Painting 1

Baseline Painting

Jack Butler "Sunset Mountain"

5inx8in, Watercolor, 2025

Originally, I just wanted to create a sunset. I started with that idea and worked from the top down. I realized it wouldn't make sense just to have the sky, so I added mountains and trees at the bottom. I kept adding details to make my idea come to life, and I'm proud of how the hills turned out. I used watercolor for this whole painting. Mainly using a small fine tip brush along with a square brush to get the larger spaces. I tried to do a lot of blending and laying of colors to get different effects. Added harsher outfits and highlights to the hills to really give them dimension. Not much thought went into this besides doing a sunset, so I just want someone to view it as how amazing nature is. The hardest part of this painting was the clouds. I don't hate how they turned out, but I definitely want to continue to work on them in the future. This style is realism but also very cartoon-ish. It is based on a real thing but is painted in a way to have fun and not worry about every detail.

Car Sunset

Jack Butler "Car Sunset"

12x10, Acrylic Paint, 2025

My Idea for this painting came after I took a picture of the sunrise one morning on my way to church. At first I wanted to make it look darker like the actual but picture but I changed all of the colors to be brighter to make the painting pop more instead of looking dull. I really just used my photo for reference and tried to make it look pretty realistic. I started off with painting the canvas a base color of white and used transfer paper to trace my photo to get all of the dimensions correct. I used many different colors of paint but making sure I custom mixed different colors to get everything exactly how I wanted them. I used several brushed ranging from larger to very fine tip. I used lots of layer mainly on the sunrise to blend the colors together starting from the darker bottom and turning it blue by the time we reached the top of the painting. This painting just shows us the beauty that is all around us and to never ignore what God has made for us. This piece is realistic but also has some pop in it. The shading on the car is more dull but she you get to the mirror it pops out of the page because that is the main focus.

Sabriana Carpenter

Altered-Moment

Artist Name "Title"

Size, Media, Year

(IDEA) First explain what your idea is. How did you get the idea and how did it evolve? Inspirations from life experiences? Another Artwork?

(PROCESS) Explain your process. What tools and techniques did you use?

(SYMBOLISM & ICONOGRAPHY) What does the artwork mean? What do you want your audience to think about? Is there any symbolic imagery in the work?

(ARTISTIC GROWTH) What was most difficult for you? How did you overcome the struggles? What would you change if you started over?

(VISUAL VOICE) What style of art is this? (Realistic, Abstract, Surreal, Non-Objective?). What makes it unique to your own personal style? What do you love about it?

Disney Castle