Right now everything is coming full circle. I'm in my last semester as an undergrad painting major. I have my own studio space to work in...where I will be producing my last masterpieces.
haha.
I just started looking up Rites of Passages. Whether it's a first haircut,
circumcision, or even the act of ingesting other
mens semen (
Papau New Guinea
y'all) Barf. All these things show social hierarchies, values, and beliefs. A Coming of Age.
My Coming of Age/Painter is about to happen.
Ok. It's not as extreme...but it's still a big deal. I hope to come out feeling proud of myself. Here is how it's been so far.
So this is my little studio space. It's square like and adorable. Most people who enter comment on how 'homey' it is. :)
For my canvases I bought and built my frames then stretched the canvas...and got a big
ol' blister. This is only half of them. In total there will be six 6x2ft panels.
This is all 3 of em
gessoed. Took me a little over 2 hours. 3 coats each.
This is after my first go at em. It started out a little rough with the yellow outlines. Then I went back in with vine charcoal and reworked the lines.
And this is how they stand today. I started painting on them and haven't gone back yet in a bout a week. It's gonna be a slow process. But I've got til April 23....the day after my birthday. I'm going to be a mad woman that week. I can see it now.
I'm going to try and update on the progress. I did buy a nice sketchbook to use for this 'journey' but have FAILED miserably in using it. :( It's
ok.
