Assignment 1- Origin Stories
I wanted to delve into my own family’s past and paint a portrait of my great grandmother. For this piece I used acrylic paints and painted on a piece of a tree that was given to me at my cousin's wedding a few years ago, the tree itself was from one of my other relatives' backyard and was cut down by my uncle Dana who is my great grandma’s son. To create this piece I started by doing some digital drawings of my grandmother just to understand how she looked, I then took the drawing I liked the most and lined it up on a picture of the wood to get the placement right, I then traced it onto some tracing paper I had and then transferred it onto the piece of wood. By painting on this medium I felt I was challenging myself to step a little bit outside of my comfort zone, I also felt that it brought the project full circle with the familial ties. Georgina Ester Ann Davis was a very kind and intelligent woman who was always looking out for others. She was the oldest of 7 kids and...