My idea was to paint a picture of a truck that I persoally enjoy. I got the idea from my cousins truck. I was inspired to paint this because of my love for vehicles. I enjoy being around vehicles because it takes my mind off of a lot of bad things. I started by painting the background in a cool blue. Then I drew the truck onto the canvas, then painted the truck. I painted the road, then the bushes. I ended off by adding textures and signing my name on the bottom.  I didn't really have much of a symbolic meaning to me, but I really enjoy trucks and cars. I want my audience to think about riding around in an older truck on a Sunday afternoon. The most difficult part for me to paint was the road because of how much textures were in it based off of my inspiration picture. I just tried my best to make it look the best I could. I dont think I would change anything about it if I had the chance just because of how good it came out in the end. I feel like it would be more of a realism art piece. I think it is unique because I paint vehicles like they are really sitting there and I try to make it look like a still image. I love the way the truck came out if I had to choose. 

My idea was to paint the General Lee from the Dukes of Hazzard. I got the idea from watching the Duke boys growing up because it is a show I enjoy watching. I started by painting the sky color on the whole canvas, then I drew the General on the canvas. Then I painted the General, and then painted the rest of the background. Then to finish off, I added highlights and my signature. This piece of work symbolizes my childhood pretty much because this is what I grew up[ with and loved as a kid. I want my audience to think about what brought them joy as a kid and really bring it to life. What was difficult was getting the roof of the car just right with the lettering and the flag. I just let the brush lead me to paint it the way it was done. I would not change a single thing about this painting just because of how much I reminisce my childhood looking at this painting. This artpiece is a realism piece. It is unique because like I said because of my childhood and how much it makes me reminisce my childhood days. I love the way the car came out. 

We had to do a project of painting a black and white animal. I chose an eagle because it represents america and I am proud to be an american.  I started by painting the background then drawing a grid on the canvas. Then, I drew the eagle onto the grid and started painting. After I painted the eagle, I started adding feather textures and finishing off the background. This piece shows what I feel is my apirit animal. I want my audience to think about America when thwy look at this painting. The difficult part was getting the texture on the beak and the shading below it just right. I just decided to wing it and hope it came out right. This is a realism piece. It is unique to my personal style because I am an american and that is what this bird represents. I love tyhe way the eagle came out. 

I got the idesa to paint this because of my old truck and how I like riding around backroads. I painted the background, then i drew the truck on the canvas. Then I painted the truck, then the road and trees. After, I added the textures then my signature at the bottom. It just means that you can drive backroads and have fun, or to just enjoy the scenery of the backroads. I want my audience to think about driving on gravels or backroads and thinkin g about what they see and hear while driving around. The difficult part was getting the road and tree texture right, but once I got taught the technique, then it all just came together. This is a realism piece. It just relates to me enjoying driving around. I love the way the truck came out because of the highlights and details.