Pop Goes the Artist!

First, a cute little art timewaster from one of the non-art blogs I read, WardWideWeb: now everyone can be Jackson Pollack!  It’s a fun way to spend a few minutes, although I can say from experience that it’s a lot more fun with real paint.  (We spent a fun day in art class junior year recklessly squirting cheap craft acrylics all over cardstock and declaring ourselves geniuses.)

And now a vent: I’m working on a small portrait of my boyfriend (similar in size and style to the one I did of Lisa awhile back) and it is giving me fits.  First, I had a terrible time pinning down his likeness in the sketch (although I had almost no trouble in his Christmas portrait).  I can’t shake the feeling that the sketch makes him look like Bill Clinton, which is not quite what I’m going for.  I’m still not convinced I have it down, but perhaps it’ll turn out better in paint, with more modeling.  If not, well, canvas board is cheap.  But it’s extremely frustrating.  Now that I’m actually painting it, it seems to be an uphill battle to get my mixes right.  I’m using the same colors I always use, the same combinations, so I have no idea why I can’t seem to get the values right at all.  The skin tones, the hair, even the stupid shirt, are all taking multiple tries, multiple coats, and far more frustration than is usual for me.  It’s like I’ve lost all ability to judge values.

I thought I do this because it’s fun?

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