This is my everyday object painting. It's my first oil painting, and was done all in palette knife. I came up with a lot of different ideas for this project, but most of them were pretty boring. I thought and thought and thought until the end of class, and then it hit me: bras! Bras are so much fun and I'm actually surprised I haven't seen more art exhibiting them. When I got home I put all of my bras, (and some of my sisters), into a huge pile. I arranged them in a bunch of different ways. When I showed Ms.Rossi the pictures she liked the idea, but suggested putting them in an usual place. I thought it might be funny to put them on a flag pole or something, but I don't have one at home and I'd probably get in a lot of trouble for doing it at school. I decided the best thing to do was just put them in random places all over my house. I put some bras on my fan, on the stairs, in the hallway, on some door knobs. Eventually I put them in the fridge and knew that's the one I had to do.
(I really hate showing people my references because they can see how much I messed up, but this one is too good not to show)
The first thing people ask me when they see this is "What did your family think?" When my mom saw me walking down the stairs with heap of bras she of course asked what I was doing: "Where are you going with all those bras?" "Oh, I'm gonna put them in the fridge." "Ok." And that's how it went.
I really love this photo and I regret cropping it in the painting. I was just worried the objects would look too small if I did the whole thing. My favorite thing about this piece is that even though the bras are out of place, that's totally what it would look like if someone kept their bras in their fridge. Or at least it looks that way to me. I think I'm probably gonna redo this piece as a drawing sometime, and maybe turn it into a series by using the other photos I took too.
Oil was a lot of fun to use, although I think I could've done a better job. It was a good learning experience though, and I learned some techniques that I might use in the future. I love how textured paintings can become with oils, I think they're a good match for me. In the future I'll have to be more careful when using black. I didn't do that patterned bra justice at all, and I think the black outline is the worst thing about it. Maybe I'll fix it when it's dried. I think it was a decent for first try though. I look forward to using more oil paints, and getting a chance to use them on more familiar subject matter.
The first thing people ask me when they see this is "What did your family think?" When my mom saw me walking down the stairs with heap of bras she of course asked what I was doing: "Where are you going with all those bras?" "Oh, I'm gonna put them in the fridge." "Ok." And that's how it went.
I really love this photo and I regret cropping it in the painting. I was just worried the objects would look too small if I did the whole thing. My favorite thing about this piece is that even though the bras are out of place, that's totally what it would look like if someone kept their bras in their fridge. Or at least it looks that way to me. I think I'm probably gonna redo this piece as a drawing sometime, and maybe turn it into a series by using the other photos I took too.
Oil was a lot of fun to use, although I think I could've done a better job. It was a good learning experience though, and I learned some techniques that I might use in the future. I love how textured paintings can become with oils, I think they're a good match for me. In the future I'll have to be more careful when using black. I didn't do that patterned bra justice at all, and I think the black outline is the worst thing about it. Maybe I'll fix it when it's dried. I think it was a decent for first try though. I look forward to using more oil paints, and getting a chance to use them on more familiar subject matter.