Watch me knock out not one but TWO art internals that I hopefully will get credits for cause if i

don't I'm gonna cry.

Quick fore note, I made a playlist based around my art board for this year so if you want to listen to it you can. Like, it's just sort of the vibes for the board I guess. Like, all the songs are about dying or losing someone so that's the vibes.

also, I would like to point out I don't know whether I have actually done half the things on these lists because I don't actually know what they're talking about. Like, "INpdepth knowledge of technical, pictorial, symbolic meanings associated with you chosen painting style and your 'why' evident in your blog" Like, I think I did that???? Maybe??? Or "Sound understanding of the conventions" What are the conventions??? I'm so lost, however, it's too late to ask so I'm just gonna wing it.

Panel 1

Firstly, Panel 1 

wow.

So, my first board. Not a big fan. I miscalculated how big the bottom two paintings were supposed to be so now there's some weird gaps and let's just say, that is not very cash money of me. Overall though, the paintings are good so that's alright. We love paintings cramped at the top with loads of space at the bottom that makes my board feel empty. Let's just say the paintings are social distancing. 

Anyway, here's the planning for the various paintings compared to the final product because I'm efficient like that:

Hand

That's it. Like, actually, I can't find any other planning I did. However, I did get inspired to do the black gesso after painting this painting at the beginning of the year as part of this exercise Mrs. Clemence and Miss Keene made us do. 

Woah SHINee's  Taemin??? What are you doing on my art blog??? Anyway, I really like this painting so it's on my wall now next to the infographic about the history of potatoes in New Zealand I made in Year 9. After this exercise, I pretty much became obsessed with black gesso and used it in nearly all of my paintings. 

Here's the final painting of the hands

Haha. Nice

Window

This one's inspired by the tradition of lighting a candle after someone dies in Judaism. It's called a yahrzeit candle and, quick side note, candles represent the human soul in Judaism because - according to Sagel Bloomfield Danzansky Goldberg Funeral Care - "Like a human soul, flames must breathe, change, grow, strive against the darkness and, ultimately, fade away." Very Cool. Anyway, a yahrzeit candle is lit near the body of the person who died, on the anniversary of one's death in memoriam, and on holidays such as Yom Kippur, the final day of Pesach, Sukkot, Shavuot, etc, as well as throughout the shiva period (mourning period).  Also, another little tidbit, after someone dies (specifically if they die inside) it's customary to open a window near the body to allow for the spirit to leave the body and return to g-d. Anyway, that's the inspo for this painting. 

I can't find any planning for this painting? So I don't know if I ever did or if I just lost it. However, I like how this came out. I like the wood and how it looks textured. Be even cooler if I could do that again but it be like that sometimes. Also, the candle came out really nice. I just like the smaller details of this painting like the wood texture, the slight glow around the candle tip, the table shadows, overall I think I did good with this painting. 

Zichrono Livracha 

Zichrono Livracha is an abbreviation of "May his memory be a blessing." Obviously, this is referencing the fact that my grandpa's dead which isn't very cool cause he was my only grandpa and the grandparent I was closest to and I really miss him. I got the inspiration for this in the My Jewish Learning email subscription service I'm signed up to. Like, it was just their Hebrew saying of the week and I was like, "ok." This painting took a while to get right as originally it was going to be the mourner's kaddish however if you've ever seen the mourner's kaddish you would know it's very long and the space I had for it was very small. Below are a few test runs I had of the original plan.

 

They didn't look very good so then I looked at doing zichrono livracha instead. Now, I wasn't sure if I wanted to do just plain white or if I wanted to have some color in there too. The thought process was "oh, the hands have color in them and if the words have color and they would sort of match." Anyway, I ended up adding color but I wanted it to look sort of embedded in the white so I put a white glaze over top and man,

Ewwwwwww it looks really grossss.

Ok, it doesn't actually look that gross but it doesn't look good so I didn't even test trial the white I was just like "ok we're doing white cause that looks god awful." So here's the final product:

Ah, much nicer

ALSO, the inspiration to use words was from Ralph Hotere cause my art history thing was on his painting with the writing. Just go through my blog, you'll eventually find it.

