I found the glazing of the hat to be the most successful part of this piece. I chose to glaze the hat green with a black brim to match the hats I saw in the piece I was inspired by. This is also why I glazed the button yellow - to match the golden button in the painting. I glazed multiple layers and the colors came out heavy and bold, which I thought really drew attention to the hat, and made it look like a very finished piece. The colors also really helped tie my piece to the painting from the NCMA.
If I were to do this piece again I would try to paint the right foot differently. I was trying to paint dirt on the foot, but the texture doesn't look quite right. If I were to do this piece again I might try and use different techniques to get the right texture. I might use a sponge, or some sort of hard bristle brush. When I was painting/glazing this piece, my goal was to match the hat I saw in the NCMA painting. I tried to find glazes that matched the colors, and I then focused on doing multiple, even layers to make sure the color really came through and no white clay was still visible. When painting the feet I decided to paint one foot dirty and one foot clean. I wanted this to represent having one foot in the past, and living in a poorer condition, and on foot in the future, living in a cleaner, more stable situation. Once I had mixed a skin tone color I painted both feet and then mixed a brown color and tried to paint the right foot dirty. But I was unhappy with the results and decided to paint the right foot over again with the skin color paint. I then attempted to paint on the dirt again, and was more satisfied with the results!
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