1. Describe the craftsmanship of your painting. (Is it neat and well executed?)
I really like how this painting turned out. I think it looks clean and everything is where it should be. I do plan on adding more detail after it dries enough, and I want to add more shadows to the tree trunks up front. I liked them a lot better when they were darker. 2. Describe your choice of colors/color harmonies and how you used them throughout the artwork. I tried my best to stay true to the colors in the original image, but I did wind up having to exaggerate the tonal differences in the browns in order to make the piece more interesting and keep things from blending together. I used a lot of pthalo blue and burnt sienna in this piece, but the color I went through the most of was lemon yellow. 3. How did you create contrast in your painting? I used both color and texture to create contrast in this landscape. Things in the foreground were given thicker layers and deeper colors, while things in the background were given lighter colors and thinner layers, in order to create a sense of distance. 4. How did you apply textures, highlights and shadows to enhance your artwork? I noticed that in the picture a lot of the foreground was in shadow, so I made it darker but I incorporated highlights where I thought the sun would show through the leaves. I put different textures into each aspect of the painting, in an effort to mimic the way the trees and dirt and water would feel in real life. 5. How were you able to create depth in your painting? I created depth using different values, perspective, and by building up thick layers of paint with both palette knives and piping bags. In the areas where the paint is really thick, I didn't have to do as much work to create an artificial sense of distance, because the distance was actually there. 6. What painting techniques did you use that made your painting successful? I used a lot of impasto medium and liquin in my oil paint, which cut down on the amount of paint I had to use and actually made the paint go on smoother. I didn't use a paintbrush very often in this piece, because I wanted there to be a lot of texture. I used palette knives and piping bags, and it really helped me create interesting shapes. I did the leaves in the foreground entirely with a piping bag, and I think they turned out really neat and clean looking. 7. Describe any difficulties you had creating your drawing and what you could do to improve your drawing? One of the hardest things was creating the highlights on the water, and making the dirt look like it had rocks and sticks in it. I need to go back in and add more rocks and sticks, and I plan on going over some areas of the water with a little brush and some white paint once the paint is dry enough to not be damaged by touch. There are some areas that are a little wrinkled because I tried to go over them when the paint was half dry, and I plan on fixing that later, too. 8. Explain the successes you had with this painting. Overall, I think this painting was successful. It was my first time doing a piece like this, and I learned a lot in the process. It could be a lot better, but I put a lot of effort into this and as soon as I make a few adjustments, I'll be completely fine with it. I think the trees and the leaves in the background turned out really well, and I like the big trees in the front of the piece. The color of the water turned out nicely, too.
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This is the painting I did along to the Bob Ross video. While I enjoyed the video itself, I don’t think the painting I did turned out right. It was nice practice, though, and if I did the same painting again it would probably turn out better, now that I know the placement of everything. It would have been easier if I had had a picture of the final painting to look at while I was painting mine. I learned some new techniques for doing landscapes while watching this video and found it to be an interesting experience.
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