Paniting, Part II: Figments

After some playing around in my new found world of painting, I decided to try my hand at more palpable objects. My days of smattering are not over, but I simply wanted to expand my horizons by trying to paint my figments. I knew that my first piece had to incorporate both simple colors and shapes. I found this to be a good starting point. Below is the initial rendering of my envisage:

I created this design with a balance of shape and color in mind. I used paper cut-outs and masking tape to aid in painting the shapes as true to their dimensions as possible. Even still, this proved to be tedious. 

SHAPE TONE

The white line is unpainted canvas and the only uninterrupted object. The blue ellipse was created with the method I documented in my first post. The yellow circle is that of the inner ring of the masking tape. I used a compass to create the green equilateral triangle. All of these are true colors except for the red square, which I achieved by mixing the orange with magenta. The last layer to be painted was the black negative space.


My second piece was initially inspired by PERMANENT DUSK. I liked the concept of having a horizon split the piece into two very different, yet related, scenes. My secondary inspiration is a picture I took while traveling through Arizona:

My piece ended up being more simple and surreal:

ROAD TO EVERYWHERE

I was so content with how the blue of the sky came out, I decided to skip the clouds. Similar to the sky, for the land I used a technique of fading in color on approach of the horizon. I continued to use my tape method for the lines of the road. All the while I painted, I enjoyed contemplating this composition's metaphorical implications. I will let you come up with your own, but please do share!


I am decently proud of my final works. Pablo would be too.