My goals and intentions of this painting was to try to mix
oil paint and not use the color black. I
accomplished this by mixing red and blue to get my black and mixing white into
that to get the grays. The thing that surprised
me most was how I wasn’t a perfectionist like usual. In this piece I painted fast and didn’t worry
about the slightest detail. My drawing
is about shadows and mixing paint.
Without the right shadows The balls and the bucket wouldn’t look
realistic and 3-D.
The most difficult challenge I had to face was not getting
paint on me. To meet this challenge I
wore a vest from Mars. I experienced the
shift to the right side of the brain when I didn’t want to stop painting even
when the bell for the next class rang.
My drawing really works in the red ball because of the different colors
in the red ball and the white stripes.
Something I learned that I can bring into my next painting
is how to mix the paint. Before this
project, I didn’t know how to mix the paint to get a certain color. I learned how to make a white shadow from
Laura. I brought this idea into my piece
with the bright red part of the red ball.
If I had a do over, I would have not painted as slow. I would have painted faster to try to get
more done and then add detail when I got done.
I think the best thing about my work is how the dark purple and the dark
green make a really good shadow. I think
that they contrast each other very well.