Sadie13

Are you happy with it? Why or Why not? I am very happy with my bird. First I thought that it would be hard because when I found the picture it had not background it was just white. Then I realized that I could make one myself I am very proud of myself. The bird was a little tricky it’s self be cause I could not put to much detail. Because there was black in the bird and when you have black everywhere then you cannot go back. The black takes over you need to save your whites when you paint with watercolors. My main thought was “ how was I going to do with the background.” Then I started taking paint and mixing it together then I got my paper wet so I could do a wet on wet look. I had Blue. Purple, red, yellow I had all kinds of watercolors in my background.

Problems/Decisions/Solutions There was only one problem with my painting I made the bird smaller than what it should have been. I was getting out of control on my background I was talking to myself saying I have to get this done then I had a great idea I could use salt. When you use salt on a watercolor painting the salt takes all the water and stuff out of the painting so when it dries it will give like a cool look. I have made a lot of decisions because when you paint you have to think of a picture in your head then draw it on paper that’s what I had to do. I had to figure out if I should put the black there or not so when you do paint a watercolor bird be careful because that black will take over you have to save your whites so the painting don’t get ruined by the black.

Why did you choose this bird? I really don’t know why I chose this bird. I was looking for a greenish bluish bird I typed in ‘water color birds’. I found this patriot an it was to hard to draw so I looked for a new one. I really like the bird I did now I am glad I didn’t patriot it looked to hard. I was hoping I could draw this bird it looked easy and sure enough I did. I like my bird and the way I did the background it looks so cool. The reason why I drew this bird is because I could make my own background. We had to use a eftect which was you could use salt, wet on wet or something. I like my bird I am happy with it I wouldn’t change it.