Art Elective Project

I decided to do a mix media project because I wanted to try something different. I never painted anything before so I stepped out of my comfort zone and tried that. My piece was a bird flying over a sunset from the view over an ocean. I specifically chose the sunset over the ocean because that is one of my favourite sites to see and the bird should be representing free roaming to me, but people can make their own interpretations.

After doing this project I can say I learned a lot about painting and blending colors etc. This was a challenge for me because it was my first time but I felt like I managed it fairly. What I did was, I first made a sketch then I started painting, and at the end I added the cotton for the clouds and the feathers for the bird and I also used sharpies to color the bird in.

I feel very accomplished about this project, because I had an idea and I visualized it. I would like for people to see this and not think the way I think but think of it in their own way.