Water color is a familiar medium for me because I used it in art 1 a lot. But when using water color there are many different techniques people can use to show different textures and detail. In art 1, I normally didn't use the numerous techniques but for this project I tried to use more of them. The techniques I used were dry brush, resistance, saran wrap, and wet on wet. I used dry brush for the detail on the leaves, resistance on the filament, saran wrap on the leaves which did not work too well, and wet on wet on the leaves. I feel as if I gained a lot of skills with the different techniques throughout this project. My project took two unexpected turns while I was working on it. I had to start over three times because I kept messing up. The first time I messed up I went too light and thought I could put more color in the piece by using the water color pencil after I already wet the petal. As soon as I put more pencil on my damp petal I noticed I pressed too hard and I could not blend it in. This created a prominent line in the center of the petal. I felt this error could cause peoples eyes to go directly to that spot so I had to restart. When I started over for the second time I put too much water on the petal which caused the paper to tear away. I did not like how it looked at all so I decided to start over the same day it was due. Even though, I do not like my piece as much as my sketch, I am still really pleased with the outcome. Honestly, throughout the whole time I was doing the project I was not sure about a lot of things I was doing. To start off, I was not really confident about my picture and I did not know if I could do it. Also, I was not sure about how many leaves to add and where they should be because pretty much my whole picture was the flower but I really wanted to add some leaves in my piece. Another thing that I questioned was the color of the petals. Originally, the petals were pink but I decided that if I used blue it would be easier to use more colors in the petal itself. The element I was most hesitant about was the very bright orange background but now I really like it because it makes the actual flower stand out.
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