all the pipi things

I went to Pier 39 today to do the outdoor painting. I was there painting from around 2:15pm -5pm. Unfortunately it was cloudy and light only shone through occasionally and very briefly. I also had no idea what I was doing. From mixing the paint to applying it. Sometimes my brushes was too wet, other time they were too dry. And I was horrible at mixing the colors to match what was in front of me. It was also intimidating to have passers by looking at me while I was trying to paint. They gave me encouragement and compliment. I thanked them but deep inside I knew my painting is horrible. Proportion was horrible. Shapes weren’t defined enough. The wheel in the middle of the painting was so bad. I had no idea why it became smaller the more I tried to fix it. Also some of the paint turned more transparent as it dried.

Around 5pm the place got more cloudier and colder. It made all the color seemed more grayish. It began to get too cold for me so I decided to go home.

I’m going to try another painting. I think the lighting was better today at around 10:30-11:30am, so next time I’m gonna go earlier.

The painting was done on a 7×5 sketchpad with “soft white” paper. I was told to get a brown color one but i couldn’t find it I used Gouache and watercolor.

I didn’t get to do a “new year” entry this year as I was on vacation. Almost a month has passed since the beginning of 2010, and just a few days since I came back here, things have already started to be hectic. I don’t know what to think of it yet but this year will definitely be a turning point for me.

It’s not about whether the tiger will eat me alive or not. It’s more about how it will eat me alive.

I like him.