Today I spent the whole day sitting in my house, from when i woke up till when i went to bed creating an art piece. Last year my TOK class went to go see an art exhibit for Obey and since then I've been fascinated with the way he created his art. He uses lots of spray paint and his own created stencils to produce his art. Also he normally uses newspaper print or some type of pattern as the base. I did not want to use his technique exactly so I came up with the idea of using playing cards. I've always been inspired by masquerade masks and I wanted to somehow incorporate that into my artwork. By doing so I could focus more on the mask rather than the facial features, which are one of my weaknesses. I tried to give the piece a Renaissance feel, by making the dress like I did. I have not yet decided what color I am going to paint it however. I feel as though this is going to be one of the stronger pieces in my portfolio and I'm really looking forward to the outcome. This has been a huge challenge for me. Today I had to sketch out the girl and turn my sketch into the stencils that I would use for the spray painting. I have always felt that I am not strong at sketching which made it harder for me to have confidence in what I was doing. I am still unsure of how I want to do the background, but I do have a few basic ideas to get me started.
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