April Recap
6 years ago
General
A bit late on this one, I'm not sure if I want to keep writing these or if anybody cares to read them so this might be the last one.
I've made it through Marco Bucci's Digital Painting 2 and 3 "workshops." Honestly I can't say I recommend them, they're very long and without much solid technical instruction. They're more multi-hour long painting demos where he just talks about what he's doing and why. You aren't missing out if you just watch his free youtube stuff. I started a composition course as well but have really been struggling with it and haven't made much progress on that front besides getting through a few basic studies.
I've spent more time working on that same digital project that's been in my WIP folder for months now, reworking it for probably the 7th+ time. The sunk cost fallacy is real and I just can't let it go or start over, as many times as I probably should have. There's a couple large glaring issues with it still that would require basically another rework to fix so I think I'm just going to finish it up as is, upload it anyway and call it donein another 3 months.
Lastly I've picked up some small kits of different traditional paints to try out, and have been playing with making little paintings with them. I started with acrylics, which I really do not like and have yet to make anything decent looking with. I've given watercolors a try too which I actually really enjoyed and will probably continue to mess around with, so you might see the rare watercolor upload in the future. Lastly I have a gouache set coming in the mail soon, and a small set of oil paint which I have yet to open but will also be trying eventually.
Anyways, I hope you all are doing well and staying healthy, and thanks for reading.
Peace
I've made it through Marco Bucci's Digital Painting 2 and 3 "workshops." Honestly I can't say I recommend them, they're very long and without much solid technical instruction. They're more multi-hour long painting demos where he just talks about what he's doing and why. You aren't missing out if you just watch his free youtube stuff. I started a composition course as well but have really been struggling with it and haven't made much progress on that front besides getting through a few basic studies.
I've spent more time working on that same digital project that's been in my WIP folder for months now, reworking it for probably the 7th+ time. The sunk cost fallacy is real and I just can't let it go or start over, as many times as I probably should have. There's a couple large glaring issues with it still that would require basically another rework to fix so I think I'm just going to finish it up as is, upload it anyway and call it done
Lastly I've picked up some small kits of different traditional paints to try out, and have been playing with making little paintings with them. I started with acrylics, which I really do not like and have yet to make anything decent looking with. I've given watercolors a try too which I actually really enjoyed and will probably continue to mess around with, so you might see the rare watercolor upload in the future. Lastly I have a gouache set coming in the mail soon, and a small set of oil paint which I have yet to open but will also be trying eventually.
Anyways, I hope you all are doing well and staying healthy, and thanks for reading.
Peace
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