After the first few weeks of the second Passion Project of the year, I'm pleased with my progress. So far I've accomplished a lot of planning, but not a lot of actual execution. Nevertheless, I've still been mainly productive.
To recap, my project is based on recreating famous paintings or other works of art in my own, practical ways. This could mean re-staging the scenes and taking pictures of them to imitate them, or physically painting or making them myself.
I've mainly scoured the Internet for works of art I find interesting or otherwise things I'd enjoy working on. It's hard to keep in mind that I can't recreate every cool piece I see, because some are just not realistic in any way. I have a few paintings selected, including Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans and some of Vladimir Kush's art (which is also an imitation of Salvador Dali's art -- so I'd basically be recreating recreations.) But the part I find most interesting in my project is learning about the artists. A big part of my presentation will be the research involved, so I know a bit about the background and even techniques of the artists.
My project is going well so far, but I still have a lot to do. In the next one or two weeks I'll conclude my research and narrow my ideas down to just a few promising pieces of art. I'm hoping to overlap that time with physical work at home and eventually bring that into class for the majority of the remaining weeks we have to work in school.
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