Before I took the class of water color, I didn’t know nothing about watercolor painting. I thought it is so boring and difficult to learn. After the first class, I changed my mind. First, our professor’s spirit of never give up for seeking his dream stimulated me to study hard. Also, his students’ pictures were surprising me. I couldn’t believe how beautiful pictures they painted...

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Last Saturday, I saw my classmates’ paintings in the class. How beautiful paintings they did! Whatever flowers, people, mountain or water, they all look like the real things. To compare with my paintings, I though they are so ugly and I did not want to show them in the class. I had confusion of why my paintings did not have the real sense. After our professor explained the good ways and the short ways of our assignment...

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When we were required to make Christmas cards for our families and friends, I had no idea what was I going to make. My professor said, “Don’t always think about the snow, the snow is not the only thing for Christmas cards. You can make some things that your friends or your families like.” Oh, it is a good idea. Choosing some special things can represent special meaning. I started to think about what are my daughter and my son like...

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To be artist is easy now. ArtSchoolsSearch.com helps you quickly find the right Art schools for you. Though formal training is not necessary for artists, it is good to take art courses in high school. It is not easy to be successful without some training. A lots colleges and universities offer bachelor or master's degree programs in fine arts. Independent schools of art and design offer associate and bachelor's degree programs in art...

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Before I took the class of watercolor, I didn’t know anything about it. I thought it is so boring and difficult to learn. Actually, watercolor painting has a lot of fun. First, when I finish this semester, I learned color-mixing methods and studied how paper react to water and pigments. I was so surprised by using three colors with yellow, red, and blue to make a lot of colors. I learn watercolor painting techniques of dry-on-dry, wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry. I learned how to use bright color and not-bright color, warn and cool in the design composition...

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When I was still in China, I saw a Chinese painting. Chinese painting is water color. That painting was only one color, black color; it is a village at the feet of a mountain at after raining. Thought only one color, and the village, tree, and mountain are not like real, it is as the subjects lying in the water, even I cannot see clear where is mountain, where is tree, and where is village, I can image that it is a peaceful village, it is a nature village, and people real live in nature...

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When I was still in China, I saw a Chinese painting. Chinese painting is water color. That painting was only one color, black color; it is a village at the feet of a mountain at after raining. Thought only one color, and the village, tree, and mountain are not like real, it is as the subjects lying in the water, even I cannot see clear where is mountain, where is tree, and where is village, I can image that it is a peaceful village, it is a nature village, and people real live in nature...

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After the instructor introduced how to make the greeting card, I really liked to try it. I followed those steps to start making a greeting card. The first greeting card I drew “Let it snow”. That was a very cute greeting card which there is a bear and penguin on it. It looked like a real greeting card with my real painting. After that, I have made few greeting cards...

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I liked to paint without any thinking. When I was painting, I have seen my skills improving by my enjoying. After I drew a good painting (I believed), my mood was good. Painting let me calm down when I was in mad. Painting let me to think about my future as my painting skills were improved by steps. When I was enjoyed the painting, 8 hrs may not too long to me to spend in it. To think a bit deep, that is the life part sometimes. Watercolor is one kind of arts. Arts are always around us. Indeed, our lives also are arts...

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Your passion for your art is inspiring and while you do carry on the heartfelt messages, it is refreshing to find a teacher who wants to impact his students lives not just their grades from one semester. I wish you the very best for this phase of your life as you illustrate, and i also hope that you will practice what you preach...

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