Pointillism

My process was rather difficult. I could not figure out where to even begin and then I just started making dots..More dots, and more dots. Unti, I finally came up with something that suited me. In the beginning as my picture shows it just looks like a bunch of scattered dots with no place value and it did not make any sense. At the time my brain could not take me down memory lane or even to my happy place because if I am being completely honest, I do not have one. Life has been really kicking me in the face and somehow I keep getting back up. I still do not believe that I fully understand how pointillism works however it is clear that it is a personal memory. As I was dotting I noticed a tree starting to form and then I thought to myself, “Shay, what do you do and where do you go to clear your mind free of the world when you can?” That is when it hit me, the trail at a park near my home. Whenever times are down, I would start from my house and run all the way down ( about 2 miles) to the park that is close to my house and run the trail that sets off in this wooded area. I really focused on trying to put my emotions into my pointillism after I got into the groove. I feel like doing this activity teaches young artists to just go for it! You have to start somewhere, just how mine just started with a bunch of dots and then quickly turned into a memory. Young artists should always feel inspired. I think if I could do something differently I would have put on music to hopefully channel some brain waves to connect me to a certain memory in a certain time in my life. Music really gives you that drive you need to just go for it in your painting and also can be very impactful. I do not feel that I learned too much of anything from the packet just because it was hard for me to reciprocate or relate to. However, I feel like as I continue on this journey of trying to identify myself as an artist I will become more at one with the different types of art and figure out my own clear definition of what makes an artist. Also on this journey, I hope to really be able to dive deep into the different mediums and vocabulary of art, in the beginning I was nervous and scared because I knew that I knew absolutely nothing about art and that even tho it is said that anyone and everyone is and or can be an artist, I just simply could not agree. Again, during this process it was a struggle because my mind was so “puzzled” but I somehow found my way through the storm of dots. I never knew about the outcome you could have with just simply placing dots. I hope to continue to learn more about this method and dive further deep into the explanation of it.