concentration piece

As I stated in my last blog post, my concentration piece is Unicorns. I've been out of school with the flu, Headmaster's weekend, Caribbean studies, and my grandmother's funeral. My work has been put on hold during this, but I've been trying to work quickly and efficiently since I've returned. A few of my pieces aren't turning out as well as I thought, but I've had this problem before. I have faith that somehow I'll work it out and actually enjoy my work. When I came up with this idea, I wanted to paint a unicorn like "really cheesy van art" as smitty would say. I literally just let my hands work without thinking too much about it, and now I have the issue of not liking what I created. However, I started a black and white painting of a unicorn yesterday after school. I'm really enjoying it so far, and it will probably be my favorite of the four. The background is subtle and gray, drawing attention to the white unicorn. There's something about it that reminds me of a mix between a photograph and a dream. Hopefully I can do this last one quickly and move on to the next project ready to work uninterupted and motivated.