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Watercolor Learning Experience

	Raina Mcmahan I didn’t know very much about watercolor before I signed up for this class. All I knew was that water was used, and paint was used with that water. Perhaps I just thought of it as a messier acrylic, something that got you and the paper wet, and the water flowed with the paint wherever it pleased, losing all your control in the painting process... Continue my watercolor learning experience
	Raina Mcmahan I have enjoyed the watercolor class very much so far. I feel more comfortable with the brushes and the water and am learning how to make both work together. Watercolor is very relaxing, and so far my favorite part has been the homework. When I am at home painting with watercolor, I can just turn some music on and enjoy the quiet of my house while painting with watercolor... Continue my watercolor learning experience
	Raina Mcmahan My experience in this painting class has been a very positive one. Watercolor has taught me to relax and to literally go with the flow of things. When I started, I was intimidated by watercolor. I could not control it like I could with acrylic painting. As I progressed in the class, I learned the various ways watercolor could be controlled, and I believe I have progressed tremendously in this short semester... Continue my watercolor learning experience
	Raina Mcmahan Overall, I have loved learning watercolor painting and see it as something I will continue doing the rest of my life. Watercolor painting really teaches you to slow down, and when you are painting all the worries of life escape your head and it is just you with the brush, nothing else. I see watercolor as a perfect remedy for those with high blood pressure or too many worries in life... Continue my watercolor learning experience
	Yan Yi Huang How amazing! Just using three colors with yellow, red, and blue can make a lot of colors. When my professor showed and taught us how to use those three colors, I was really surprised. I like drawing since I was a child, but I didn’t learn formally. Also, our professor’s spirit of never give up for seeking his dream that encourage me, and I keep it in my mind. Moreover, his students’ pictures were surprising me because some of them they never painted before took class... Continue my watercolor learning experience
	Yan Yi Huang Today, Professor Chen showed my classmates’ paintings in the class. Whatever flowers, people, fruits, butterfly, they seemed the real things. How beautiful paintings they did! Everybody did the great job. Our professor explained the good ways and the short ways of our assignment. In this class, I learned much useful knowledge to painting... Continue my watercolor learning experience
	Yan Yi Huang When we were required to make greeting cards for our families and friends, I had no idea what was I going to make. My professor taught us how to Measure regular size of envelope and card. After this he chose a rose picture to teach us making a card for her wife. He said, “Some special things can represent special meaning... Continue my watercolor learning experience
	Yan Yi Huang I think the natural pictures are beautiful and make me feel peace and relax. I think painting these kinds of pictures can be against war, cigarettes, or pictures about animals and their protection environmental problems. Putting them into magazines, newspapers or exhibitions will help to somehow solve these problems and reduce the crime in our community... Continue my watercolor learning experience