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Visual Production 502-AP6-AS
Project 3 Watercolor& ePortfolio
Katheryn Kelly LaSalle College
03-12 2012
Watercolor:
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roberto hache perozo
9045902.
Watercolor is the easiest and most forgiving painting medium. To work with the medium you need to have your paint, soft brushes, a cup of water and a canvas. The canvas could be preferably watercolor paper but it can also be regular paint canvas. If you are going to use a paint canvas it is recommended to have a white base as any other paint would require. Once you have the canvas of whatever surface you decide to paint on, the mix of the paint with water is very important. Unlike other paints, watercolors give a better result when using more water than paint and being very light in color. To start a landscape in this medium first the background must be made, if you will have the sky you must start very light and test you light blue, if needed you try darker until the desired tone. The medium dries up very fast, you can even blow on in and within minutes you can add another layer. The brush size for the background can be done with a medium size flat brush that allows you to spread the paint well. When going into detail a small brush will work better, for shadows you have to be careful as it will not forgive as much as a lighter color.
Experience: As much as I enjoyed the in class exercise, when it came down to making my own composition and mixing colors with water I did not get the desired result from the first try. It took me around seven different attempts until finally it made sense. I was using too much paint, wasting it just like the papers I was using as canvas. After several attempts on paper, the idea of using a canvas came to mind. Not only did this inspired me to be more careful in order not to ruin a canvas, the paint was better absorbed than with the paper. I immediately realized I should have chosen a canvas from the beginning. I started with the sky, using a light blue and water I started stroking from the middle to the sides in order to create a fade with the strongest color being in the middle. I had to restrain myself to not over paint it because I find the technique very peaceful making it easy to get distracted. Then I gave a base to the ground, and just like the sky I started from the middle to the sides and kept it simple. After finally having a solid background I went into details, creating darker tones of yellow, I started to detail the leafs in the floor by creating shadows. I made a trail fading it into the rest of the composition. Last step was to create the trees, I wanted high contrast and reproduced them black exactly like the inspiration picture.
Creating portfolio The creation of the ePortfolio started after completing my six mediums. Watercolor being the latest one and the one I feel the most proud of I decided to put it first. I photographed all my work using two lamps set at a 45 degree angle from the middle point of each canvas, creating a perfect flat 90 degree illuminated surface. After having all of them digitally, I used Adobe software to align them at the same height. Given that they have different dimensions each of them start at the same ground point and finish at different levels. Markers and photography are two exceptions because they have different proportions. I set a guideline to have all the names at the same height to give it a nice flow when going through the slide show. With the help of Weebly I created an account and customized the layout by choose one of the design template. I added elements like the gallery and my logo at the top, trying to find harmony throughout the page. I really liked this website it is very easy and intuitive to use .Unfortunately it cannot be published unless it is payed for so I did a PDF version of my portfolio and published it on issuu.com.
Watercolor
Acrylic
Charcoal
Fine Liner
Markers
Photography