Exhibit 2

Background: This photo was taken at Thanksgiving Point in April 2021. It contains nice complementary colors and near split compliment triad. These complementary combinations provide decent contrast to identify individual components in an oil painting style and seem like they would be appropriate to mimic a still life oil painting.

Design:

• Contrast: The light and dark contrast of the yellow against the green and purple allowed for the daffodils to stand out against the background.

• Color: This photo was selected based on the complementary colors and near split compliment triad. With each color associated with a particular element (green-stems/leaves; purple-hyacinth flowers; yellow/orange-daffodil flowers), each element would be identifiable even with the less distinct nature of an oil painting.

• Other: Smaller brush strokes were used on the daffodil flowers to improve the definition of these elements and bring particular attention to those flowers.

Photoshop:

• I used the camera raw to make minor adjustments to the contrasts, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks, and vibrance of the original photo.

• I then used the art history with a TextureLabs Oil Paint set. The Large and Noodles brushes were used on the entire canvas. The medium brush was used to soften some background areas to improve the separation of elements. The small brushes were used on the daffodil flowers, hyacinth flowers, and the nearest daffodil leaves to bring more detail into the painting and to clarify the texture and lines of these elements. The fine brush was used primarily on the daffodil flowers to increase the details and to complete the yellow fill on the daffodil flowers.

• After using the brushes, I opened the camera raw filter to increase the texture and clarity.

Credits: Photo taken by Emilee Packer at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, UT in April 2021. Photoshop brushes downloaded from https://texturelabs.org/tutorials/art-history-brush-photoshop-tutorial/

Revisions:

This exhibit was considered professional by the instructor. A peer commented that the top center area appeared too glossy. I chose not to revise this exhibit.