1. The place I decided to paint in my artwork is in Red Rock Canyon in Las Vegas. Besides the place being extremely beautiful, I decided to paint it because my soccer team and I went there for soccer. I've been playing soccer for around 6 years now, and I have it about 4-5 times a week. Soccer is very important to me, so that's why I decided to paint this. 2. The most challenging piece in my painting was probably trying to make all the bushes in the front look realistic and trying to add the right amount of shading at the bottom and throughout the bush. 3. I was actually really proud of my mountain range in the background and the sky. For the mountain ranges I feel like I did decent on adding different colors to try and create that rock looking effect. Then, for the sky I just feel like my transitions from the darker blue to the lighter blue then to the white was really smooth. 4. In my painting the first thing I did was the sky. I started off with the darker blues then I kept adding the lighter blues and finally the white right on top of the mountain range. I next did the mountain range with one solid color, then I went back and added tons of different colors to create that rock effect. Next I did the green weeds in the back and once again I went back and added different colors of green to create a more realistic effect. After, I tried to do the sand a light color to match across the rest of the painting, and on top of that I splotched some more green paint to create the bushes up close. Lastly, I did the rock in the corner and as I did throughout the whole painting, I went back and added spots of different colors. The very last things I did was add more shading to the bushes and I tried to dab colors onto my sand to create a sand effect. *I didn't get a picture of my painting in the process* *Below is my painting warmups and questions* Acrylic warmup1. For acrylic painting, I learned that shading and adding highlights to certain parts of your painting can make a big difference.
2. I think the most helpful warmup for my painting was the mixing colors to form brown. That’s because In my painting I have a lot of earthy colors and knowing how to make browns really helped. 3. I learned the most from painting the different textures especially the rock because my painting has a lot of rocks in it. In the warmups my textures weren’t really the best looking, but I feel that in my painting the texture got better looking and more realistic. 4. One way to make brown is mixing two opposite colors on the color wheel, such as blue and orange, and then you can add white to make it lighter or add more blue to make it darker. 5. You can tone down certain colors by adding white to make the color less vibrant. Then, you can also use the color wheel and use the colors opposite the color wheel to dull down the color. For example, if you wanted to tone down red you can add some green paint.
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