COMPLETELY finished Tableau Vivant.

Finally. Never have to work on this stupid thing ever again.

I'm just glad to be done with it. I think I did basically all I could do to it.

Still Workin' on That Painting...

Since we tried SOOOOOO HAAAARD (which we did, fo rill), we get MOAR TIME to work on our Tableaus. Mine... is surprisingly getting better. I was very frustrated in critique, but at least everyone thought I had improved on what I had last time.

Also it seems that painting this thing that I hate is much better when I put on my Inspiration playlist on my iPod and sing. Aww, yay!

Finished Tableau Vivant.

Yeah, so, I was thinking "ALRIGHT! I DID IT!" Then I got it critiqued. Basically nobody used the blue, brown, and white in the way that our teacher had in mind, except for like two people. I dunno, if I would've known what he wanted, I would've done that. I succeeded slightly with the grass texture, but he didn't like the blue and brown "sections" (which, mind you, every section has some brown and blue in it, for the most part, even the jeans). And I guess I didn't really succeed as much as I was hoping.

I always feel like maybe I did a good job, then critique comes and it turns out all the things I thought I did well I didn't do as well. I know critique is to help you improve, but I was just hoping I'd done better. Oh well... I know what to fix, but I don't... I've already painted over the background, because everyone hated it, and in all honesty, I don't know WHAT I'm gonna put back there. And the space is awful in this, because I just don't know how to paint that way and "convey space" or whatever like he wants, so... I don't know. I have a week to fix this. Not sure how it's gonna go. At least they said it was a start...?

Final Drawing BEFORE Painting!

It took me a good long while, but I finally got a good drawing on here after painstaking work. I had to erase everything and redraw, even having to use tracing paper and Photoshop to blow the tracing paper drawings up. Not something I really enjoy doing or anything. But whatever.

Here's hoping I paint you well!

Thumbnails...

And other preparations for the Tableau Vivant painting!

 Here we have the thumbnails...

 Practicing textures that appear in my painting (concrete, grass, furry hood of coat, bike, etc).

More random facial expressions, this time using the burnt umber as well. I was going to do more, from the different angles that weren't straight on, but I sort of messed up (by accident, HA!). But I will get around to more one of these days. I'm sure they will be of use to me for more than just this project.

Project 1: Tableau Vivant

A term meaning "Living Picture," the Tableau Vivant was a popular form of entertainment in Europe before photography, radio, or film. A group of models would recreate paintings, etchings, or scenes from books by posing in frozen attitudes on a stage, often with elaborate costumes, props, and lighting. Tableaux Vivants are still created at the annual Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach - a $4.1 million production featuring 40 art works recreated over a period of 2 months. For this assignment, you will create a Tableau of one work of figurative art, and use it as a reference for a new illustration. The illustration will be 11"x15".

Traditions to look at:
Chinese Scrolls
European Illuminated Manuscripts
Egyptian Painting
Greek Vase Painting
Persian Miniature Painting
*Ukiyo-e Prints


BOLD - The main one I'm interested in
* - That one awkward one that COULD work if I choose the right one...

Of course, I will be looking at all of these. Let's see how this works.