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The last two weeks or so we have worked to prepare for our oil paintings. Last week, Grace and I finally managed to fix our composition and begin drawing. The charcoal I used was too dark and loose so some of it bled into the paint while I was working on the grisaille layer. This made it hard to paint the correct values, especially since I was already putting the paint on too thickly. I think I figured it out some though, so hopefully this week goes better.

I chose Australian painter Kathy Karas to look into because her work captured my eye as I was searching for contemporary artists. I think the thing that was most appealing to me was the dripping motion of the trees, which made them, at first glance, look almost like jellyfish. It was almost very dark when it looked like the jellyfish, eerie-feeling with the blue being so dark and all. It's a really pretty painting though, and her use of color is interesting to me. It looks re

I listened to Oura Sananikone's 02/04/25 lunchtime lecture. I thought his background was really interesting due to the variety of art...