In the previous week, we had to submit concepts for an acrylic painting that will later be turned into a poster for an event.

Since I was so inspired by the movie, I decided to do a project based on “Where the Wild Things Are.”

IN PROGRESS

FINAL NO COPY:

FINAL WITH COPY:

I started with a black blackground.  I then waited until it dried and slowly added in layers of purple for where I wanted to place my monster and boy.  The purple was kind of like a draft for me since it doesn’t show up very well against the black.  I then went in and did layers of white and yellow to build up the eyes, teeth, crown, and boy’s costume.  After this all dried, which took some time, I went in with glazes of purples, bright blues, grays, greens, and teals to create the monster.  I used these glazes over the yellows, whites, as well as the black background.  This created some great depth.

This process took hours because it was so humid in FL while I was doing this (longer drying time), but I’m very happy with the outcome.