painting is fun (as hell)

painting is fun
painting is fun
painting is fun (as hell)
can i get a hell yah?!
hell yahhh
painting is fun

yesterday in the saga
instructor told me everything i'm doing is wrong
"this isn't kindergarten"
told me to get the painting supplies of a painter
why'd he tell me this : 'cause to save some cash, i brought my old rusty painting
set
a few weak brushes and some small portions of colors haha
i was like beforehand, telling myself
why go get broke buying some more paint now
lemme just use these "kindergarten" thingies
but jyeah
he asked another student if they could lend me some paint
also introduced me to the acrylic medium
oooh wah
i tell you when i put it down on the canvas
it was like a new awakening
oh the possibilities
oh the sensation i cant describe
like an instant inner peace

so jyeah, 100% here now - i'm gonna get some real supplies
and start to paint like a painter

instructor's advice:
> get lots of color
- don't eget tubes, get jars of paint!
get a wide assortment, don't need too much black
need lots of white (i'm offended, hehe)
need lots of blues, earth tones, light color
get a variety of each color
yeah lots and lots of color!

> get a paper pallette
the bigger the better - cause it's gonna get messy.
need to splatter and spread and blend paint - lots of it.

> get some good brushes
invest in some good brushes! it's worth it. he didn't tell me this directly, overheard him talking to another student.

hmm, i like this guy! you know why painting is such a good meditation? it forces you to see life as it is, not what you imagine. and when you see life as it is, you realize that it is way more than what you imagined actually -- which in turn, improves your imagination. after all, we live in nature, we cannot go against it , no matter how we try. there are so many surfaces and so much depth in life. it's wonderful.

breaking things down into their basic shapes:
we've been learning how to "see" in class. that is, basically, how to put together a composition. well, observing the figure: no matter what position you are in the room, you can see the four walls, the other students around you, the floor, and the inhabiting objects.
where to begin is the hardest part for me. not just in painting, but in life. haha, as a side note - i ran across this quote: "i'm like a mosquito in a nudist camp. i know what i want, but i don't know where to start"... but precisely where you start in the painting is the nude, the subject of your piece. i.e., what you want to stand out the most. aha, so i started from the figure, her toes - to her head - and back to her toes. i drew the silhouette using tiny curvilinear shapes.
once i can start to see the nude emerge on the page, then i have to map relationships of space from the figure: how big and what direction to make each thing is what it comes down to. this forces you to stare for a long time. you look at it some more, draw something, then you're like "nah, that's not quite right". you do it again. ahh... i love it.

instructor says think space: foreground, background, the floor, the vertical, the horizontal, and the curve.

think light: watch the reflections around the room and what tales they have to tell.
the blue blanket the nude was lying on was causing the edge of her white skin to look orange. did i notice this? heck no.