Hallway Man

The man in hallway man is my grandpa! Isn't that surprising? I know, I know, calm down. Right, this is based off one of the few memories I have of him. Now, when me, my mum, and my sister Rachael (the one married to the guy in the U.S) were staying at my grandparent's we split up because they only had two beds. Mum and Rach slept in the beds and I slept on the reclining chairs, something I have been doing for years because I'm small enough that sleeping on them is like sleeping in a slightly smaller bed. So one night, I'm in the lounge and at around midnight I sort of come to consciousness. You know, the type where you're to fully awake but you're aware. Like, you're not awake but you're not not awake. Well, little 10 year old me was at the point when I look to my left and I just see this figure at the doorway of the lounge. I'm like, "what????? Is someone robbing us???" cause you know, it's Florida. Anyway, I watch the figure go over to the computer, turn it on, and start playing solitaire, and I just think "oh, it's just grandpa" and I go straight back to sleep. So that's what inspired this painting. I was telling Miss Keene about this and she said I should paint it so I did. But I think this memory very much sums up my grandpa as it encapsulates his strange ways. 

Woah! Cool! Anyway, I can't find any planning for this, that is, if I ever did any in the first place. 

Coats

The idea for the coats painting came to one night while reading when in the fanfic I was reading talked about losing someone. So, one of the characters lost their cousin who they were close to and the author mentioned sort of the little things that reminded the character that their cousin was gone. Things like still expecting letters from them, reminding themselves that when they go home for the summer, the cousin isn't going to be there, things like that. Now, this reminded me of something my dad said to me about how when I'm at my mum's on the weekdays, sometimes he keeps expecting me to suddenly come out of my bedroom, or when he told me about grandma (or she told me, I don't actually remember) keeps expecting grandpa to walk in or start doing the laundry or start-up solitaire on the computer. And I guess this inspired most of my paintings, like, the idea of expecting someone to be there and you have to remind yourself that they're not there anymore. So, the coats I guess is the physical aspect of someone not being there. The no letters, no more seeing them in the summer, no more solitaire, no more second coat. You know. Like, their coat is gone and it just sort of feels like a ghost cause you're so used to it there and you just think "There's supposed to be a second coat!" But no, there is no second coat cause they're gone. So that's why there's a ghost coat. Now thinking about it, maybe I should've just not painted a second coat and just left a space? But then again, that might not make sense and the ghost coat was a good idea. I guess we'll never know cause I'm sure as hell not painting over it just to see what might've been. 

Right, so on the left is the digital thumbnail I made most likely at 3am when I was reading and thought "oo quickly write that down". On the right is the physical copy. Now, you may notice a few differences. Firstly, the one on the left has a coat on the ground but the one on the right doesn't have a second coat and instead has a hat. Secondly, the left is just a black background while the right was going to be more similar to the rooms you'll see later on and was gonna be a little box. Eventually, I just made it one room, no black background, and added a ghost coat.

WOAH, is that a first attempt that failed??? Yes, yes it is. 

So, originally I was gonna paint the background with gesso, then paint the background over that, and then paint the ghost coat. However, after painting the background it started to get really thick and muddy and not nice. Overall, I was getting frustrated and I hated it. Then I restarted and we ended up with this:

RIGHT, Panel 2

As you can see, it was not finished at the time I took the photo. HOWEVER, I have almost finished it now and it will be complete. So, I'm gonna run through this very quickly because I'm tired and I don't like blogging.

Top Row

Right so on the left is a box of milk duds because a fond memory I have with my grandpa is when he would just buy an absolute crap ton of chocolate-covered candy and then we would sit there and eat them. Then the middle is a balloon animal cause apparent when he first came to Christchurch, a bunch of kids came off his flight all holding balloon animals because he sat there and just made a bunch of balloon animals. Then finally is a mango because my older sister (not the one I mentioned before, a different one) once mentioned that she liked mangoes and so my grandpa went out and brought an icebox full of mangoes. So, I painted these but then after discussing it with The Council(TM), we came to the conclusion that they don't really make sense. Like, they need context to understand why they're on the board. However, because we wanted to fill space we ended up deciding that we will keep them, however, we'll cut them down a bit and some more paintings. 

Bedroom

So this bedroom is based on the fact that my grandpa's hospice care was moved into his room. I managed to find a small thumbnail sketch I did of what I was originally thinking of doing: 

So I think I was originally going to do it with a birds-eye view of a bed with one side made and the other not to show like, the physical aspect of someone not being there. Then I just, I don't know, abandoned it I guess. So then I painted this painting and here's the thumbnail for that:

And then here's the final product:

Overall, I'm quite happy with it. I think it came out well. I like the blanket and the chair. :). I didn't know what to put on the wall and I think it was Rheanna who said I should but like, a painting or something there. Originally it was going to be a clock but I didn't like the clock so I painted this thing that my grandparents had in their house. It's like a sculpture thing. 

