely increased. I learned that having a creative and expressive routine of painting is more interesting than striving for a perfect result. At the beginning of this project, I thought I wanted a perfect, smooth, within the lines painting, but that definitely changed by the end. This project showed me the value of colors and it allowed me to express myself through a set of four paintings.
