The process for making this piece was rather enjoyable and effortless. We started off with a 12x18" piece of paper, once again a black sharpie and a shiny mirror. This time instead of making a squiggle we were instructed to draw a 2 minute self portrait but there was two rules. Rule one was we couldn't pick the sharpie up from the page and rule two was that we couldn't see what we were drawing. After the self portrait we drew both of our hand sin the same fashion, without looking at the paper. This resulted in extremely weird lines going all over the place. This practice of drawing without looking is called 'Blind Contour'. After the two hand and my face there was still mostly blank space on my paper. I decided to add more blind contour but this time I did however pick my hand up from the page. The fence, bushes, wave and clouds are all blind contour drawings as well. Finally to add some color I painted over everything and that was when I was really able to see the story come together. The materials I used was pretty straightforward because it was only water color and black sharpie.

The main elements of design I worked hard to have in my piece were balance and unity. The balance I worked hard to create was the heaviness on 'cooler' colors at the top of the painting and then the use of 'warmer' colors at the bottom of the piece. I also had a hard time thinking about what would look over the top and distract one's eye from seeing the whole picture. The unity is more represented in the person who is blending or bringing together both parts.

This painting/drawing almost represents me in a way. The lines were originally messy and came off as a jumble of sharpie ink but with the paint offering more of a hint on what the object is you have a much easier time seeing the whole picture. As well as the fact that I am a very proud wearer of hats and a surfer. I am most proud of the way the fence and dune grass really took to looking like a fence and dune grass and the way the dunes blended so nicely. The hardest part in the whole piece was drawing the shaka sign on the right. I drew that with my left hand and I think that was the first time my left hand has ever drawn.