Obviously, I changed some colors but yea. 

Lounge 

WOAH! It's my grandparent's lounge! with a few alterations of course. Anyway, here's what their actual lounge looked like:

and then this is the final painting: 

KADDISH

KADDISH KADDISH KADDISH KADDISH

So kaddish is a prayer dedicated to g-d and actually doesn't mention death. Traditionally, it's said morning, afternoon, and night, however not everyone says it all the time. Kaddish it also the prayer used for mourning and mourners recite it for 30 days during the shiva period, 11 months after burial for a parent, and then on the anniversary of their death as well as at memorial services. Fun fact; the reason we say it for 11 months rather than 12 is that the one is judged (I guess) in Gehinom for 11 months, however, if someone is deemed wicked they're punished for 12 months before fully passing on. Saying kaddish protects one from being punished therefore saying it for 12 months implies that the deceased was a wicked person who would be punished for 12, not 11 months. Anyway, kaddish is considered the mourning prayers as well because - as Rabbi Joseph Telushkin puts it, "Most likely, people believed that the finest way to honor the dead was to recite the Kaddish, thereby testifying that the deceased person left behind worthy descendants, people who attend prayer services daily and proclaim there their ongoing loyalty to God.”  Also, My Jewish Learning  wrote this lovely thing where they talk about how kaddish helps during the mourning period as it can provide structure in a time upended by loss, and forces the mourners to go into the community and prevents them from isolating themselves. The article is actually really nice, especially towards the end when they talk about the positive effects of reciting kaddish for a lost one. Also there's a version of kaddish set to Adele's Hello which is incredible. 

Anyway, because Kaddish is the mourning prayer, I painted a section of it. I didn't paint all of it because it is quite long. Here are some drafts of it: 

This is a printed copy of kaddish and I was testing out sizes at the top and crossing out parts that were for if the prayer was said during the high holidays. 

Here I made one that was half the size of what would be on board.

Rip I got paint on it

This is the second go I had, however, it was too long and we decided that we would make it smaller. 

So this is the final product 

The hardest part about this is not just writing hebrew smaller, but I also had to leave enough room to put in the vowels underneath (they're all the dots and lines underneath). Also, unlike the other hebrew piece I did, this one had shin (the w looking letter) and aleph (the letter at the end of the first line) which are painful to write. Like, they're so hard and tedious. 

All three moment paintings

Anyway now the next paintings I made were originally going to replace the first three paintings I talked about on this panel but then we kept all six. So the first one is a gravestone and originally I was going to do two on either side and then leave a gap because in Judaism you don't put a headstone up until a year after someone's death. But I didn't like it and though just a single one would look better. Then I did a car scene which is related to eating chocolate-covered candy with grandpa in the car which I talked about earlier. Then next to that on the left is what was formally my grandparent's house. Since my grandpa's death my grandma moved out because she couldn't stand living there without him, I mean, you have to remember that they were together since they were 14 and so it feels like they were together forever. These were done fairly quickly so I don't think I have any planning for them

AND THAT'S IT. HERE'S IT ALL TOGETHER

WOAH A FINISHED BOARD!

Honestly, I like how panel 2 came out but not so much panel 1. Panel 1 just looks a little empty with the two bottom paintings. All my other paintings are quite close except for the bottom two which is quite annoying. But overall I'm happy with it. 

Anyway here's a bunch of other little planning things I did.

Here's some planning for a ghost bed?????

I got really bored over lockdown so I stayed up till, like, 2am making a timeline of changes in the Hogwarts uniform. Something I've noticed since making this is that we don't see any color on the robes until the third movie so the last bit id actually more between approx. 1991 until August 1993. Then September 1993, the uniform changes to have house colors in the sleeves and in the hood. 

here's a frog I drew at the start of the year

Originally I was going to write zichrono livracha in a way similar to Ralph Hotere's malady but then I didn't lol.

Here's my original planning brainstorm where I think about doing a whole board dedicated to frogs. 

Anyway, have ya'll heard dedicated to the one I love by The Mama's and The Papa's cause I grew up with them sort of but while writing this, I don't know what happened, but it just SLAPS SO HARD. Like, I don't know what has overcome me but the song is SO GOOD. I CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO IT.

