Capstone:Skillful Spirits

Kala Hurt 2020
House	Fine Arts
Advisor	Aubree Karner
Plans	Art major at TCC
Advice	Stay true to you. What you love doing can be your Capstone and just trust the process.
Type	Presentation
Subject	Teachers of TSAS
Discipline	Visual Arts

Wooden canvases I painted with the teachers I've had throughout all the 4 years that I've been to TSAS.

How It Began

Originally, I wanted to just print out pictures of the teachers I've had and get some tracing paper and trace it onto the canvas.

How It Changed

I decided to change the way I sketched the paintings. I had talks with Karner and Foshee about how I could make this project better. They asked why I was tracing instead of drawing it myself. I took a couple of days to process that as well. Why was I doing that? It always felt like I was a fake every time I got ready to trace a teacher. I stopped tracing after the 4th painting. All the paintings will look different because I decided to change the way I sketched them. I now proceeded to just draw what I see instead of just start copying because that's not my true art style.

Reflection

I learned to stay true to my style and trust the process. Also how I need to realize that I'm not going to be a professional painter/artist overnight. Also stop giving myself such a hard time.