Final Watercolor Landscape

Reflection:

I learned that putting too much or too little water on the page can make my paper rip or peel away. This is what happened in my rough draft and was the reason I had to do a second final draft. I also learned that you can’t spend too much time on one part of the painting, (for me, it was my sky) you have to let it dry and do layers. If I had two colors next to each other that I didn’t want to mix, I learned to let one dry before adding the other. In my sky, I figured out that I should do the yellow and pink before the blue because they are lighter and the blue can cover them up easily. I used the wet on wet technique for the sky. I love the fan brush. We don’t have one in at home, so I’ve never really used one, but I’ve seen them before, so I knew that they were great for painting grass. I used the fan brush for the grass behind the fence. I used the smaller round brushes for the little details on the fence and defined blades of grass in the foreground. I used the bigger round brushes for the washes on the hills. My paper kept ripping, so I tried to work faster and not use my brush in one spot for a while. The sky was definitely the hardest part for me, I practiced it a lot on small notecards until I felt confident enough for my final. Overall, I am proud of the was my painting turned out.