Starting a new piece

Today i sketched out a Kisaeng which is the korean version of a geisha and plan to paint her out with watercolor and acrylic for my grandma. I will post a picture of my sketch later but I think everything is going quite well! I really like my sketch and i just need to figure out the patterning of her dress as well as how to paint her hair, because I don't want it to look like a giant blob. For the clothes i am kind of thinking of using a fancy nice looking oragami paper and glue it on to give the piece another layer of dimension.

New screen

Here is my second screen for October. This is about a combo piece I'm working on for my artist comparison.

Future plans with comparison. . .

For my future plans, I plan to create 3 pieces inspired by my artist comparison. The first will be inspired by the Art Nouveau style. The second will be inspired by the Japanese Ukiyo-e style and the third will be a combination of the two. I'm thinking of making it a geisha with an Art Nouveau inspired floral background with peonies maybe some lilies and i think adding some camellias would be pretty too. I think I would give the geisha all of the traditional geisha qualities but maybe have her hair be semi down to utilize the art nouveau hair style and definentally blend and make her makeup more exaggerated.

October screen

Names of potential artists

Just a quick note of artists to compare:

• Alphonse Mucha 
• Katsushika Hokusai
• Kitagawa Utamaro
• Aubrey Beardsley
• Gustav Klimnt
• Torii Kiyonaga
• hashiguchi goyo

Update on my monster piece

I have finished my monster piece for the quarter and I love it!
Here is the process I went through with it. . . .

October screen 1

For my October screen I am focusing on my artist comparison. I am going to explore the comparison between Art Nouveau and the Ukiyo-e style of Japanese traditional art.

I have yet to write my schpeel about it but I plan to do that right now! I also wanted to add that I really like the idea of comparing the western and eastern types of art because I feel like they do connect in small ways and from those small similarities you can find a deeper appreciation for the art itself because it's almost like all art connects in a way.