The Beginning Of The End

The title makes me seem really melodramatic but it's true. The end of the year is nigh and exams are merely weeks away. Luckily for me and my mental health, art doesn't have an exam. We just have a really terrifying external in the form of a portfolio which is really intimidating for someone in level one. 

Speaking of my portfolio, I finished the first board today! It's actually kinda surreal but ya know. I'm really proud of how everything has turned out so far, all things considered. When I think about it, I've done a lot in a short period of time. But, yes, I finished first board after so long. It's the first portfolio board I have ever done. Like, ever. So, here it is.

Hehe, jk jk. That's actually the original layout I had for the first board, before I even finished half of my works. As you can see there was meant to be one large painting but instead I decided to do a bunch of tiny ones because I love putting myself through hell. :D

But actually, here is my first completed board.

My second(? I'm not sure what order I'm putting these in yet) board is well underway and I only have five more paintings to finish, all of which I've started and purely need to finish the backgrounds on. This is what it looks like so far :)

Ye that's it. Bye.

Down To The Wire

Entering term four of this year, we only have four weeks of class time left. This means that we do not have a lot of time left to finish our portfolios. The art department was open over the holidays but I was only able to make it to the first Monday due to prior commitments. However, I have done quite a bit of work since the last update considering it was almost exactly a month ago. 

Last time, I showed you my American flag and the portrait drawing of my friend Nadia. Since then, I have added the peace sign to the American flag and drawn/painted the paired portrait for that sequence series things. I have decided against putting blood on their faces for now because it took so long to paint the first one on it's own and I really don't want to mess it up.

I have also started two new sequence series things (that's my name for it now) and have 'completed' two extra little things I'm debating changing/putting on my portfolio. For the two new things, one is a series of complementary coloured snakes with hands. I currently have a green and pink snake, a purple and yellow snake, a blue and orange snake, and a grey and black snake. For the other thing, it's going to be similar to the snakes but with hands and books instead :D

Here are a couple of the things I've done: