Reflection questions and answers:
i1. What watercolor/colored pencil techniques proved to be effective in your painting/drawing? How and Why?
The watercolor techniques that I used that were effective was wet on wet and sometimes I used dry on wet. Wet on wet helped a lot when I wanted to blend the colors together and dry on wet helped when I wanted to create the general outline of the art.
2. How important was using transparent layers (just layers for colored pencil) in your painting/drawing?
I only used watercolor in my painting and that worked really well for me. it was a lot smoother. I never used or layered anything with colored pencil.
3. Explain how your composition was successful? Did you utilize all the elements of art and principles of design? Explain.
When creating my art piece, I used a lot of shading and defining certain aspects of the flower on the reference photo I chose. I tried a lot of different watercolor techniques in the beginning (such as dry and dry, wet on dry) and I wasn't a fan of the majority of them because the colors ran. The flower I chose mostly worked around working on shading elements and blending colors.
4. Was color choice an important factor in the overall success of the painting/drawing? Why?
Yes, color choice was an important factor because it was crucial for the colors to look good together and not look sloppy and runny. The reference flower was white so I tried my hardest to pick and choose watercolor colors that would make the white flower really pop.
5. How did you use your knowledge of Georgia O’Keeffe as inspiration for this piece?
Georgia O'Keeffe used a lot of natural things to create her artwork. She typically chose things from nature which is what I incorporated into my work by choosing a flower.
6. Describe your craftsmanship.
I used a lot of different brushes to really define the leaves and creases in the flower. I used a lot of blue, purple, and some green highlights in my flower. A majority of the watercolor was used with the wet on wet technique because I found it blended better.
7. If you were an art critic how would you judge your work?
I don't think the art piece was amazing by any means but I can see the potential for something bigger and better.
8. If you were able to do something different what would it be and why?
If I were able to go back and do something different, I would go back and possibly choose a better picture. I would choose a picture that has a lot more color. For my actual art piece, I would go back and take away the mass amount of blue that I used and try my best to dole it down.
9. Explain to me what you have learned about watercolor/colored pencil and how it has improved or discouraged your development in art.
Something that I learned throughout my usage of watercolor is that it can take some time to dry depending on which technique I were to choose. Watercolor tends to run a lot if I slipped up in the slightest way, which can be annoying. I'm not very patient when it comes to creating things and watercolor takes a lot of patience which was a discouraging factor for me but I learned to grow with it.
The watercolor techniques that I used that were effective was wet on wet and sometimes I used dry on wet. Wet on wet helped a lot when I wanted to blend the colors together and dry on wet helped when I wanted to create the general outline of the art.
2. How important was using transparent layers (just layers for colored pencil) in your painting/drawing?
I only used watercolor in my painting and that worked really well for me. it was a lot smoother. I never used or layered anything with colored pencil.
3. Explain how your composition was successful? Did you utilize all the elements of art and principles of design? Explain.
When creating my art piece, I used a lot of shading and defining certain aspects of the flower on the reference photo I chose. I tried a lot of different watercolor techniques in the beginning (such as dry and dry, wet on dry) and I wasn't a fan of the majority of them because the colors ran. The flower I chose mostly worked around working on shading elements and blending colors.
4. Was color choice an important factor in the overall success of the painting/drawing? Why?
Yes, color choice was an important factor because it was crucial for the colors to look good together and not look sloppy and runny. The reference flower was white so I tried my hardest to pick and choose watercolor colors that would make the white flower really pop.
5. How did you use your knowledge of Georgia O’Keeffe as inspiration for this piece?
Georgia O'Keeffe used a lot of natural things to create her artwork. She typically chose things from nature which is what I incorporated into my work by choosing a flower.
6. Describe your craftsmanship.
I used a lot of different brushes to really define the leaves and creases in the flower. I used a lot of blue, purple, and some green highlights in my flower. A majority of the watercolor was used with the wet on wet technique because I found it blended better.
7. If you were an art critic how would you judge your work?
I don't think the art piece was amazing by any means but I can see the potential for something bigger and better.
8. If you were able to do something different what would it be and why?
If I were able to go back and do something different, I would go back and possibly choose a better picture. I would choose a picture that has a lot more color. For my actual art piece, I would go back and take away the mass amount of blue that I used and try my best to dole it down.
9. Explain to me what you have learned about watercolor/colored pencil and how it has improved or discouraged your development in art.
Something that I learned throughout my usage of watercolor is that it can take some time to dry depending on which technique I were to choose. Watercolor tends to run a lot if I slipped up in the slightest way, which can be annoying. I'm not very patient when it comes to creating things and watercolor takes a lot of patience which was a discouraging factor for me but I learned to grow with it.