Sustained Investigation #5

I’m calling this project, Words to Live By because these three lines are very important in today’s society with pressing climate issues. I chose to create this specific work because I was inspired by one of the bell ringers to have bring awareness to global warming and environmental issues which is what I hope to continue to do in my pieces. I tried to show three different phrases for people to think about. When I was creating this I had a simplistic idea in mind.

For materials, I used watercolor and marker. I used the watercolor to make small shapes in the background. I used a variety of techniques and methods including: layering and shading. While creating this work, I paid close attention to making sure that the color scheme matched the theme of the piece. I wanted my artwork to be simple and I did that by make simple forms and using simple phrases.

I like the way the watercolor shapes look. However, I struggled with shading using markers. I wanted to show a simple background and i did this by not making it a scene but just shapes to not distract from the words. If I created another work like this I may have made more layers of watercolor instead of doing the marker shading. My work shows that I learned how to make a piece of work from that brings attention to an important topic.