Hercules

I will be making my next painting based off the movie Hercules. I will be showing the American culture through the character Hercules. With  going from a regular boy to a hero to a god. With each level representing the U.S. going into a reaction. With the Hero the American economy is good, the hero were still ok, and the regular boy not doing good at all. More to come.

Pastel

    This was my first time using pastel, it was easy to blend

color together to get the colors i need. but it was hard to

 make a sharp line, because of how the pastel smeared

 together so easy. i also learned that it is better to add

the lighter color then the darker color. Then when

doing the shadow it is not just one color like gray, but

it has not just that color but other color like purple.

    I think I have done a lot better job with pastel then did with charcoal. for one thing the sides look more even. I think the glare that is on the cross look really good, it makes the cross look more realistic. then there its the top with the ring the white form the  glare i think has helped to bring the color out around the ring. Then there is the lower half i think the shading is ok, but i think i made it a little to dark. And i need to make the bottom the cross more even with the top. Also i need to blend the shadow and the back round more, it is not faded right it just goes light to dark in some places.

Painting in Progress:Cross

I am just about to redo my back around again to show the different colors in the back around. I like how even thought my  back around is not even done yet and it has made my painting look so much better already.

  Thing That Need to be Fixed                                 I think there is a lot that need to be done wit my painting still. Not just the back round. But also the sides of the cross, the coloring is not right. Then also the sides are not straight, they look uneven and to thick. Also the blue blocks inside the cross have uneven sizes, and the line are not straight.