my goals for these pieces were to express emotions in a tangible and visible form. i wanted people to be able to look at my composition and think, "yeah. that's exactly what that emotion feels like". what surpised me was how difficult it was to call forward the emotion i was trying to express. it was hard to call them up without becoming immersed in them, which became an issue with the negative emotions. aniety consumes, regret feels like mud oozing out from between your ribs. distrust is thin and slippery like sheer fabric, hard to hold onto. and confusion is the same. i met this challenge by reminding myself that i wasn't feeling the emotion at hand, i was simply channeling it and letting the paint tell me what it wanted to do. my favourite part of the series is the femininity piece. Femininity, my femininity especially used to be something i was so scared of. i thought that being openly feminine, braiding my hair, wearing makeup and dresses, i thought these things made me weak, so i didn't do them. but being forced to wear a skirt 5 days a week has really changed my mind. so along with the piece itself turning out wonderfully, i have really come to terms with the femininity and that means alot to me. i learned that even though it's good to step out of your comfort zone when doing art, sometimes working with what makes you comfortable (in my case watercolours) is the best way to go. not everything has to be a challenge, but its always wonderful to get inspired and push yourself. i really love Daisy's piece, how simple and cute it is. the unifying texture of the pencil strokes and how you can tell she really put effort into the piece make it so much cooler. you can see the progression of her work as she goes, and even when its finished you can see how she's built up and up with the colour in the petals of her flowers. this is something that i find makes the art all that much more personal. if i had a do-over i might change regret, because it looks more angry than i intended it to. but i still think it turned out really well and i'm pretty proud of myself for going into it without a full plan and coming out of it with something as cool as i got. i feel like the best thing about it is that people will point to one and even if they don't guess the emotion it's trying to portray correctly, when they tell me that confusion looks like happiness or distrust looks like guilt, i feel like i get to take a brief look into their minds. those are how the emotions look to me, but then this is how they look to someone else. the fact that everyone has their own life and ideas and creative expression fascinates me, and i think my piece lets me see deeper into that.
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ReplyDeletemy goals for these pieces were to express emotions in a tangible and visible form. i wanted people to be able to look at my composition and think, "yeah. that's exactly what that emotion feels like". what surpised me was how difficult it was to call forward the emotion i was trying to express. it was hard to call them up without becoming immersed in them, which became an issue with the negative emotions. aniety consumes, regret feels like mud oozing out from between your ribs. distrust is thin and slippery like sheer fabric, hard to hold onto. and confusion is the same. i met this challenge by reminding myself that i wasn't feeling the emotion at hand, i was simply channeling it and letting the paint tell me what it wanted to do. my favourite part of the series is the femininity piece. Femininity, my femininity especially used to be something i was so scared of. i thought that being openly feminine, braiding my hair, wearing makeup and dresses, i thought these things made me weak, so i didn't do them. but being forced to wear a skirt 5 days a week has really changed my mind. so along with the piece itself turning out wonderfully, i have really come to terms with the femininity and that means alot to me. i learned that even though it's good to step out of your comfort zone when doing art, sometimes working with what makes you comfortable (in my case watercolours) is the best way to go. not everything has to be a challenge, but its always wonderful to get inspired and push yourself. i really love Daisy's piece, how simple and cute it is. the unifying texture of the pencil strokes and how you can tell she really put effort into the piece make it so much cooler. you can see the progression of her work as she goes, and even when its finished you can see how she's built up and up with the colour in the petals of her flowers. this is something that i find makes the art all that much more personal. if i had a do-over i might change regret, because it looks more angry than i intended it to. but i still think it turned out really well and i'm pretty proud of myself for going into it without a full plan and coming out of it with something as cool as i got. i feel like the best thing about it is that people will point to one and even if they don't guess the emotion it's trying to portray correctly, when they tell me that confusion looks like happiness or distrust looks like guilt, i feel like i get to take a brief look into their minds. those are how the emotions look to me, but then this is how they look to someone else. the fact that everyone has their own life and ideas and creative expression fascinates me, and i think my piece lets me see deeper into that.
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