When I start water coloring it’s give me the encouragement that I can do it because once I put the color on the paper it makes it own beauty. Prior to this class I did not had any background on water color neither on painting. Throughout this class I learned how to draw the sketches, how to use...

Continue my watercolor learning experience

By doing the two color painting I realized the more color we add to the painting the more beautiful painting becomes. This part of the class really makes me think about painting seriously. The more painting I do in this class the more interesting it gets. My self confidence on painting is building and now I think I can do it...

Continue my watercolor learning experience

This is my first painting experience by water color. I don't know too much about color, and cannot analyze the value of colors. You could say I am in the kindergarten's level in this area. So I was a little nervous when the first class began. Then I got the first assignment was painting a house in fall season. It was a little bit challenge at first beginning...

Continue my watercolor learning experience

This painting has to use the same color, but different values. What's value? It's about the brightness or darkness. Not only a color, but also different colors can be the same value. How to be lighter or darker? Deciding your color, if you cover the same color in the same area, it will become darker and darker; if you get more water into the color, it will be lighter and lighter...

Continue my watercolor learning experience

From my picture still have to consider the light source, which part should be lighter, which part should be darker. If light source goes this way, how could I paint the shadow? I still have to resolve this problem. Sculpture is really hard to paint, but I think I will get better, if I keeping practice that again and again, and follow professor Chen's teach...

Continue my watercolor learning experience

I started to think about how to use other colors making my subject looks more outstanding. I drew the tire by yellow brown color, and I use some green and blue color to compare it. I hope that I can make the picture more interesting, not just a yellow brown tire. I really like this picture, because I was very successful to let it become outstanding, and impact my eyes...

Continue my watercolor learning experience

The last problem is reflection. Reflection problem always made me crazy. I had to consider about the light source. (Where the light comes from?) It doesn’t show very clear light source from the picture. Finally, I solved the problem. I forget all the colors; just consider the values (darker and lighter), then I found out what the light source is coming from...

Continue my watercolor learning experience