Painting - Day 10 - Absent

I stayed home last Wednesday, and I just got Endoscopy done today at 11am. My left wrist hurts right now, because they stuck the needle through there to knock me out >_<", and something tells me it's going to bruise and cause more OW  ...bbllaahh  ... x_x 

     Today, I started pouring the 1st gallon size paint bucket into the wide mouth bottle I got from the Container Store. It poured alright, just some slight spills. I just bought a batch of bottles ($53.03 @_@") from them to test out the size and their cap screws - to see if it's compatibility with some of the other caps I already have; so I can draw fine lines and then ranging to thicker line ^.^


The spill paint was recycled by staining my smaller canvases, as if I was dying them in a bucket ^.^ hehe
Because the pigment is acrylic base, it means I never have to waste my paint as long as I got water. :)

          It's Spring break for me since Wednesday (03/24th) - till April 4th. I've got a lot to get done before the break is over. Marcy wants us to be able to tell her the scale of all our paintings for the Senior Thesis Art Show by the time we come back. :: deep exhales...::.... I can't believe the end is this close within my grasp! I still have ideas, and things I want to explore; but I'm afraid I won't have time to complete everything before the hanging date - which is May 05th and 6th. The show will be on May10th, and opening reception will be at 6:30PM. I don't know how our two large groups are going to coordinate everything this year. @_@"  - We need press release, show cards, and site. (Which some people suggested Lauren and Me - because I took the course before them and saw how last year's got coordinated.) Then we need our own individual site, art cards and or business cards done before the show is up; which I intend on completing within my break, along with catching up with school work and spending some extra time to paint in school? :: sighs..:: SO MUCH TO DO!!!

I can't wait for May25th !! My Graduation Ceremony !! The first one my Grandparents gets to see ^.^  :: very happy ::

Painting - Day 09 - 24 hrs

Once again I worked on the upper half torso. But soon that part got filled with paint, so I started working on her lower body on the canvas as well till the end of the class. I started to attempt the over head hand tonight, but mostly on the gesture. However, I started to run out of medium tonight, and after I refilled all my colored bottles - I was able to take 2 Large empty bottles home to refill with more medium hehee. ^.^

But I think I kinda killed the face tonight in comparison to the progress I made last class....:: sighs.. :: I had a bad day.... maybe it shows? lol

Painting - Day 08 - 21 hrs

Went in to paint tonight, and found out Marcy wasn't there Monday night. I got comforted a lot after I informed them of why I was absent. My model felt bad for me, she kept on looking at me with a sad poutie look. :: amused ::

Tonight I just worked on the upper half of the painting because I'm determined to get that face right and pretty. ^.^


I also got a chance to discuss with Marcy about the idea I have, but she loves what I'm doing now and don't want me to switch lanes. She's also going to see if I can get a model on Saturday if I go in and put forth some over time ^.^

Painting - Day 07 - Absent

I ended up in the Emergency room yesterday in Elmhurst Hospital.

They kept me there for about 5hours because I had a chest pain that lasted over 15hours combined. (twice now...when I was trying to write pain, I ended up writing Paint...@_@" - I think my subconscious is trying to tell me something hahhaha....)

They did 2EKGs, 1 X-Ray, 1 Urine test, and gave me 2 regular, plain, white, generic Tylenols > right before I left with my discharge papers and a excuse slip for my internship place.

The up side of that eternal visit was a 2week prescription made from uncertain diagnosis with the hope that it'll work :: wink wink ::, and a reminder of how crappy hospital food is. Oh Oh..... and listening to hospital gossips from the cops and the nurses, while a drunk stabbed patient snores like Jurassic Park was moved next to me.

I went to see my family doctor today, and also saw a G.I. by referral.

So this week I'll be getting Sonography done for my abdomen area.

On March 27th, 11AM - I'll be getting Endoscopy done, which is basically a doctor sticking a camera into my stomach to get a grand tour of my insides.

And if this is not a stomach problem...I'll be seeing a doctor about my lungs... :: said the "Non-Smoker"...::... Because that's what was recommended during my 5hour visit.

The End.


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On the other hand,

I've been thinking about making a painting scroll that will be the size of Picasso's "Guernica" = 11ft x 25.6ft = 349 cm × 776 cm = (137.4 in × 305.5 in)

And I want this piece to be purely abstract, which I'll be doing on my own time.

I think this scale will match the school's Great Hall (6,289 Sq Feet) a lot better. :)

Now I just need to find out the height of this place!!!! @_@"

Painting - Day 06 - 18th hr

Broke a sweat....


I went back into the figure and spent most of the time drawing the face - Repeatedly....
It made me a little paranoid about messing it up, so as precaution.... I'm going to set it up standing and paint with a brush to draw before I go back on it with a bottle.



Right now, I feel like the proportion part is off by the head, breasts... legs... so to me the general thing is wrong... so I'm not liking it as much. Secondly, the model is standing, and with one leg on the ground; maybe I'll sketch and then paint on my own some time too.... I don't want a slightly different pose every time, it messes with all the time I'm putting into measuring.



We also had a visitor during the middle of our class, Professor Richard Pitts came in to check up on us. He's also teaching the other senior painting class. He encouraged me to put together the smaller paintings with this larger piece, and people will read it together even if I don't right now. So I did, and I think it might work.... I just don't think the colors work together as a whole....

Marcy has been encouraging me to make more, especially since I did bring it more canvases. And I'm very glad she likes my current paintings so much. But I don't know if I'll be able to put everything in the show? Since we don't know how they're going to be curating it till we're all done in May. :: sighs ...:: I also need to know the measurements of the Great Hall, like at least the height of it. (Which no one has told us...)

Suikang also walked in later on but mostly to look around.

"Lots to do, so little time..."

>>>>> I kept on having ideas on other paint applications, like how I'd usually draw with pastel sticks. It leads be back to sponge brushes and cake decorating techniques.... @_@" aahhhh.....

Painting - Day 05 - 15th hr

Over the weekend, I bought 5 old paintings from home to school. So today I had plenty of canvases to do whatever I please. I did started drawing on one of the 24"x48" canvas at first with blue paint, and then I pieced them together for a bigger scale... Because I saw Paul using a large scale when I went in on Saturday... it made me think and I thought I should too since the Great Hall is really big. So I put two canvases together and made it 24"x96".

The started of a new painting today:


Phase 1

I was very concerned about proportion, so I blocked it out with black gesso first.

>>>> ....BEFORE.....

I really liked painting on top of this dypitch project that was made from Feinbergs 2008 class, where I worked with twine, toth picks, tissue paper, strings, egg shells, and my own hair.
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Phase 2

Started covering shadow areas with red, and yellow where the light was hitting.
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Last Phase of the night...

I went in with blue to re-do the proportions again...and lining...
Now I'm just praying the face don't come out scarey with this bottle line drawing technique... :: fingers crossed ::