This. This was the project where I learned that I have no natural ability for painting. And once again I shall use all twelve vocabulary words in a single sentence. Here it goes: In order to achieve the illusion of perspective, I put two vanishing points at the far ends of the paper, on the horizon line, which set the direction that all your lines should be facing, then used watercolors which I overlapped to create washes, highlights, gradations, value, and it also helped to blend the colors together to achieve a flow to the drawing, which was emphasized by the use of colored pencils in order to create the occasional shadow. Wuddup. The final product of the project actually turned out a little better than expected, given that when I was working on this it looked like a three year old was painting it. It really drilled in to me the importance of making gradients with a mix of paint and water to achieve lighter and darker colors. I also learned to go light, because you can always make a color darker, but it's very hard/impossible to make one lighter. This was a really good introduction to the acrylic paints that we used right after we completed this project. (which were still pretty darn hard to use) If I could do this project over again, I would definitely not paint it. If I have the option, I will always choose to draw, rather than paint, or some other medium. Regardless, (not irregardless. When I'm president, anyone who uses irregarless will be sent to a work camp) this project was a good learning experience, and kind of a crash course on how to use paint properly.
