This idea was out of the blue, I thought it would be cool to draw a container of peanuts, however i was out of peanuts so i resorted to peanut M&M's. My other idea was to do a closet but I didn't think i would have the time to draw it, however I probably should have because I think it would have looked better than the M&M's. In the planning I did the M&M's in pen and I think it looked better than the paint, I also wasn't use to using acrylic so it took me some time to get use to it. My process was laying down a base color for all the M&M's then going back in and adding highlights and shading to each M&M. I then did the base layer for the granite counter top and still have to add to it. An obstacle I faced was getting the glass jar right, I drew glass for the first time a couple weeks ago and that was already pretty hard so to paint glass it made it even harder. I'm still adding highlights and shading and colors to make it look more realistic but it'll just take time to perfect painting glass. Another obstacle I faced was the background, and painting granite, I don't really like it and I still need to add more detail to it. One thing I think was successful was the M&M's themselves, I like the highlights I got with them and I also like the colors I got. One thing I need to improve on is time management and detail in the background, I think if I were to add more detail to the background it would make the piece pop more. I also need to improve on the glass because as of right now it still doesn't look like glass, however I do plan on fixing it and making it look more realistic. What was gained from my project was learning how to do shading and highlighting with acrylic paint, I don't think I've ever done that with acrylic paint and you have to work a lot faster than I thought you had to since acrylic drys so fast. This has inspired me to use more oil paints because I like the way they look and I like how you can work on them a lot longer than acrylic paint for detail and it's a lot easier to add detail to oil for me. What I were to do different if I did this project again would be draw the glass bowl differently and I would add more detail to the glass and granite so it looks more realistic. I would also find a way to add a shine to the granite so it looks realistic and add more highlights to the glass. Overall I think my piece is successful I ended up getting rid of the granite and adding a simple background, I then added more to the glass bowl to make it look realistic and I added the letters to the M&M’s. I really like this piece now that I’m done with it, also now that I’m done with it and I’m looking at it I might add more to the background since it’s very plain but other than that I like the way this ended up looking.
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January 2018
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