For our final project of the class we did a mixed media painting inspired by Luke Miller Buchanan. The place I chose for my painting was Joyner Service House on campus and the corner on which it is located. I really liked the lamppost and the fence and the beautiful bricks. For this painting we were supposed to work more all over the painting instead of painting and working on one section until perfected. In the third painting you will see some of that technique because I stained the areas without photos all at once instead of working on one area then moving to the next. It adds more fluidity to the piece. I enjoyed the technique since it was different from what we usually did. I went out and took lots of pictures of the house and surroundings from different angles and viewpoints. The key was to have some visual hiccups in the painting when we laid down the pictures and painted. Luke Miller Buchanan's work often has these visual hiccups and while at first glance it may almost look like a picture, on closer inspection his paintings have various things that make it obvious the piece is a mixed media 2-dimensional painting. While this painting is still in need of improvement I really like how my painting is turning out and I hope to finish the project when I return to school in the fall. I will post a final picture of the painting when I complete it!