paintover

Our prof did a sculpture on Saturday so we took it and painted over it in Photoshop. No photobashing used. It was interesting that even with the same start, every one of us had a different end result. I was totally thinking about the crazy old lady with curlers in her hair who talks to herself and lives next door (or upstairs your apartment complex) and is always coming over to complain..except she's a creepy vampire zombie? LOL. I loved that I asked him if there is a time in which, like many professions (like say, those of professional pianists, etc) you just say you can't make art work for a person because you either suck at it or can't get enough clients, etc. He said that if you are an artist, he thinks deep down inside you just know. And that regardless, if you feel happy creating and making art, you should try to do it as much as possible. He actually thinks that wasted opportunity is in the vein of people who just spend all day drinking and not doing anything productive, playing video games all day, etc (ie not actually creating their own work and being happy about it). But if you're doing your thing, just keep doing it (ie creating). What a great end to a wonderful class! I have to agree with that. It's important to dream, and dream big, because it gives you hope and ambition and goals and the sense that you can make a difference no matter how small, just by being. There are so many negative people in the world who just destroy and pull down when the truth is we should all just be creating.