Her process of reprinting old images and then editing them together for a silent film and THEN editing the films to have audio. I especially appreciate the fact that she was using actual sound effects to add in the silent film, not music like most people. Freyer created these films for a small group of people and since these were, in fact, experimental, she didn't pour all her effort into them making them her 'raw' work of sorts. I think this concept is interesting because I find that I most like the turnout of my work when I'm not thinking about it as hard. For example, I spent too much time making decisions about my ab ex piece and I ended up starting a whole new one impulsively and I love that piece. I wish that I could make work only to please myself and a few others. I find it so difficult to not think of what others will think about my work, but seeing Freyer's films that were meant for her vs. what she created for the 2018 SXSW Film Festival. I'm inspired by Freyer's use of antique elements in her videos and I love the ephemeral excitement of the video, but the satisfying feeling that you have once its over. :)
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Finished Piece: murky waters and sunny days.
Both of my practice paintings affected my final painting and my next abstract expressionist piece as well. Since these were experimental, instead of worrying about the outcome, I flung colors onto the canvas and decided whether I liked the composition, texture, or ~feel~ of the stroke. The first painting shows a more free, all over composition with a palette knife and the mixing of colors on the canvas itself. I feel as though I incorporated this painting, because I would often overlap colors while they were still wet on the canvas to create a more complex piece. I also learned about how to use layers when creating these practice paintings. Obviously, my final painting required many different layers, and I understood the difference of layering texture on top of texture as well as the dryness of the paint underneath that affects the top layer. My second practice painting didn't influence my final as much as the first, but I did learn the interesting technique of zipping. The scribbles of white paint was also very different for me, because I generally stick to bold strokes of color which is directly behind it. However, I did use that free motion of my hand during my final piece which really does express my expression that I had for my piece. I loved doing the little paintings, and I liked them before I started working on my actual painting (and soon realized they're puny and kind of ugly), but I value the learning experience they offered.
Hmmmm, I like the base color and I LOVE the first strokes that I put on the canvas, because the color looked beautiful and it seemed very dynamic (reminded me a bit of Post Malone's album cover for Wow). As I developed the base layer, I really liked the way the palette knife applied the color, but then I realized that I needed another color to make it more interesting, and applied green and dark red. The dark red makes me uncomfortable so I think I'm going to apply black on top of it next class, and then develop the colors from there. I'm going for a Hans Hofmann style without the big blocks for this painting and my color scheme will most likely be: phthalo blue, dark red, light yellow, mustard yellow, and slightly desaturated red. :) yayy!
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