Final major project submission!

Learning to paint is a skill that I have always wanted to learn. Through this process I have learned that it is not as difficult of a task as I anticipated. It is actually extremely relaxing. The first week I consulted an art instructor that I had when I was in elementary school. Through this art teacher I learned that with painting, like any other skill, you will make many mistakes but you cannot give up. Throughout the week I documented my progress through weekly updates using many different cool tools. But as the Major Project concluded I made a YouTube video explaining in detail how to paint Cattails and Sunsets! I hope you like it!

Major Project!

I also wanted to document my learning through a google Slides presentation to show what I have learned from week 1 until now! Enjoy!

Progression! Google Slides Presentation

 

Last update before submitting!

This collage was created using PicMonkey. 

For the last and final steps you want to add the cattails! 

First you want to put your brush in both black and brown. For this step you can use any size brush depending on how large you want the cattails. You want to use a simple tear shape to make the cattail and fill in the middle creating a black and brown cattail. 

Finally you want to add yellow to one side of the cattail making it seem as if sun was shining on the cattail! To finish the project you will do the best part, signing your name! 

Major project update

Update!

Before posting my major project submission I wanted to update the progress I have made! This week I added the tall grass which will then become the cattails. This project has been pretty easy to learn and I think anyone can learn and paint this beautifully! 

I updated this project using Google Slides

Major Project

This week I continued the painting process. I could not get the college I made to load to Blogger so I created a Google Docs page to share with everyone!Major Project Update

This week was exciting because I feel like I have come a long way in the painting process! I am happy to share pictures of my progress but I am even more excited to make a video of myself painting Cattails and Sunsets! I hope you enjoy my progress so far!

Weekly Update on Major Project continued:

After blending the three colors together you want to start on the yellow. For this color you will just simply apply it under the purple without combining the two colors too much. If you get purple in your brush DO NOT whip it off! You want some of the other colors to bleed into the yellow so it looks like a seamless sunset.








To finish painting the base coat of the canvas you will paint about an inch of blue following about a half inch of black. After finishing this step the canvas will look like this:

This week I will be working on adding the river along with finishing up by adding the cattails!

This week i started the painting process! I actually ended up painting two different canvas' because I forgot to document my progress on the first one! But I have to say its been a fun start to the project! I am going to go step by step (with pictures) in regards to what I have done this week:

First these are the supplies you will need to start:
I bought everything from Wal-mart for SUPER cheap! The paint was all .50 and I got a pack of 25 brushes for $5

To start getting painted you will start with the biggest brush you have. You will paint about an inch to a half inch at the top of the canvas. You want to get blue paint on both sides of the brush while dipping the corners in black. Glide the brush from side to side in the same direction.




You will repeat this step for blue (without black on the corners) and purple. You want about an inch to an inch and a half for each color. It will look like this when you are done:




At this point you want to blend the 3 colors together. To do this you will take a paper towel and dab the colors to remove any access paint so one color does not overwhelm the other. After dabbing the paint you will take a flat brush and gently glide the brush from side to side to blend the colors:

Weekly Update; Major Project

     This week I met with a teacher and researched thoroughly about painting on canvas. After meeting with the teacher I learned that I will make many mistakes and have to erase almost everything. But she made sure that I knew that I have to be patient when learning this new technique. I told her that I have painted very ordinary things, but nothing with depth.
   While talking to her, I learned that I should start by trying to duplicate a piece of art that I research and do it step by step until I am comfortable doing my own. After talking to her I am so excited to start this project. I have purchased 4 canvas' to make sure if I make a mistake I am able to have another canvas as a backup.
      After meeting with her I began to look up videos on you tube. After looking at close to a dozen videos I fell in love with the Sunset and Cattails video because I love warm summer nights at the lake.  Sunsets and Cattails
     I am going to start with this video and hopefully learn from their technique and make it my own. I also love sharks so I may have to complete two projects for this! Sharks!
I am so beyond excited to see the end result and I hope people can learn from what I have learned!

I have purchased my supplies and I am going to start painting this week!

Collage created using BeFunky!