The lunchtime lecture held by Sasha Freyer was part autobiographical and part a lesson on the basics of the basics of experimental film. This was extremely different than the speech Kirk O'Brien gave a couple of weeks ago. She talked a lot about the duality between "day job" and independent artistic ventures. I really liked being exposed to a new artistic medium. Film has not been something that I've explored. I was especially moved by her experimental films, which is the playing with the medium of film as an artistic medium the way painting is. Experimental film organizes shots the way poets organize words, but you can't come to it expecting narrative fiction. I really liked the way she phrased it: it's a mix of "painterly attention to color and form combined with poetry." Her process of adding color to black and white archival film was extremely interesting to witness as well. Overall, being exposed to a new artistic medium was very enlightening. Additionally, seeing a successful artist who makes a living doing art was actually pretty inspiring. I wasn't aware of how willing the government was to give out grants to artists, and it makes the career seem less lucrative.
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This project is a lot more time consuming than originally anticipated. My process was using the picture I took of Julia and outlining it onto the canvas. I blocked in the highlights and shadows. I chose pink/tan as the color base. I painted each of the colors on, trying to make it as smooth as possible. The hair was a bit of a challenge, but after reassurance from multiple people, I decided to just leave it as it is.
Started a new ~home project~! I'm always super excited at the start of a new project. Everything has potential and the crushing weight of imminent failure has not set in yet. I'm very, very excited about this piece in particular, though, because it's the largest I've ever done. The background is also a step up from my usual backgrounds. Usually I've done just solid color, but now I'm making the background an integral part of the actual piece. Things are looking up! But check in with me in a couple of weeks and I'll be sure to be complaining.
I took the picture I'll be using for my in class project. I plan on continuing with my ~journey~ exploring blocking in colors of the face rather than blending. I know I want the content to be similar to my last project; something about needing to look happy/presentable. I'll work out the kinks later.
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