Somebody save me they're making me blog - A very late mid-year art update

So over the course of the year, I was supposed to be documenting my artboard progress however, if you've been paying attention, you may notice I haven't blogged since July when I posted a poor quality piktochart for English. As for art blogs, I haven't posted since the 1st of March when I promoted Taemin's music and that blog had very little to do with my board. So here I am, writing my wrongs and updating you all about my artboard. 

Now if we go way back to my last artboard you may have noticed that I stated the following, "...I've changed my theme to something else. So, I'm not doing anything with childhood anymore cause that was a dumb idea and I'm doing something else." And I still stand by that. The childhood idea I had WAS dumb and I'm doing something else now. My brand new kaupapa is to do with Jewish traditions surrounding death and my grandpa. If you haven't made the connection, my grandpa is dead (rip) and originally it wasn't going to be the center point for my board because when I started he was still alive but then, you know, things evolved and now that's the main point/inspiration I guess??? At the moment I'm going to make board 1 more about the spiritual side of death and the Jewish traditions. I'm involving Jewish traditions because I'm Jewish. Here's what I've done so far.

The first three paintings on my board are these three

So on the left, we have hands. In the middle, we have a candle on a table because in judaism if someone dies you gotta light a candle for them. Then on the right, we have Jewish words. That one took a while to figure out because initially I was going to have the entire mourner's kaddish but it was really long and wasn't going to fit. Instead, I just wrote zichrono livracha which means "May his memory be for a blessing" Below you can see some of the ideas I had initially for it.

This is me ruling out lines to test how many lines I would need to do if I wanted to include the mourner's kaddish. As you can I would need to do 15 lines of tiny writing which I messed up multiple times.

Here I painted the words on a painted page of my sketchbook. I was thinking of linking it to my hands where I used some color in the shading but I didn't like it with the white. In the end, I just did plain white and made it less centered. 

Anyway look at this funny tiktok I found

@erwins_leftarm history hates lovers. #fyp ♬ original sound - oublaire

Anyway back to blogging about art

Now for the lower half of board 1, I'm going to add this painting I'm doing of a coat stand and one of the coats is gonna be in black and white which will link to the ghost theme that I have going on in the hand and candle paintings. 

This was the initial sketch and I was just going to have it be located in a black void, however, I didn't like it and when it came to actually paint it, I wasn't sure how to paint it so I just add walls. Also, I was thinking of having the green coat on the ground with a purple coat on the hanger but then I, just, didn't? I don't know why but in the end I decided to have a ghost coat and one real coat. Here's the google keep sketch I did of that:

Right, now because I decided to add walls later, I had to paint over the black gesso. So this is the first version:

Now I scraped this and restarted because the paint was getting very thick and muddy which caused the paint to come out really patchy and not nice looking I tried to fix it but I was just not vibing with it and the paint wasn't vibing so I started again:

Now I had started the shadow but it wasn't working so I've painted the shadow and started again. Also after consulting with the council we've come to the conclusion that it's necessary to add another wall so the shadow isn't so big. I kinda wish I had a photo because hot damn that shadow was ugly. Like, what was I thinking??? It looked so bad oml.

To complete board 1 I'm going to do two more paintings with one playing of the tradition of opening a window if someone dies in an enclosed space to allow for the spirit to leave the building. I don't know what I'm going to do for the second picture but I might just do more words like I did earlier. 

Here's what that might look like:

And what the layout might look like:

Ok for another break I would like to make sure anyone reading this has listened to ABBA's new music. If you haven't you can listen to one of them (my personal favorite of the two) "Don't shut me down". The other song they realized is more of a ballad/slower song which I'm not a big fan of. I don't really like slow/balladesque songs. 

Right, now we're going to look at board two. 

For board two I'm planning on leaning more into the physical aspect of losing someone. I'm going to include objects, empty rooms, etc. At the bottom of board two I'm going to have these two rooms: 

The one on the left is based on in-home hospice care and it's kinda like, you know it's coming. Like, if you're having in-home hospice care ya know. It's probably not going well. Then on the right, I'm going to finish painting my grandparent's lounge.

The board layout will most likely look something like this:

The top three paintings will be objects such as a magic trick coin box my grandpa gave me, a balloon animal, and I don't what the third will be but I might make it a mango (there's a story there) or chocolate covered raisins (another story).

