I got this idea by wanting to originally paint shoes, however I've already made a piece with shoes, so I then decided to do hats. Both these hats are my hats and they're two of my favorites. Originally I was going to do one hat then I was going to do three or four and I ended up with two. The rolling stones hat is my personal favorite, the hat is black however I used shades of blue and red to get a black vibe. The cream hat was the hardest, it was really difficult to get shading in the hat and all the details on the hat took a while since oil paint takes so long to dry. The benefits of planning and sketching for me was deciding how many hats to do, and what position I wanted the hats to be in. I went with two because I liked these two the most over all them and I liked the picture that I had of the two of them together. Originally the background for the piece was white and I decided to have the hats sitting on a brick landscape and a flush pink background. I didn't want white and I thought the maroon and pink would look best for a background since I used so much blue, white, red, and tan in the hats itself. Some obstacles I faced were getting the textures of the hats and the shading of the hats, it was a lot harder than I intended it to be, however overall I really like the way the hats turned out. I do have a favorite because I spent more time on the rolling stones one compared to the marine one. Another obstacle I faced was not using black, black is a flat color however the rolling stones hat is black, so I improvised and used shades of blue and red to get a black vibe, I know its not black but it's as close as I could get and overall I really enjoy the way the hat looks. I think I was successful on the drawing itself and the painting, I wish I had better time management for this piece because I ended up spending the majority of the time on one hat, so the other is a little flat and not as detailed as I'd like it to be. One thing I need to improve on with painting is adding colors that you don't see but you know belong there, its hard for me to add colors to a piece when you don't actually see them in the picture however adding these other colors gives dimension to the piece and makes it look more realistic. I also could improve on the proportions on the right hat, I think the proportions are a little off and I wish the top of the hat mixed the lid more. I gained experience from this project, this was the first time I ever made a final piece with oil paints. I liked them a lot more than I thought I would and I like how you ca blend out the colors so nicely. I also gained skill with blending paints and creating colors for these hats. This has inspired me to learn more about oil paints because in Art 3 I never really gave them chance since I liked acrylic so much, but after giving them a chance I really like the way my piece turned out and I enjoyed using them. If I were to make this piece again I would change the proportions on the right hat and try to add more shading than I did. I think for the first time really using oils I did a good job and I like the way it turned out.
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January 2018
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