Here is one of the most tedious projects I have ever attempted. In pondering what subject matter I wanted to try for this paper creation, my mind was brought to my indian roots. Although those roots may be small, I still take great pride in them. Also, my dad happens to like Native American culture a lot so it seemed to be the perfect decision to search for something along those lines. The objective/ assignment was this: find a picture from an artist that contained at least 40 colors and then recreate it using paper swatches. While surfing the internet for options I stumbled upon a artist by the name of Lee Reedy who painted a work called "The Color of the Spirit Man," and it was perfect.
I had decided early on that I wanted to give as much time as I could along with my best efforts to finish with something that I was happy with. After 24 hours I finally finished. I emerged with only a few slices in my fingers from the xacto knife, a number far fewer than I had anticipated so I consider myself lucky.
I also could not contain the intense urge to watch vast amounts of western movies followed by a finale of Dances with Wolves. When all was said and done, I really have no idea how many colors I used or what the exact time I spent on the thing was...but its done and I can't say I am sad to see it finished.
