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my first water color

This class is really good and this is my favorite class. Because this is morning class and I can learn a lot of things about painting. I didn't know about how to mix color and how to get different color from three primary colors. Right now I know how to use three primary colors to mix any other color from these three colors...

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my first water color

In the middle of the semester, I drew one rose bud without background. I only drew one rose bud and I didn’t put anything. My professor Yong discussed my picture. He said to me when he looked at my picture he felt very lonely and my picture was like a scientific picture. I agree that and I accepted his advice...

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my first water color

I would like to try one more rose picture with background. While I drew this rose picture second time I was so excited about the painting. I choose red rose and green background. After I finished my rose picture I compared two pictures. I can see different view and feel different. I feel like my picture is much better than the first picture and it also looks warmer...

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my first water color
Phyu Than

I would like to draw and paint about sky and ground together. But I couldn’t draw it. Right now I am taking watercolor class. So there is a chance that I can try my dream. My professor said to us “when you draw a picture the background is very important. If I put some background and such as tree something like that it makes my picture warmer...

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my first water color

When I started Yong Chen's water color class I had a lot of experience drawing and painting with acrylic paint and other mediums but I was very scared to use watercolor because I thought it was too delicate for me, and I thought that it would be difficult to fix my mistakes...

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my first water color

One of the most important things in our mind should be how to express light and shadow properly. When we put the color on the picture, we have to pay a lot of attention to the light. Where the light comes from and where should be under the shadow, where should be shined...

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my first water color

When I use several colors presenting in a picture, I should make them looking comfortable; and at the same time, I have to make sure the main part jump out from all colors. For example, when I make a picture of fruits, I should pick the main color to underline the fruits I want to emphasis...

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my first water color

It is very important to arrange the position between the building and the figures. In order to make figures jumped out. I decided to put the figures in the closest position to the reviewer. At the meantime, the background becomes the whole building and the garden. It is more nature to have the figure at the road in front of the door of the house...

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