This week is exam week so we aren't required to blog this week. We are supposed to finish our last piece of the semester. It is the final propaganda piece. My piece is pretty self-explanatory displaying the idea that many tax dollars we pay are possibly being used for things of little to no purpose. The top of the Capitol building is meant to be a trash can. I originally was about to submit it, then I realized it needed a border. I added a simple black border and it looks much more balanced. Stay tuned for some more work in the next few weeks.

For this week I just continued to work on my bear painting. I finished it up and created my own texture brushes and added fur to the bear and bark to the tree. I also downloaded a cloud brush from the internet and painted a cloud in the background. To add depth to the tree I put a gradient overlay to add shape. Stay tuned for more art!

This week's assignment was another portfolio piece meaning that I can make whatever I would like. I decided to paint again. As you can see is I am currently painting a grizzly bear cub. My color palette is sitting in the top right so you can see the color combinations I'm using. I am trying to decide what I would like to do for the background. Check back soon for my final piece. Stay tuned!