21. A Window From the Outside
Painting © Sboudreau (Suzanne)
What you see when you look at a window on a building from the outside. Decide whether you'll be able to see into the room, whether you'll see anything reflected in the glass (the person looking at the painting for instance?).
22. A Window from the Inside
What you see when you look at a window from inside a building. Decide whether you'll be able to see outside or whether the curtains or blinds will be closed, whether it's daytime or night outside, whether you'll see anything reflected in the glass.23. A Sad Mood
Photo © Marion Boddy-Evans. Licensed to About.com, Inc
Paint the essence of a sad mood, so that someone looking at the painting feels it too. Think about the colors before you start, how colors convey mood. "Feeling blue" is an expression used when we're feeling down, but you wouldn't use bright blues! Also about texture and brush strokes, how these convey mood. A painting with lots of impasto has quite a different feel to one done in smooth glazes.
24. A Color Pattern
Take a waterproof black pen and draw a series of intersecting curves on a sheet of paper. Then fill in each shape with a color, ensuring that the same color doesn't butt up against itself. Working wet-on-wet with watercolor can give a lovely feel to this -- first paint an area with clean water, then load the brush with paint, touch the tip to the center of the shape, and let the paint spread out by itself.
25. A Nightmare
While we may not remember the specifics of a nightmare, the emotion of it is often retained. Translate this into something visual, whether through facial expression, body position, symbolism, or abstract colors and shapes.
26. The Art Critic at Your Big Show
What will the art critic at your big solo exhibition look like, what will his/her facial expression be when looking at your paintings? Paint the art critic.
