For this project, my inspiration came from the idea of the northern lights. At first, when I did the water color I chose to do the three cool colors because they are my favorite. Then, once I finished, I noticed that it looked like the colors you see in the sky during the northern lights so I decided to draw a mountain scene with a moon. During the creation of my piece, I got to learn a lot of the techniques associated with water colors. I learned what the amount of water on a brush can do to the painting and I began to learn how to control and even blend the colors. I communicated through my artwork because the outdoors are something that are important to me and I tried to show that through the scene I created. Some of the risks I took when creating my work was leaving no white spots and also painting over the water color rather than just taping a transparency on top. By painting each block I had to keep them from bleeding into each other and painting right on my water color had the risk of ruining it. Throughout the process, I collaborated with some of the people around me. I asked them about the things they liked and disliked and then experimented to try and fix problems that they noticed. I often stopped to look at my work and decided if the patterns looked right or not. About half way through the water coloring, I noticed that my designs looked random so I began to repeat some of the patterns. Also, the use of technology was helpful to me when I needed to come up with a good piece of scenery to put on top of the background.
If I could change something about my piece, I would paint outside of the lines a bit. I dislike how each design is limited to one box and it would be improved if I did the same designs, just in different shapes.
If I could change something about my piece, I would paint outside of the lines a bit. I dislike how each design is limited to one box and it would be improved if I did the same designs, just in different shapes.