Day 1....eek!

This canvas is HUGE!  It's 20 by 28 inches and it took forever to divide it into just six sections.  That's how I have been taught on starting projects when going by a picture.  I took private lessons back in my high school days and little while afterwards.  I haven't seen my art teacher for about a year.

Her name is Kendra Bayer and I am really starting to miss her.  I am thinking I may need to seek out some guidance from her or another art instructor.  I don't know why I stopped going.  I just had so many other things on my mind besides art, I suppose. 

Another reason why it may have taken a half hour to measure and divide my canvas is because all I have is a six inch ruler-a better ruler is on the list.  I am also guessing I need better propping for when I start painting-like a large easel or a chair that I will cover with an old bed sheet.  I also need to think about how much paint I might possibly need and the kind of brushes that I want to use.

JoAnn's can wait on my monetary donation for now.  My next step is to draw out the picture matching it all up to my copy.  I will do this by using approximate measuring, my boxes as guides and my only good drawing pencil.  I will need more pencils and erasers, too.  The copy is small so some tweaking may need to be done. 

There is really nothing to show right now.  Just a blank canvas with lines that you can hardly see.

Sigh....more tomorrow.
 

Immersion Project

tarting in the month of March I will be trying to recreate Van Gogh's Starry Night.  This is a very important project for me because it may help determine and answer a few personal questions about my aspirations in life.  Soon I will start and I wanted to let you know what I will be working with.

I found a giant blank canvas that my Mom purchased last year.  I have worked on canvas before with acrylic.  Working on a canvas eliminates any other mediums and the option of oils.  Oil paint would be preferable although I have never used it and I know for a fact it's pricey.  Acrylic is super cheap...if you know where to buy it.  My sources would more than likely be Muncie's Walmart.  Most brands do their job just fine.   

I meant to get a good picture of my own copy with my camera but was unable to go to my home in Tipton.  So I went onto Google and printed a color copy.  It looks fantastic.  I probably won't stick to copying Van Gogh but will make my own interpretation and exaggerate certain aspects of the painting I like most.

By the time I'm done I hope to have something to hang on my wall at my Muncie apartment to be proud of.  I will also have two copies of the painting to go home to.