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Art Portfolio: Yoko Ono and John - Project development

 Today I decided to give it a try with watercolour paints. 

I have almost no experience with watercolours (except the last semester, where we made a still nature on the face to face classes). Therefore, persuading the inspiration taken from Gibson's cartoons, I decided to challenge myself with the new paints. 

On the last project, I came to the conclusion to put aside the digital painting. Therefore in this 2D series, I want to use my ''by hand'' ability to coloured each page of the book.

For now, I have finished the fine line drawing sheets. The next step is about painting all those pages on their copies. I left the high gsm sheets especially for the watery substance of those paints.

I considered making a trial version before working on the original pieces. I decided to work with the last topic of my consideration - Yoko Ono biography. In this approach, I learned how to visualize people's appearance and how to implement background to the motif. 

As a warm-up exercise, I picked the song which was playing in my head this morning; I know (I know) from the album Mind Games. This track is about the feelings directed to Ono, it had a meaning of confession. Their relationship has up and down's, however they were normal people.

The years have passed so quickly

One thing I've understood

I am only learning

To tell the trees from the wood 


I know what's coming down

And I know where it's coming from

And I know and I'm sorry (yes I am)

But I never could speak my mind 


And I know just how you feel

And I know now what I have done

And I know and I'm guilty (yes I am)

But I never could read your mind 


I know what I was missing

But now my eyes can see

I put myself in your place

As you did for me 


Today I love you more than yesterday

Right now I love you more right now 


And I know what's coming down

I can feel where it's coming from

And I know it's getting better (all the time)

As we share in each other's minds 


Today I love you more than yesterday

Right now I love you more right now

Oh ho no more crying 

I started with a sketch. I made this after listening to a whole song. I decided to place the relevant object suggested his ''eye-opening experience''.
I was not sure how to start, I have watched some illustrator's tutorials from yt. Thereafter, I left the first layer of bleached colours. 
On the next layer I overcome my fear of painting pure colours next to each other.

I took a shoot of a sample the circle shows the first layer and the next ones are pure and saturative.
I worked on details on the tree branches. However, there was a lack of facial features on their faces, with the fine liners I introduced a distinction between each part. I have a problem with the waved sheet. It has a main place in the foreground, I could not leave it blank. Therefore with light brushstrokes, I made something which supposed to imitate handwritten text.

By summing up my efforts, I am glad that I crossed the fear with colouring. Still, there is a lot to learn, especially the colour palette and stroking shadow. Nevertheless, it closely features the comic strip likeness, which by coming to the final steps in my project I will evaluate.


References:

Lennon, J. (1973). I know (I know). New York: Downtown Music Publishing.

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