My idea of this piece was to show what my idea of a quiet happy place was. I thought of where I would love to be when times are hard and I thought of this. A quiet mountain side with a beautiful sunset on a body of water. I first started with the sunset I put together a bunch of colors I thought were pretty and I blended them together. Next, I did the mountains, it was a little difficult but I eventually got them to look ok. Then I did the water this pare was also a little hard but I just made sure to get the colors to mirror each other and then shadow the mountains. Next, I did the tree line, that part was pretty easy. Then I drew little bids flying and then it was done. This specific piece of art resembles my idea of a happy place, somewhere you can go to get away, relax, and just be happy, even if it’s really hard sometimes. I think the hardest part of the piece was the mountains. I couldn’t get the shading right and they just didn’t seem to look like mountains to me. So I just kept shading and highlighting and soon enough I got them to where I didn’t want to mess them up and stopped. This is a realistic piece. I love how I can put so much color and joy into a piece and make it mean something to me that’s just special.