During the fall of 2020, I took an oil painting class. Throughout the semester I completed a total of five paintings, each having its own theme.

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The first assignment is a black and white still life of five items that played a role during my quarantine experience. The items I chose were a mask, paintbrush, coffee mug, baton, and a pointe shoe. With this being my first time using oil paint and my first time doing a still life painting, I was very nervous about how it would turn out. I am very happy to say that I love the finished result and that it may be my favorite painting from the class.

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The second assignment is a monochromatic painting of three body parts. We first chose three body parts and created a photoshop composition of them. Next we set the image to a monochrome setting using any color we wanted, I chose tan. We then painted based off of our created images. This is not my favortie piece but I am still happy with the result. Getting the colors correct was a huge challenge for me, as well as the realism in the hands. My favorite part of this painting is the lips.

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The third assignment is a geometric abstraction piece. Before painting, Everyone took a personality quiz to see what color pallet fit them best. I ended up getting the sea glass pallet, which consisted of pastel blues, greens, pinks, and yellows. I knew from the beginning of the assignment that I wanted to do an explosion type design and incorporate strait lines as well as curved lines. I am very happy with how this turned out and along with the first still life piece, this is another favorite.

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The fourth assignment is a geometric self portrait with an underpainting. I split the portrait into two sides to not only widen my color palette, but I also wanted it to help portray my feelings when I am with friends compared to when I am alone. The left side with the warmer colors is meant to show when I am with friends or family and personality feels warmer and brighter. The right side with the cooler colors shows the calmness of me being by myself.

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The fifth and final assignment  could be any style we choose. I chose to do still life based off of a picture with an underpainting. The image I was working off of was an image of my two cats laying on the floor together. I started with the gradient underpainting then started working on adding layers of fur to the cats.