Natalie G11 & 12 Artist Portfolio '15 - '17

This piece really took a lot of time and effort to complete.  On the foam board, I had gridded out the entire board to 1cm by 1cm squares using pencil, then I added a layer of white acrylic paint in order soften the darkness of the lead so that when I paint on top of the foam board, the pencil lines would not be as apparent.  I began with painting the grass in the background.  It took me a while to get the hang of the strokes I had to use.  Each grid that I marked would hold nine smaller squares which I painted free hand with a small brush, which still made the lines of the grid visible.  I had originally begun with painting the piece grid by grid, however I soon discovered that it was faster if I painted with one colour, then go back to the area again with a different colour as it would eliminate the time it took for me to wash and dry my brush each time I switched colours as I only had one brush.  After I finished the background, I filled in the people, then finally the app icons.  The colours I chose to use had to align with the original painting as well as the app icons so I had a mix of warm and cool tones which balanced the piece.  For most of the piece, I opted to not mix any of my colours to keep in the nature of pointilism, however, for the tablets, phones and laptops, as well as a few of the social media icons, I did actually mix my colours for the piece to flow better, as well as to show that they are made by people and not a part of nature.