Sketches. Christine Huang. 2011.10.12.
Untitled. Christine Huang. 2011
I worked more on this painting because I felt that more layers of paint was needed. Also, I had premixed the mid-tones and wanted to smooth out the edges using the mid-tones. I will continue to work on this painting.
Untitled. Christine Huang. 2011.10.12
In this painting, I continued with my study of windows in correspondence with the canvas shape. This one isn't finished yet and will need additional layers of paint. But I like the idea of a rectangle within a rectangle.
Untitled Broken Up. Christine Huang. 2011.10.12.
For this painting, I wondered what if the edges of things could go on forever. What will happen? I decided to take the doorway painting and extend all the lines. Another aspect I wanted to portray was using geometric shapes. While the window and doorway are all in the painting, they are hidden within in the lines. When color is added, the representation of both objects are lost even further. In a sense, I wanted to somehow divide the canvas into three sections and have the middle section be pushed back into space. However, this painting didn't really turn out the way I wanted, like the one in my sketches. The colors didn't seem to be in a balanced position on the canvas. I will try another painting like this one this coming week.
Bag. Christine Huang. 2011.10.12.
I feel that like with the lack of color, the lack of painting a still life, and only constantly painting architecture, will drive me a little crazy. For this unfinished painting, I decided to start off with painting a still life using the mid-tone colors I already mixed. Like the other paintings from this week, I will continue to work on this one as well.
Great sketches and work on the paintings Christine :) I especially like the first Untitled painting you posted--not only is the contrast and range of black, grays, and whites depicted well, the light quality looks really mysterious and there's a kind of tension in it that makes it really intriguing to look at.
ReplyDeleteI also really like the broken up sketches you did--more so than the actual painting of it. Perhaps because the sketches were done in pen that it has a more graphic, clean quality? It's very Mondrian-esque but with a twist. Keep it goin!