Feeling Green: How Plants Can Improve Mental/Physical Health
*Week 4 Update*
Meghan Kasper
Hello Again!
I spent the majority of this week just working on my project again. It is still moving slower than I would like it to be, but I am definitely making progress. I think another factor adding to the slow progress of this project is honestly the fact that I am burnt out and not really loving what I have for the project at the moment. When this usually happens to me, I just typically give up and start over, but recently I have been trying to stick with the pieces I hate and finish them to see if I can get a result that I actually like. So, especially because of the time restrictions I have right now, I am going to keep going with this piece.
The materials that I'm using are still the same as well and now that I have a solid process, I thought that I would share that as well and include some photos of my work so far along with my materials...
Process:
- start off with a light layer of oil pastel on the velvet board
*usually one solid color --> I don't really overlap
colors at first because the texture can become too much
and the oil pastel will clump off
- then I start to alternate between colored pencils and oil
pastels and build up my colors
*colored pencil does not really work well without at
least a small layer of oil pastel under it
- keep doing this until you get the desired texture and final
image
Progress and Materials:
And this is the final image of my desk with some of my materials set out
This is what I have done so far
This is a photo I took while I was in the process of working
Thank you for coming back again to follow along and I hope you come back again for my next post :)
(Also I attached some pictures I took below of the gorgeous spring time in Boston/my hometown this week in honor of Earth day which was 4/22/21)
Thank you :)