For this assignment I went through a several ideas.
First idea: I wanted to do an interpretation on a modern day cave painting. So, I thought this would probably be something like bathroom graffiti or high school locker art. Both had challenges I couldn’t figure out how to overcome by the assignment date.
Second idea: I was going to create a traditional-looking cave painting or petroglyph on red rocks, a la Colorado’s Fountain Formation (sandstone). I bought paints and drew on a styrofoam circle, but something about it didn’t seem right
Third (and final) idea: I decided to go back to the modern day cave painting. Ultimately, I have decided on something that’s a mix between modern day and traditional. I drew my cave painting on a piece of leftover laminate flooring. It depicts the 2018 eclipse over SIU. {Pretty sure a five year old could draw something more artistic than this, but it’s the best I can do… I’m so not artistic.}
I think my “story” is going to be that when going through an archive of old artifacts from the University that used to be here {we’re living in the future in this scenario} I found this painting of the 2018 eclipse, that passed over the campus.
Here’s my initial sketch:
Here’s the project about half-way done (includes a couple layers of paint):
Here’s the final product (with the included yellow ring around the eclipsed sun):
