Painting 110 - 8/18

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Because I can't count, here's the eighth installment of my Value Challenge Week. I'm overall happy, even if the handle is a little rubbery-looking.

Painting 109 - 8/17

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Hahaha, just to spite me, this half-hour painting came out better than some of the ones I was actually putting effort into. It's my tiny Moleskine, which I actually haven't worked in for a while (a friend bought me one of those hardbacked black ones~). The cast shadow perspective is off and not contrasty enough, but apart from that...

Painting 108 - 8/16

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There's something off on the perspective of this... it's an okay painting, just a leeeetle bit off. I don't think the contrast is high enough, for one thing.

Painting 107 - 8/15

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This... this one looks better the further you get from it. Up close, it's sloppy and awful and augh. The circles are aaaaalmost right, which is a saving grace or sorts?

Painting 106 - 8/14

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The converter plug thing for my Macbook charger! Bah, bad perspective on the end thing, but the rest of it's okay? Feh.

Painting 105 - 8/13

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Despite some initial problems with the shape of the handle, I am very pleased with the result of this painting. Except for that damn line on the far side of the shovel part of the shovel - what was I thinking?

Painting 104 - 8/12

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This thing is a keyboard brush with its brush bit retracted, as I'm sure you all knew already (haha). It has an endearingly goofy smiley face!

Painting 103 - 8/11

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And thus, the start of my Value challenge week. The reasoning behind it is twofold: one, I do need to work on value structure and identifying values; two, I was bouncing all over the city for a weekend and didn't want to take my entire kit. It's notacopoutnotacopoutnotacopout mostly because I did actually make an effort to learn about values as I worked.

I don't remember where I got this stone, but it's pleasingly scooped out and in general an interesting shape. Clearly I am easily amused.