10/17/2017 0 Comments The Idea of PlaceI took a trip to St. John, apart of The United States Virgin Islands, this past summer. My painting is based on a picture taken from the balcony of the place my family was staying. I woke up to this view every morning and it was absolutely fantastic. This place is important to me because this was one of the most amazing places I have ever been to and I made many great memories in St. John with my AWESOME family.
The sail boat was the most challenging for me because I was having trouble painting the shape of the boat and the thin lines associated with it. Also the small windows on the boat were hard to paint. I feel that the different shades of blue I mixed for the water is the most successful part of my piece. I love how the blending of the colors turned out and the creation of the waves. My painting has a lot of layers. I started off by painting the sky light blue and connecting that to my horizon point meeting the water. After that I painted the mountains and rocks in the water. I then started painting the grass and bushes using 4 different shades of green. I did tiny strokes to give the grass texture and make it more realistic. At first I did not add the shoreline using white, but then I decided to by blotting my dry brush. I painted the clouds by using a dry brush with white paint and swirling motions of my hand. Then I painted the tree using the same shades of green from the grass and bushes and mixed up some orange. The flowers I wanted to give some texture so I used the front and back of my paint brush to make them more detailed. I then painted the sailboat and used tape to get the thin lines. Then I painted small, white boxes on the mountains to represent homes that are far away. I had an amazing time painting the picture I took and would love to Paint with Acrylic Paint soon.
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http://acommonname.com/street-art-project/ Intro to drawing 1
Charcoal Drawing
The pros of charcoal drawing are that the charcoal is fun and easier to blend than other materials and it gives the drawing a little bit of a texture, which I really like. The darkness of the charcoal, when you press it down hard on the paper, gives a nice demension to object and makes it look 3-D. The cons of charcoal drawing are that it is so messy and gets everywhere and it is hard to fix a mistake once you make it. When you press the charcoal down too hard it makes it really hard to make it lighter after that. Warm Up:
The warm up that I think helped me the most was the pastel sphere. This is because it taught me how to add shadows and light spots based from the light is shining on to the object.
Composition: The nature of somethings ingredients. The way in which a whole is made up. Value: The lightness or darkness of tones or colors. Meet Your Mentor
My mentor is Shaley Khoury. She is a senior at Apex High School and is taking Art 4 right now. She loves the medium photography and she also likes to draw buildings in the sky. Her digital portfolio link is Shaelyn-apex-2018.weebly.com. I think I can benefit a lot by this because she gave me such amazing advice about how improve my art. Also having someone who has already taken the class give me advice helps by making me feel like at some point my art could be just as awesome as hers if I really work hard and have fun with it. I want to learn different techniques in art and how I can use those techniques in my pieces. Learning Color/Paint Mixing
I learned how to mix paint colors to form different tints and shades of color. I also learned what colors are mixed to get to another color, for example, yellow, red, and white make orange! Brown Swatches
Brown is made by mixing Orange and Blue, Green and Red, and Purple and Yellow. Brown can be made lighter or darker by adding white or black. |