Get Social

I want to add another tip to boost your creativity. So get out there and be social with your friends and family. When we spend time with people we trust, we are more likely to engage in conversation that is deep in meaningful. There are those that believe that the chats often lead to thinking of a creative nature because we are really able to open ourselves up and talk about those things that are near and dear to our hearts. You know those passions we are sometimes too afraid to talk about to the general public. We have the chance to see possibilities that we would not otherwise see.

Photo Op!

 

These guys loved to get their photo taken, it never failed, they saw the camera and would group themselves together as though they thought they would get a copy of the photo right there and then. While I would walk around with my camera out, trying to take pictures of everything, most civilians did not want their photo taken, but the soldiers would without a doubt pose themselves, group themselves and ask for pictures to be taken. I don't know if there was some preconcived notions from other soldiers that inspired this but they ate it up.

 

I would like to add though that as I was working on this compsition, I used a few different photo references to get just the right grouping and mixture of what was going on. I think color would look great on this on and can't wait to block out some time and get busy!

A Group Chat

It is always a unique experience when different agencies get together with varying agendas work together to try to accomplish a similar overall goal. It seemed all too often we were just being fed stories that had been circulated a few times over already and it really was time to turn command over to the native forces.

I do enjoy the value patterns in this sketch and even with the complexity of having several figures in the painting I look forward to painting it.