This is my self portrait painting. I learned a lot while sketching and painting this, mainly that some things have to be darker or lighter, and i was hesitant to paint certain shadows as dark as they actually are but it's what makes the painting realistic. I emphasized highlights and used complimentary colors to make this picture pop. I am really proud of how it turned out even though it could have been better, it was one of my first times using water colors in a realistic way, so I think I did pretty well.
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This is my self portrait painting. I learned a lot while sketching and painting this, mainly that some things have to be darker or lighter, and i was hesitant to paint certain shadows as dark as they actually are but it's what makes the painting realistic. I emphasized highlights and used complimentary colors to make this picture pop. I am really proud of how it turned out even though it could have been better, it was one of my first times using water colors in a realistic way, so I think I did pretty well.
This painting of my macro still life was harder for me, I'm not used to using paint, but I feel like I improved from my last leaf painting. I used lighter colors like yellow before I used the darker red and brown. My motif, the big red leaf, I feel takes up a lot of space, which is good because the background isn't too overpowering.
This is my leaf painting. I tried to paint the light colors before I did the dark, but I still need to work on blending colors and painting what I see. Painting what I see is difficult for me, but that is what I'm working in my still life painting. I used the shading technique of using the paintbrush water to accent my motif-the leaves. The picture plane isn't completely used as much as I could, and I think there is too much background space not being used. But, I learned a lot from this painting, and I know what I need to work on.
This is my hallway drawing. I used a vanishing point, like the room drawing, it is still fairly new to me but I feel like I grasped the concept more in this drawing. I emphasized what things were closer by trying to make them darker so it looks like they are closer. This element makes the drawing easier to look at. I drew this as my room drawing. I used a vanishing point to make the room look realistic from that angle. The element I emphasized most was the center of the room, since that's where your eyes go. With everything going off the vanishing point it makes the drawing pleasing to look at. I drew geometric shapes that have swirling shapes inside of them. I used negative space, which is a new skill for me. The one element I emphasized the most in this piece is dark and light lines to show negative space. This element makes the piece more interesting to look at and has a cool effect on the geometry of the shapes. |