the BIG painting (under commission!)
Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 05:33PM So, usually the only way I willingly tackle a big canvas is if it is made under commission. The whiteness usually scares me and draws me into a *blank* mode. But once in a while, one of this big paintings finds me, so I eagerly take on the project. And yes, I started this painting and after going blank for a while, I finally got a good idea, also, there's a few guidelines for this one:
*Incorporating Lebanese and Colombian heritage
*Brown, Ocre, Yellow
*It's meant to be a present for a wedding. (awwww, I know, how cute) so there has to be something wedding-y and romantic about it, maybe bells? something old, something new, borrowed and blue? doves flying? or is that only for peace?
I decided to attack this problem with the help of a poem that the commissioner (what an important title to be given to somebody!) provided, it's about how two trees can only grow side by side and not in the shadow of one another, (will post the poem once the painting is completed) so here they are, the two trees, it's still not finished but you get the idea. More pictures once it's done! cause it's still a work in progress, and I need to send it out the door ASAP! The wedding is ONE week! ack!
here's a few pictures of the process of what I like to call:
BIG BIG PAINTING 1.0
BIG BIG PAINTING 2.0
AND 2.1
BIG BIG PAINTING 3.0
Just a side note. Today we went to see Mamma Mia, you know, the movie. And after being uncomfortable for a while in the beginning, and feeling kind of weird with all that singing, (Pierce Brosnan singng??) I finally got into the rythm of the movie (ha! rythm, get it?) and I really enjoyed it. This is the first movie where I have experienced a movie theatre suddenly busrting into song. It was weird in a liberating kind of way. I had always wanted to sing along and maybe do a little clapping in a movie theater. Today I got a chance, it was AWESOME.
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