First Synthesis

This first project is for my English 303, Multimedia Writing course at West Virginia University (WVU). I needed an idea for a project, and so I developed the idea of creating a blog to portray the creative process by which a work is created. The reasoning behind this is that a creative work is often the culmination of several outside influences and the synthesis of these influences into a single work. Here, I intend to illustrate this process by presenting not only final works, but also the creative process leading up to that final work through the use of several media on the presented on the web.

The initial idea for this project came from a want to have something bright to hang in my room during the dreary winter months of the spring college semester. It kills me to be stuck inside all the time, so I needed a hobby to keep me occupied. Then, I remembered my days of painting in the art room in high school. What better way to decorate a room via hobby than painting. So, I bought some acrylic paint, some brushes, and a classic-shaped, plastic palette (thumb hole and all). These I collected up and sat around my once empty easel, which now contained a small, blank canvas. All I needed after acquiring all of the necessary tools --- was an idea for a painting. My only idea at the moment was something bright, maybe something yellow...