The past few days, I haven't been to focused on one thing. I can't focus on just painting, or just studying, or just working. So I haven't really been able to paint very much. I'm having some trouble thinking of new ideas.
At the end of last week, I planned out this sketch. I have a piece currently up in my portfolio that is very similar to this, but part of me really wants to redo it. Nothing personal against the idea, I just feel as if I could repaint it and make it better than what it is now. Still debating on doing that though.
I recently found one of my really really old sketchbooks. To me, art that I did six months ago is considered old. So this sketchbook from 2011 seems like ancient art.
The sketchbook had this in it. And I can remember drawing it and thinking that one day I would want to turn it into a big acrylic painting. Since I'm not painting in acrylics right now, I decided to turn it into a watercolor piece, but using imagery and symbolism that is more current in my work. Those hands in the above sketch were a reoccurring theme in my art in that time of my life. I feel like I grew out of putting them in my work. So, this is what happened.
I wasn't actually looking at the top sketch while I redrew this. I always thought that if my sign wasn't an air element, I would love to be a water element sign. It's hard to capture air, yes?
The upside down triangles are the symbol for the water. I wanted to keep them like stars as a play on reflection of water and sky, although the reflections are not matched.
I think this idea still has the potential to be turned into a big paintings someday. Not any time in the near future though. Maybe the next time I want to visit old ideas, I'll turn back to this.
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