While Maryland was getting pounded with snow, I was painting.... THE BEACH!!

future paintings?

the two together...

...the shins extending from the previous painting. Again abstract with texture in the water. showing the movement and refractions.

the texture in water. with a small portion of a body makes a perfect abstraction.

Ideas!

New Ideas for the next few months!!:

1. Collage swimmer:
- large cardboard
- from a picture
-use cutout paper to follow colors of picture
- show movement through the colors and cutouts

2. relay start:
during a relay start, the swimmer on the block makes a "window" with their hands to follow the swimmer in the water.
an awesome view for a painting would be through the "window" of the water

3. relay start portrait:
portrait of a swimmer through the window of their hands.
- bright lighting and shadows
- good reflection in goggles, and swim cap

4. idea from 'heart of life picture" (to right, replace tree with myself)
- colorful roots, from my feet
- wearing tie-dye smock
- smock is only halfway tie-dye, to show the roots are feeding the colors of the smock

5. normal self potrait
- wearing tie-dye smock

This is the movement in water. This is how i view the flow of water. Its choppy and distorted. The water and her legs disappear into the black because of the distortions. Her face and part of her swim cap is the only thing out of the water so it is not distorted. The view of water is not always flowing and beautiful its misshapen and warped.

The drawing for my painting. I wanted to outline the definite shape with the colors involved.

The Block

A view i am all to well familiar with. The swim block above the pool and the lane ahead. personally this view brings a lot of emotion, it is an adrenaline rush.

The Swimmer

This is a self-portrait on a recycled door of me swimming. I wanted to show movement in the water from the different colors and especially from the reflection. It is the start of a concentration.

Goggles

A series of an object that is dramatically lit. We had to show interesting view points. Of course i chose goggles!

Hyang Kim

Sketch homework where we had to find a mentor from The New American Painting Series. I picked her because of the way she showed movement and color in nature, mostly water.