Art Clash 2015
“Inner Strength”, 18×24 Watercolor, Ink, and Metallic Acrylic
As promised in my last post, I wanted to share my finished piece from this year’s Art Clash! I was definitely feeling the time limit this time around, and did have to either hurry through or leave out some additional details that I wanted in the piece. I may consider a simpler composition next year haha, but I’m still happy with how this turned out, despite my having to be in literal hyperdrive just to finish with 5 minutes to spare.
I combined a variety of vintage photograph references (For those of you that don’t know, antique photos have been kind of my “thing” over the past year.) for the figure, coupled with classic superhero imagery. My concept was grappling with the idea that how we feel inside is rarely how the rest of the world sees us. We have this entire vast, complex universe inside us. We must never forget no matter what we are going through, that we are so much more than others may portray us as. We can be the heroes of our own story even in the small, day-to-day decisions that we make, and actions that we take.
Heather and I had a fantastic time, saw a lot of amazing art, and I got to work next to this awesome little kid watercolor painting his favorite scene from Star Wars. All in all, it was a good day.
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That heather girl you mentioned at the Art Clash sounds pretty cool. Next year, bigger and better art baby!! I sorta learned how to do profiles differently and might do a lesson on my blog…see I am already copying you. Now if I cut my hair in an A-line bob and went brown—get worried. I look forward to your blog very much and find them happy and very useful artistic tool in every post. Now if you can teach me how to draw a boy, I would love it…sorta been on an all girl phase since I was in high school. Take care A. Nobel-ess.
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