This past weekend I went to work in my studio. I realized that working with just black and white tones the second half of last Spring semester and continuing to do so now hinders my continuing experience painting with colors. So I decided that I should, on the side of my black and white paintings, continue to paint with colors.
Untitled. Christine Huang. 2011.
As can be seen in this first painting the lacking usage in the mixture and variety of colors. I noticed that there were times I had difficulties choosing the specific colors for the canvas. There are unless possibilities of mixtures that I hesitated when painting the colors, which should not be the case. I believe it is up most important to continue with other, on the side, colored paintings.
Untitled. Christine Huang. 2011.
This is just an experimental piece still in its beginnings. I wanted to see if I could use lines to make some sort of grid, but not so apparent, and have the lines be positioned in a certain way that they create a sense of balance even if they are not all symmetrical. The colors added were a way to experiment with representation without really being obvious as well. I will need to work more on this idea.
Untitled. Christine Huang. 2011.
This is my latest black and white painting concerning with windows and doorways. It is still not complete; I would like to add thicker layers of the mid-tones. I found the drastic contrast between the lightest gray and black to be very appealing. After looking at this painting, even though its still not done, I'm thinking about whether to paint with a texture-feeling or smooth out the colors. In this painting, I used both the palette knife and brush and found the juxtaposition of both tool application makes the painting interesting to look at.
Sketches. Christine Huang. 2011.
Sketches. Christine Huang. 2011.
The two pictures above are two pages from my sketchbooks. I began to look into how the geometric shapes of windows, buildings, doorways, etc. relate in comparison with the shape of the canvas itself. In the second left sketch of the first picture and the first sketch of the second picture I played around with the idea of framing the canvas with the various identities of the building, which in this case is mostly the window. The other sketches, in particular, the second sketch of the second picture, I began to think about the idea of how fast I want to reveal what I'm depicting to the viewer. While sketching, I've been thinking about using the light, dark and mid-tones to help slowly reveal what is being depicted, which sounds like an interactive puzzle needing a lot of attention in order to get the answer.
Great entries, thoughtful and well illustrated. It would be useful for you to caption the work with dates, perhaps when you started it, perhaps when you finished it. It is great to see the sketches in there. They are the highlights for me.
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