It is at this point I realize half of my summer projects are about space. I imagine this is a subconscious expression of my desire get far, far away from any place with more than 50% humidity, and what could have less water vapor per square foot than the refreshing coolness of the ionosphere?
Even though this is a space-themed project, it is not part of my space-themed concentration. And, if you think about it, everything is in space, right? So that means any of my summer projects would be equally fitting for the "space" concentration, and I can choose whichever ones I like because fascist art laws can't oppress me.
I've always wanted to be like the people who can pull off the smear-things-on-other-things-until-it-looks-good art technique (as opposed to the plan-every-line-five-days-in-advance-and-constantly-worry-if-it-looks-good side of the spectrum) and that is exactly the method I used in this project. Since it is mixed media, I found a multitude of things from the abandoned corners of my room to combine into a picture, including:
Even though this is a space-themed project, it is not part of my space-themed concentration. And, if you think about it, everything is in space, right? So that means any of my summer projects would be equally fitting for the "space" concentration, and I can choose whichever ones I like because fascist art laws can't oppress me.
I've always wanted to be like the people who can pull off the smear-things-on-other-things-until-it-looks-good art technique (as opposed to the plan-every-line-five-days-in-advance-and-constantly-worry-if-it-looks-good side of the spectrum) and that is exactly the method I used in this project. Since it is mixed media, I found a multitude of things from the abandoned corners of my room to combine into a picture, including:
- Chalk pastels
- Watercolor paint
- Non-colored, non-paint water
- Crayons
- India ink
- Non-India ink
- Dried acrylic paint flakes
- Formerly not-dry acrylic paint non-flakes
- Paper
- Chemical X