I stumbled across this project idea on Wit & Whistle a few weeks ago and started rummaging through my photo stash for something I thought would work. I loved the monochromatic look of the Wit & Whistle piece, but, as we know, I'm in search of color right now.
So I tried this one. I really liked the plums, butters, and sage greens that came out in the pixelation.
My piece, well, firstly, I have very little patience. There's good reason why I typically work in miniature. It's fast, quick, and gets results. Anything bigger than five square inches and I lose interest. An entire letter sized paper of squares was something else entirely.
That said, I'm still working on mine and may actually be redoing it. I haven't been able to get the colors as saturated as the original, and I need saturated colors people!
Secondly, aside from being an incredible study of hue and variation, this really does require some serious focus. Making sure you mix the colors just right. Were I to do this again, I might even just go get a bunch of paint swatches, cut them out the necessary size and put them together like a puzzle. Saturation, regulated size, I can come back to it without worrying about paint drying. Win, win, win win win.
Right now though, it's still in progress. Lots and lots of progress. What sort of projects are you working on?
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