Further painting

Today we worked with further painting our artworks. Luckily, we got an extention until next week so that we would't rush them, something which really helped me out. During the lesson today I worked on the hair on both sides, which I was quite pleased with, especially on the left side, the green top, which I hope will improve when I work on it. I have to say that it currently looks a bit strange as I haven't shaded much, and haven't done the eyes and lips, something I will work on next time. I will also do the sheet music with chalk. I have decided to not to do the drama masks, as they will not turn out very well. I just hope that I can find a similar enough skin colour that it won't show.

Continuing the painting

Today I continued the painting, working on mainly the skin, t-shirt and the right-side background. I feel that it went okay, but that the right-side t-shirt was too pink (but I guess that is a good thing) and that the skin on the left side was too uneven and a bit weird. I hope that these are issues that will turn out better when I finish the whole thing with the shading and such. One area that I was really pleased with, was the background, especially on the right side. I felt that it was sufficiently dark while at the same time not being to dismal and boring, and that the lightning added a very cool effect.

Starting Painting

Today I first used the graphite paper method to transfer the main outlines of my drawing to the canvas. Then I mixed up what I felt like looked like parchment coloured paint, and started painting the left background. It was a bit difficult getting the colour even as it changed colour a bit when it dried, but in the end I was satisfied  with it.
In today's lesson we also were given a week's extension of the due date for this project.