Midterm Reflections

WORK HABITS

As the semester went along, I found that the work schedule I was keeping was not sufficient enough to keep up with my work load. As the due date for our critique neared, I started coming into the studio more frequently. Even though I had to increase my time commitment, I felt that I was going to be able to have the painting finished on time. I brought my project home for the weekend before the critique but was unable to work on it. The bulk of my project was complete but because of that weekend I couldn't put the finishing touches on it.

After the experience of my first project I will increase my time commitment to my other projects from the beginning and not a week or so into it.


PROJECT

Since the 30 studies, I have gradually increased my time commitment to my project. I feel that I have maintained my focus to be in sync with what I expressed in my statement of intent. The project has shifted in a positive way. Instead of having every aspect of my painting planned out before, I allowed myself to explore possibilities on the canvas. This, however, took a little bit more time and caused me not finish my project on time. My main challenge in this project was how to make the face of the female more dramatic yet smooth. I consider this project a success because I learned techniques of how to push the imagery to be more dramatic without taking away from the over all composition.