I don't know what'll I'll do for the middle but I'm thinking of doing one of this memory I have of my grandpa. So, I was staying in the lounge and I was asleep but then I did that thing where I was partially awake and sort of out of it. Anyway, I look to my left and in the doorway, I see this shadowy figure and I think "what the hell is that." Now, this is the middle of the night and I watch the shadow go sit down at the computer and start playing solitaire online, and then it clicks and I go "oh, that's grandpa" and then I fall back asleep. However, I'm hesitant to paint it cause I think the area I want to paint might make the painting abnormally long. I'm going to wait and measure it out first and maybe shorten it. We'll have to wait and see. 

Anyway, I made this meme about Mrs. Clemence:

Mrs. Clemence if you're reading this I really hope you find it funny :) 

Connections except the quality is really bad cause I put too much effort into this presentation visually

Hero's Journey

 At the moment in Classics, we are looking at the hero's journey and how it applies to Ancient Greek mythology. The hero's journey is an order of 12 events that many believe can be applied to any story. I'll be applying this to the myth of Perseus and the slaying of Medusa. 

The Ordinary World

The ordinary world is the beginning of the hero's journey and sets the story up. This world will later be disrupted by the call to adventure. In the myth of Perseus and Medusa, the ordinary world is when Perseus and his mother - Danae - arrive at the shores of the Isles of Seriphos where they found themselves in the court of King Polydectes. They end up at the Isles of Seriphos due to Danae being locked away by her father due to the oracle claiming he will die at the hands of his grandson. Danae ends up pregnant anyway due to Zeus and her father locks Danae and Perseus in a crate that he then throws into the ocean. 

The Mentor 

The mentor is the point in the hero's journey where the protagonist meets someone who is older, wiser, and more experienced. This person will train them and allow them to have the tools to answer the call to adventure. Typically, the call to adventure comes before the mentor in the hero's journey, however, Perseus first meets the centaur Chiron. While Danae and Perseus are on the Isle of Seriphos, Perseus received training from Chiron who also trained Achilles, Jason, Hercules, and various other famed heroes. 

The Call To Adventure

The call to adventure is what prompts the story to really begin. The call is a challenge that is presented to the protagonist that disrupts the ordinary world. For Perseus, this would be King Polydectes falling in love with his mother and making her his slave. King Polydectes knows this will anger Perseus and challenges Perseus to kill Medusa, knowing he will most likely be turned to stone. Sometimes, the protagonist doesn't answer the call immediately, however, Perseus takes up the challenge and begins his journey. 

Crossing The Threshold

Crossing the threshold occurs when the protagonist accepts the call to adventure and enters the special world. The special world is the lower half of the circle and it is here that the protagonist will face the challenge. The special world doesn't necessarily need to be a world that is special, it just needs to be different from the ordinary world. Occasionally, the hero requires prompting to finally begin their journey, however, Perseus doesn't need this prompt and begins sailing for the Land of the Gorgons.

Tests, Allies, Enemies

Now that the journey has really begun, the protagonist will encounter various challenges that block the path to their goal. However, they will also meet allies that help them in their quest. Perseus's first test is to find the Graeae sisters, three old women who shared one eye and tooth. They were the sisters of the Gorgons and would reveal the location of Medusa. Perseus achieves this with guidance from his two allies - Athena and Hermes - who help him locate the Graeae sisters. The Graeae sisters don't tell Perseus where their sisters are straight away causing Perseus to steal their single eye in exchange for their location. Once he is given the location, he returns the eye.

Approach To The Inmost Cave

The approach to the inmost cave is essentially the final preparations before the ordeal. For Perseus, his approach may also fall under tests, allies, enemies, however, we're going to put it here for now. The Greek Gods and Goddesses gift Perseus tools that will aid him in his battle against Medusa and the Gorgon sisters. Athena gifts Perseus a bronze shield so he will be able to see Medusa's reflection and avoid looking at her and being turned to stone. Hermes gifts him winged sandals that allow him to fly from the location of the Graeae sisters to the Land of the Gorgons while Hades gifts him a cap that makes him invisible. Perseus also receives a sword however, there is conflicting information on whether this sword came from Hephaestus or Zeus. With everything he needed, Perseus takes flight and is headed to the Land of Gorgons. 

The Ordeal

The ordeal is the battle that was the call to adventure. It may be an answer or, in Perseus's case, the challenge the protagonist was given. Perseus snuck into the cave where Medusa resided with her sisters and, with the guidance of Athena, decapitated her and places the head in a bag. He then escapes by flying away to avoid the Gorgon sisters who awoke to their sister's headless body.  

