The Creation of Adam

During my last year of high school I decided to go all out. I don't mean I asked for a prom date or anything (prom was pretty weird for me lol but I had fun), but I tried out for two plays, tried out for a lead part in choir, and made the conscious choice to pass all my classes with As. I'm not sure if I got all As, but I remember passing my Algebra class all the way up until graduation. But of all of those things, as an art project I painted a picture of Leonardo Da Vinci's The Creation of Adam.

I think it was just an unconscious choice during that time, but since I took an Art Appreciation class at a community college, I can say I've grown to really like a lot of his work. He seemed to have been a very brilliant man. I'm always thinking that it would've been nice to just spend a day chatting with him, then again, I'm not sure what his personality was like lol

Anyway, during my senior year I painted the image you see above on a chair. I'm wondering if the school still has the chair. During the time when I painted it and the time when I finished it, I thought it turned out very well. Since viewing a few of his pieces I've really fallen in love with the softness that his painting exhibits! I'm a fan of soft earthy pastel colors, so a lot of his works are very pleasing to my eyes.

To be honest, I would often think "I wish I kept that chair!" lol I wonder if the chair is still there. I'd love to visit and check it out when I can. When I do visit, I'll take a picture. It might not look as good lol But I feel out of all of the things I decided to try, I was happy to have taken that painting class. When I first practiced painting (and even now that I tried it again recently) I found I was so stiff, rigid and a but timid and intimidated by the experience because it was so new to me.

The teacher would say "Just relax, allow your wrist to do the work" because I was painting as if I were drawing. She would explain that painting is loose and free. For me, I guess this life I'm the opposite lol Interestingly enough, I'm in the field of art and I always assumed artist are free people.

Anyway, two or  three paintings later I found that my work looked quite decent.

This was one based on a still life. It was a class assignment. I have another one of clouds and mountains but have to find it. This was way back in 2008. I haven't painted anything since. Recently I've been quite tired and haven't produced anything worthwhile, but *shrugs* meh, the only thing I can do is wait. Well, actually I've been doing other things. During my high school days art was a way for me to escape the fact that I was there lol I loved the art room with it's paint covered sinks, and drawing tables. It was the one place, besides choir, that I felt relaxed.

Mon