HI, MY NAME IS SARAH, AND I AM A PART OF THE VISUAL ARTS AND MEDIA ACADEMY (VAM) AT W.H. CROXFORD. FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AN INDEPENDENT PROJECT; WE WERE ALLOWED TO DO WHATEVER WE WANTED WITH GUIDELINES. IT HAD TO BE A SERIES OF SOME SORT OF ART. THIS COULD BE PAINTING ON A CANVAS, SCULPTING, ETC. MOST PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THIS PROJECT COMPLETED AN ACRYLIC CANVAS PAINTING. I DID PAINT SOMETHING, BUT IT WAS A BIT DIFFERENT THAN A CANVAS PAINTING. I DECIDED TO MAKE 4 PAINTINGS, ALL ON PIECES OF GLASS THAT WERE AROUND THE AVERAGE PORTRAIT SIZE. FOR THE FOUR PAINTINGS, I PAINTED THE BAND 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER. 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER IS A POP-ROCK BAND FROM AUSTRALIA; THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER IN 2011 AND HAVE BEEN MAKING MUSIC EVER SINCE. IN THIS BAND, THERE ARE LUKE HEMMINGS, MICHAEL CLIFFORD, CALUM HOOD, AND ASHTON IRWIN. EACH MEMBER OF THE BAND GOT THEIR PORTRAIT PAINTED. ALL OF MY PAINTINGS HAD THE SAME MEDIUMS, THE FIRST BEING THE GLASS FRAMES, BLACK AND WHITE ACRYLIC PAINT, AND OF COURSE PAPER AND A PENCIL TO MAKE THE SKETCHES OF THEM. FOR THIS PROJECT, I USED A GLASS ONE BECAUSE, AT HOME, I DO THIS TECHNIQUE A LOT, SO I ALREADY KNEW HOW TO PAINT ON GLASS, WHICH IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN PAINTING ON A CANVAS. FOR ONE, YOU HAVE TO INVERT THE PICTURE, AS WHEN YOU PAINT IT ON GLASS, THE PICTURE AFTER WILL LOOK NORMAL AND LIKE THE REFERENCE. AFTER I COMPLETED THE FLIPPED SKETCH, I TAPED THE PAPER TO THE GLASS SO THAT IT WOULDN'T MOVE. I THEN STARTED TO PAINT THE DARKEST PARTS WITH JUST STRAIGHT GLASS. SOMETIMES YOUR PAINTINGS MAY HAVE THICK LINES THAT OUTLINE WHERE THE DIFFERENT COLORS GO, BUT WITH REALISM PAINTS, YOU NORMALLY DON'T WANT ANY HARSH LINES. SLOWLY AND WITH SEVERAL LAYERS, I GO FROM THE DARKEST GREYS TO THE LIGHTEST WITHOUT BLENDING THE LINES; THIS WAY IT GIVES THE PAINTING DEPTH EASIER. I FOUND THAT WHEN I TRIED BLENDING THE COLORS, IT JUST WENT ALL WEIRD AND IN THE WRONG PLACES. WITH THIS METHOD, I THOUGHT IT MEANT A LOT OF DRYING TIME; IF I HAD DONE THE BLENDING METHOD, I WOULD HAVE HAD TO ADD ALL OF THE COLORS VERY QUICKLY SO THEY WOULDN'T DRY IN BETWEEN. I FOUND THIS PROJECT VERY FUN, AS WE GOT A LOT OF FREEDOM TO DO WHAT WE WANTED. I FOUND A LOT OF NEW TIPS AND TRICKS WHILE PAINTING GLASS, AND I GOT TO PAINT WITH SOME OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS.
This is 2 out of 4 of the paintings i have made for this project, the only one missing is the Ashton painting and the Michael painting