When it comes to watercoloring, i definetly have a novice understanding of it. My only previous experience was at an elementary schoool level. That obviously was not as focused as this class will be. I have always looked at this art form as more for children. Definetly did not take it as serious as oil paintings. Knowing that i was to take this class i did look into it a little bit, not too much, but i did gain more respect for it...

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I have never taken a water color class in the past. So, I really do not have a water color experience to go by or use in class. The only time I’ve might of done water color is in elementary school. I believe in the art class in elementary school the techniques where petty, so I do not remember any of the techniques from elementary school...

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What I’ve learn so far in the middle of the semester that was quite help full when painting a watercolor painting was, learning how to darken and lighten colors. I was not aware of the technique; I would just use darker or lighter tones of the color. I learn in order to get a lighter and darken tone of the color is all based on the amount of water used when painting...

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I had a fun and creative experience creating a mother day card. for mother’s day, on Sunday. I created the card with the techniques I’ve learn this semester, in Yong Chen watercolor class. The first step on creating the card was I had to make sure the envelope is bigger than the card. Also in the process I had to make sure the card was at least 6 by 9 and not over sized...

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Watercolor, I think it should be working with water of course. Water will affect the color’s brightness and darkness. Also, watercolor seems very easy to be dried to me. You will have to keep it in a good way in order to protect it from getting bad. What I like about watercolor is you can mix two or three or even more colors to get another color...

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After four weeks learning about watercolor, I learnt how to mix color and make new colors and how to “play” with water. Mixing color and making new colors is my favorite part. However I am still not very confident with my paintings, but I am proud of the new colors that I made. Water is the important part in watercolor. It can make the color whether lighter or darker...

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I did a one color painting in class weeks ago. One color painting is use only one color to create a “colorful” watercolor painting. But how do you make it colorful? That is all about the brightness and the darkness of the color. Control the water and mix it with the color to make a different color is not easy. My painting was three dolphins swimming in the ocean. I was very proud with those dolphins...

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My preference is a gentleman from a magazine. The most important part of doing a portrait is drawing. Unlike sketch, I will have to draw the person very detailed: the eyes, the nose, the mouth and hair, every part of the person. I spent almost thirty minutes to draw the portrait. With my friends’ and professor’s help, I finally got done with my drawing and I liked it very much, it looks like my preference a lot...

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