In class we have experimented with different techniques. My favorite effect is using wet into wet to achieve a variegated wash. I find I don't use it enough in other paintings I have done. I really enjoyed the way the colors bleed into one another. This technique was especially helpful in the practice landscape with the tree. The flat wash is the most common and useful wash but my least favorite...

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Through our in class critique I learned that I need to create more contrast to emphasize the lighting within the appropriate composition. With the correct lighting a painting can be more powerful by pulling you into the areas you want to draw attention to. Using a composition style to compliment the feel of the painting also adds to the appeal of a good watercolor...

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It is hard to predict what I will do with what I have learned in painting. I've enjoyed this class and I know I will continue to paint in all mediums. I have learned some valuable techniques that have made painting in watercolors easier and more satisfying. My focus was supposed to be on painting a good portrait. I may not be there yet but I'm a lot closer than I was before and will continue to work on it more in the future...

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This watercolor class is a interesting class. Up to now, through three weeks of my learning, it opened my mind that led me to know what is watercolor. I have learned how to use red, blue, and yellow those three colors of pigments with water to mixed it and creat variety of colors, By using different amounts of the water...

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In the last Saturday of my watercolor class, after listening to the professor illustration of our paintings, I understood that for a painting, first, we have to have a plan to consider how to compose it the picture, and where it should be lighter or darker. We should think about what we want to intense it for to expression what we trying to tall the reader about or show our emotions on it...

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How to make a greeting card? I had planed it for a week in my mind. As a Chinese, I think it is better to make a Chinese New Year card for my Chinese friends and my families, but what messages that should I write about and what should I draw on it? After I watched the web site on the computer that illustrated how to make a greeting card, I had some ideas...

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As an artist, I like to draw landscape pictures. I always like to travel to see the mountains, the rivers, and go into the forests to access nature. When I am there, I always admire what a miraculous thing nature is, I always want to draw it to share with my friends and my families to express my feeling and praise. As an artist, I think that would be the happiest thing for me...

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In this semester of my watercolor class, I gained a lot. First, I had an excellent professor whose name is Yong Chen. He is a professional and experienced teacher. He taught us about how to use various techniques on watercolor printing such as lift-off, wet-on–dry, wet-on-wet ect… He also taught us how to become a professional artist and gave ideas on how to market sell our paintings, it motivated our interests on watercolor and I decided to continue...

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These past few classes have exposed me to the medium of watercolor painting. I have learned the importance of the basic three colors (pure red, blue, and yellow) and how combining these colors produce shades of orange (red + yellow), green (blue + yellow) and purple (red + blue). The color brown is created when red, yellow and blue are mixed together...

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Before embarking on a career as a watercolor illustrator, first I would need to become more proficient in planning the subject to be painted. For example, in class we had an assignment to draw and paint a pumpkin. Being able to recognize when to shadow and how to draw the audience into the drawing is an art into itself...

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Before you can start to prepare a greeting card, you need to secure the supplies. This means a trip to either an art supply store, Staples, or a craft store. On our way home from class last Saturday, November 1st, we stopped in the Somerville mall to shop for the supplies. The supplies needed are watercolor paper, envelopes and drafting tape. Yong suggested getting the tape at Staples so we went to Staples and we were able to make the purchase...

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