1. The activity that I found the most helpful was probably the illustration from the children’s book because you got to see how all the different water color techniques actually play out on paper. Then, it was just an added bonus that we got to practice these skills as well during that activity. 2. What I like most about watercolor is that the colors can end so well. For example, if you were to create a sunset using the different techniques and right blending the sunset can look so smooth and pretty, but that goes for painting anything with watercolor. 3. What I found most difficult about watercolor was the fact that if you added too much water, the colors could run all over the place. Another thing that I found difficult was sometimes that I forgot to add a color or something, but I’d have to add that color on top of a dark color which doesn’t work and just ends up ruining that section. *Right below this my 4 warm ups, then my painting and it in progress* Watercolor Perspective1. In my painting I used 1 point perspective.
2. The photo I took was when I went to Louisiana for soccer. The picture is when we visited New Orleans. 3. What I found most difficult to do in my piece was probably painting the tree. I just found it hard to paint the branches over the leaves while making it look realistic. 4. My most helpful warmup was the watercolor techniques. The most helpful perspective warm up was the hallway drawing. The two warmups I picked help because first, the perspective helped me figure out how to draw windows or doors to make it look realistic and that 1 point perspective we were suppose to capture. I think they also help because the water color techniques showed me different styles and the best techniques to paint to create a certain aspect. For example, the gradient wash style showed me the best way to create a sunset.
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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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