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-final evaluation-
My inspiration for this piece was the feeling of midsummer dreams in my mind. The colors I used exquisitely displayed my thoughts onto paper. However my idea evolved into a slightly different meaning and piece when I decided to add black to my color scheme.
My idea towards abstract expressionism just expanded. A year or so ago, I did a speech about abstract art and it's controversies, and I really started to appreciate and love abstract from that. Now, from this project and learning about the process and meanings, it grew even more.
From the creation of this piece I discovered how acrylic paint really works. For a long time I was sort of scared of acrylic paint because it seemed so difficult to use. However, it's not extremely complex and it is very helpful. I also discovered that painting without objectives is not the worst thing ever. The idea abstract art made me very uncomfortable for me as an artist. Now that I have experimented with it, I found that it is just a little bit of a different approach to what I normally do.
I am proud because I tried my hardest in an area I am not at all used to and it looks like how I imagined. I am fairly satisfied with the piece and the work put into it.
I am disappointed because I didn't use the canvas board. I literally had it right in from of me, but my nerves overwhelmed my decision and I just used paper. I feel like my art would have came out even better if I used the board. Next time, I will try to not be as threatened by a large piece of board.

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Today I accomplished completing my piece! I am pretty satisfied with how it turned out. Obviously my skill with painting isn't very good but hopefully I will get better in time. My inspiration is "The Rising" by Jonas Gerad. This is my inspiration because the color scheme is similar to mine and it influenced me to add black and other darker colors to my piece. I tried to tie up all of the unity and balance with adding more blue shapes and black. This really did pull my art together into the piece I originally had in my head, but better.

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Elements of art shown: In my piece there are primarily shapes displayed. They are organic shapes that do not take up any specific object. These shapes are connected by color in which i used to create balance in some areas. I also see texture in each shape making them a cloud-like or smoke-type look. In order to make everything go together, I am going to add more blacks and blues to the edges and borders of my piece. This will hopefully make more unity and balance.

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Today I stepped out of my comfort zone and added black to my color palette. I created almost an invasion of it starting from the outer ends of the piece. I don't hate it at all. It's a nice step away from my original idea, changing it slightly, but I think that this addition will make it a lot more interesting.

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I decided to add more blue shapes today and i like it! I used the same techniques but with a slightly different color. It's not a super big risk but its a start. I got an idea on what to do for another risk and im going to try it tomorrow I hope it adds something to this redundant painting.

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I fixed those areas I didn't like in the piece. They look better but I'm not exactly sure where to go next in my piece. I think i am going to add more blue shapes into it and see where that goes. I am still pondering what to do as a risk for it but hopefully an idea will catch up with my progress.

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I didn't necessarily take a risk today and i definitely will eventually. However, I today, i added new areas to the piece like the green, blue, and yellow. I'm not super satisfied with the outcome of them so far. Tomorrow, I want to fix those areas and finish the dark red on the bottom of the piece.

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(via I dare you music video)

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the building we stayed at (my picture)

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my photo from SC

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Today i accomplished some satisfaction with my piece. After adding more colors and marks, it is really coming together how my mind imagined it.
For techniques, i utilized the water to spread more paint without actually using more paint. While also experimenting with white in correlation to my color palette.
I didn't use anything for my base layer. I now regret that choice as it makes it hard to get rid of white or bare areas as well as lack of creativity.
I discovered how to make my shapes look different with white paint and water. I also discovered how much paint one really needs to make texture without using something prior to painting.

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I used acrylic paint today because I'm not super used to utilizing it and I wanted to try. I used in good amounts to create a certain look and added water to change the intensity.
I started my piece terrified. I was so scared to mess it up that i just put paint in the middle and worked with it. I started with a dark blue and made a curved shape upward.
I was really unsatisfied with how it looked at first. the strokes were not as distinct as I wanted them to be, which was frustrating. However, when I added a new color, a light violet mixed with red, it made it look different in a better way. I'm excited to build off of it tomorrow.

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my inspiration comes from the midsummer. The warm sun against my skin, blue sky almost engulfing the planes traveling above, and tropical light violets against nice greens of all of the botanical features that inhabit the southern region of america. I want to use these aspects to create abstractions from. The colors like the pale yellow reminded me of the beautiful place we stayed at. Some songs that also helped spark this color scheme and idea was "I Dare You" by the xx, "All We Ever Knew" by The Head and the Heart, "ILYSB" by LANY, "Honey and I" by HAIM, and "Jungle" by Tash Sultana.

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I chose these colors to convey a feeling i feel and see in my mind as i listen to certain sounds.