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Blog post #2 (Independent art end)4/18/2023 On my last blog I explained that I was doing an independent project, at that point I was working on my second to last painting “Manic Obsession”. Soon after I finished the painting and moved onto the last one “Angelic Freedom,” this being the last in the series and concluding the end of these paintings. Throughout this series I struggled to continue on with it as I continued to hit walls time and time again, with my references, with my art style, with how I wanted to go about the paintings and my technique. I continued to work despite these blocks, pushing through them like a steam engine until I eventually burned myself out and couldn’t paint any more. I took a break in between Manic and Freedom. Struggling to find the time and willingness to finish the paintings. But soon I was reminded that the exact reason I wanted to do these paintings was for people like me in the exact same situation. After this realization I started working again and officially finished my last painting on April 10th “Angelic Beauty”
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My first Blog (independent art project)3/29/2023 In VAM for the past four weeks the VAM students have been working on independent art projects. All of the students have chosen their own individual ideas to turn into the art of our self expression. For my project I decided to do six paintings based on specific emotions one may go through during a depressive episode. The first, melancholy, the second anxiousness, the third anger, fourth, emotional pain, the fifth is manic. And then finally sixth is freedom. The reasoning for this painting was to highlight mental health without demonizing it and instead highlighting the tolls it can take on a person's mind set and physical body but how you can also come out of it, damaged or not. Still free from the shackles of pain and sadness. The paintings I have done so far have been a struggle but they have been worth it. My vision is coming to life with messy brush strokes and splatters of paint. It represents how erratic and messy a bad mental condition can be. With different facial expressions and black and white tones as well as pops of colors I hope people feel less alone with their mental struggles.
AuthorIsis is a newly turned sixteen year old who loves art and Halloween. They also love music and find a lot of inspiration in it |