Procrastination. Procrastination. Procrastination. Why, oh why have you taken over me?
Okay, so I actually started my first painting about 2 weeks ago and then I didn't write about it here. Oops.
It's looking really good, and I hope to finish it up this weekend.
I also drew up an outline of a plan. It really just a rough division of my time but I will post it here and probably on the side bar.
1st and 2nd weeks of November: Do first small painting.
3rd and 4th weeks of November: Do second small painting.
1st and 2nd weeks of December: Do last small painting.
3rd and 4th weeks of December: Start big painting.
January: Finish big painting.
February: Personal Statement (essay thing).
I know it seems like a lot of time to just paint, but i am really slow. Seriously. So slow. -.-
I already feel like I'm kind of behind, like I should be finished with this painting already. It's partly because I made this painting really realistic and I'm taking care to but in every little detail, which takes me a long time because I'm a big perfectionist. Also because I probably started later than I meant to. And then it's partly because I'm SO slow.
I've decided that the next two paintings, I'm going to change them up, do things a little differently. I'm going to paint them in different styles, especially one of them is going to be Impressionist style. It is a style of painting where you use a lot of paint, thick brush strokes, bright colors, and there is few small details defined. I think this is going to fix two things; a) It will take me less time, because i won't go crazy with the details and such, so it'll put me back on track. And b) I'll be painting in a way that I've never painted before, so it'll help me expand as an artist.
