For this project we had to choose a location we've been and recreate it using a medium of our choice. For my project I chose to do a picture of the beach when I went with my friends for the weekend to celebrate one of my best friends birthdays. We were sitting outside on the porch overlooking the small stretch to the ocean when i took this picture, and since the picture has a lot of lights and colors I decided to use watercolor because it's pretty and soft. I had a lot of trouble keeping the lines straight and getting the proportions right on this project. I feel I should have used artist's tape to keep the lines straight for this one and be sure to examine the picture more. I'm happy with the way the colors turned out except the lines are a bit faint, but watercolor is meant for being smooth. I learned a lot about how to used watercolor pencil when working on this project, I was able to experiment a bit and darken up lines by drawing and then adding a dab of water. I really enjoyed this project because watercolor is one of my favorite mediums to use, its so light and pretty and it seems to make everything seem happier or simpler. I really hope to get better at using watercolor because I plan to use it a lot in the future for many more projects. I feel experimenting with it more and studying the ways it could be used would be very beneficial to me and the way I work.
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May 2015
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