piece in progress finished piece most helpful perspective warmup most helpful watercolor warmup which perspective i usedI used 2nd perspective where i took the photoI took this photo during spring break when me and my family took a trip to Grand Cayman Island. The trip was so great and the picture I painted was from georgetown in grand cayman. what i found difficultWhat I found difficult about this project was getting the right detail. The reference photo I chose was difficult enough but getting it to fit perspective and look realistic took many tries and was by far the most difficult part. why the warm ups were most helpfulThe hallway was helpful because it helped me focus on perspective and learn the style. The watercolor style warm up was helpful because it showed a bunch of different styles that was easy for me to look back on later on.
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children's book painting sunset watercolor techniques sketch of hallway most helpful activityIn my opinion, the most helpful activity was the sketch of the hallway. This is because it really helped me focus on perspective and really making things look real and far away/close up. I focused on making objects smaller the farther they were, and bigger the closer they were. This made the painting look much more real. what i like about watercolorWhat I like about water color is the mood it sets. Water color always has a light happy pastel vibe because of the water that's involved the color ends up being. I like the style this sets on the image because it is so unique yet beautiful. what i find difficultEven though the water sets a cool tone on a painting it makes it difficult to paint. This is because unlike acrylic, when you mess up with water color it is much more difficult to cover it up because of how light the paint is. It is also difficult to decide how much water you are using and be careful because too much water/too little can ruin your piece.
painting in progress finished piece most helpful warmupThe most helpful warmup in my opinion was the acrylic painting sphere. This is because we had already done the sphere with charcoal but doing it with paint was a whole new aspect. This is because with charcoal it was easy to fade and make shadows but with paint it was challenging. Over time I got the hang of it and this warmup helped me a lot with my piece. placeThe place that I am representing in my piece is the harbor at pine knoll shores. This was over the summer and I went to the beach with my friends. It was so much fun and such a great memory, that special and beautiful night with the sunset is what I like to think of every time I see that photo and that is what I wanted to capture in my piece. most challengingThe most challenging part of my piece in my opinion was the water. This is because of 2 aspects, the color of the water and the way the light reflects off of it. The picture I took was right when the sun was setting so part of the water was light and shimmery because the sun was reflecting off of it and it was so detailed to it was hard to recreate. The color was hard because I had to mix so many different greys and blues to get it just right. most successfulI feel the most successful part of my piece was the sunset. This is because of the way each color faded into each other made the painting look realistic. I also redid the sunset 3 times to get it just right and I feel as though I captured it well and I'm happy with the way it turned out. processI started off my piece with the sunset and the water. After I let those dry, I continued with the objects like the trees and village, as well as the boats. The boats was a little bit of a struggle because my painting looked so real and the boats made it look cartoon, so that is the only thing I don't like about my painting. Once I finished the boats I touched everything up by using tape along the straight edges.
painting a tree: skin tones: color matching tint/shade/tone color wheel textures/gradient of a color what i learnedFrom these activities I learned that there are so many different things that you can do to a color to make it look a certain way. It all depends on brush strokes, the way you mix, and the amount you add. You can make a simple color like red appear as detailed fur on an animal with the way you work with it. the most helpfulI feel like gradient fade was the most helpful. This is because I planned and painted a sunset. The gradient fade made my sky look extremely beautiful and realistic. I am thankful to have learned that skill because my painting would not have looked the same without it. The warmup i learned the most fromI learned the most from the color wheel. This is because the color wheel shows how you can mix certain primary colors to make those secondary colors. This was helpful because when I was painting I could look back at my color wheel to see how I could mix 2 colors to get a certain color. It was very helpful and it helped my painting turn out successful. ways to make brownA way to make brown is by starting with an orange. You could get this color by mixing yellow and red, Once you have created the orange, add a tint of black the more depending how dark you would like it. If it looks too dark then add some white. Another way could be starting with a black and adding white to make grey. You could then add some red to get a brown tint. How to tone down a colorTo tone down a color you could add a tint of grey. This would make the color much more dull and less vibrant. For example if you had a vibrant blue then adding a tint of grey would tone down the blue by making it less bright. Adding white could also tone down a color by making it lighter and more pastel.
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