The Reward

The reward aspect of the hero's journey doesn't need much explaining. After the ordeal, the protagonist will most likely be rewarded in some way, whether it's something physical like a sword, or spiritual and more abstract. For Perseus, his reward is Medusa's head which he keeps in a bag for the remainder of the Journey. Because of this, another reward we can consider is the release of his mother from slavery. 

The Road Back

After completing the ordeal and answering the call to adventure, the protagonist must return to the ordinary world. The protagonist may not want to leave the special world immediately, however, they will eventually accept that they must leave. Doing this will complete the hero's journey. Perseus leaves immediately and begins his return to the Isle of Seriphos to free his mother from being a slave to King Polydectes. It's not an easy journey as Perseus encounters Altas who he protects the Garden of Hesperides. Perseus sought to rest here, however, Atlas refused him entry to the garden as he feared Perseus would kill the dragon who protects the golden apples and steal them. Because of this, Perseus held up Medusa's head and showed Atlas who then turned to stone. Atlas's stoned body went on to shape the mountains and rocks. 

The Ressurection 

Before being able to fully return to the ordinary, the protagonist faces the final life and death challenge. Here the protagonist will apply everything they have learned and gathered along their journey. The resurrection will typically be the final battle that rounds everything up, other characters may make an appearance, or it may be a final battle that is internal and occur within the protagonist. For Perseus it is physical and it happens as he is passing by the kingdom of King Cepheus in Ethiopia. Here, Perseus finds a beautiful woman called Andromeda chained to a cliff that hangs over the ocean. He learns that Andromeda is the King's daughter and is being sacrificed due to the kingdom having been overcome with large waves and a sea monster. Andromeda's mother - Cassiopea - had proclaimed she was more beautiful than the sea-nymphs which angered Poseiden. Wanting to marry Andromeda, Perseus agreed to kill the sea-monster in exchange for her hand in marriage. He used the cap of invisibility given to him by Hades and he waited for the sea-monster to come and eat Andromeda. Once the monster arrived, he exposed Medusa's head to the monster, killing it instantly. Andromeda was freed and married Perseus. 

I should note that in one retelling, Perseus also fought Phineus, the man Andromeda was supposedly engaged to. In this version, he still kills the monster, just this time it's with his sword. Once Andromeda was free, Perseus challenged Phineus for her hand in marriage and it's here that Perseus used Medusa's head as a weapon and killed Phineus. 

Return With The Elixir

The final stage of the hero's journey is returning with the elixir. Typically, the elixir is what restores the ordinary world and brings the story to a close meaning, it doesn't have to be something physical. However, for Perseus, the elixir is a physical item. By returning with Medusa's head, the ordinary world is returned to how it was before the call of adventure - Perseus's mother is freed from being King Polydecte's slave. Returning with the elixir also causes a change in the ordinary world, whether it's small or big. This change is Perseus not only returning as a married man but also celebrated as a hero. 

More art stuff

This week we've been learning about positive and negative space. We've been doing this by painting with white paint on a black background. We were supposed to do something relating to our kaupapa but I didn't because I've changed my theme to something else. So, I'm not doing anything with childhood anymore cause that was a dumb idea and I'm doing something else. Anyway, I first did an apple but I didn't like it so I did this hand instead. 

I'm happy with how it came out, however, I hate the bottom part. Other than that it looks pretty good. Then I went and redrew the apple and redid it.

I don't like the middle section but it looks alright. Then I made my favorite painting out of the three - The Taemin painting. I've been wanting to paint Taemin for a while and I finally got the opportunity to paint him which made me very happy. 

I have mixed feelings about how the hair came out and like the painting in general. Like, there's that big black spot that looks really weird. I'm quite surprised by how decently good it looks especially with the folds in the clothes. But, yes, I do love Taemin. He's a part of the iconic group SHINee and all 5 members have released solo music. He's a phenomenal performer and his music is great and so is his dancing. His left arm also looks a bit weird so I might add a little bit of shading on top of the pocket so it looks a little 3D. Also, the right sleeve looks weird but it's not annoying enough that I want to go through the effort of changing it. Anyway, this is my favorite painting and also my least favorite painting. The longer I look at it the more I grow to hate it. 

Anyway, here's a Taemin performance. 

My favorite song of his is either Press Your Number, Danger, or Sexuality. Drip Drop, Criminal, and Idea are also bangers and deserve honorable mentions.