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Lone Bloom, oil painting assignment, December 2024

For my second and final topic painting assignment for a painting II class, I chose to make an abstract painting with Russian khokhloma as my primary inspiration. I ended up choosing to fit this inspiration to the composition and flow of a digital abstract piece I had made a month prior, "Caustic Seas" (also my piece for Tennotober 2024 Day 14: Void). I also drew upon my previous work on Degrowth, a student game project in spring of 2024.

I treated this painting as a kind of further style exploration of what I worked on for Degrowth and as preparation for what I would like to do for my spring 2025 capstone project, with the goal of fitting Russian folk art styles to character and environment designs. Russian art in general is of particular interest to me as of late, as I explore my partial Russian heritage as a source of inspiration for these final school projects!

Dec 20th, 2024 Cropped photo of an oil painting depicting flowers, vines, leaves, and berries in shapes and colors inspired by Russian khokhloma and zhostovo.

Dec 20th, 2024

Cropped photo of an oil painting depicting flowers, vines, leaves, and berries in shapes and colors inspired by Russian khokhloma and zhostovo.

Uncropped photo.

Uncropped photo.

Photo taken further away, with my reference images visible on the easel board. Some of these reference images are digital art pieces I had made previously, while others are examples of Russian khokhloma I found online.

Photo taken further away, with my reference images visible on the easel board. Some of these reference images are digital art pieces I had made previously, while others are examples of Russian khokhloma I found online.

Nov 21st, 2024 Four thumbnail sketches. The bottom two are inspired by previous digital abstract pieces I made. I ended up going with the bottom left composition, based on my piece "Caustic Seas" / Tennotober 2024 Day 14: Void.

Nov 21st, 2024

Four thumbnail sketches. The bottom two are inspired by previous digital abstract pieces I made. I ended up going with the bottom left composition, based on my piece "Caustic Seas" / Tennotober 2024 Day 14: Void.

My digital abstract piece, "Caustic Seas", used as a reference for compositions and flow.

My digital abstract piece, "Caustic Seas", used as a reference for compositions and flow.

Nov 22nd, 2024 Photo taken of the initial easel setup before I started painting.

Nov 22nd, 2024

Photo taken of the initial easel setup before I started painting.

Nov 23rd, 2024 Photo of the initial dark-ish wash, with loose forms to figure out composition.

Nov 23rd, 2024

Photo of the initial dark-ish wash, with loose forms to figure out composition.

Dec 2nd, 2024 After the wash (and Thanksgiving break) I started with cobalt and ultramarine blue brushstrokes.

Dec 2nd, 2024

After the wash (and Thanksgiving break) I started with cobalt and ultramarine blue brushstrokes.

Dec 3rd, 2024 Yellow was then added for the flowers and vines, which mixed with the still-wet blues to create some very nice shades of green. Red and yellow were added for the berries between.

Dec 3rd, 2024

Yellow was then added for the flowers and vines, which mixed with the still-wet blues to create some very nice shades of green. Red and yellow were added for the berries between.

Dec 9th, 2024 More rendering throughout and using a dark violet to darken the background and define the forms more. In the final piece, ultramarine blue and alizarin crimson was also used to better color balance that that violet.

Dec 9th, 2024

More rendering throughout and using a dark violet to darken the background and define the forms more. In the final piece, ultramarine blue and alizarin crimson was also used to better color balance that that violet.

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