I chose my cell phone because it’s the one thing I have on at all times. It helps me stay connected to my friends and family all around the world. My phone is my safe, I have everything in there. Its also my entertainment keeps me occupied when I am board. My favorite part of drawing this was coloring it. I had a lot fun blending the colors with my fingers. It was really hard for me to not fix every imperfection about my drawing, I struggle with perfection when it comes to art. My skills definitely improved, I’m more open to not having the picture look exactly like the reference.
I chose a tropical landscape for my painting because it reminds me of where I used to live, and because I love hot places. I learned a new form of painting, not every painting has to look exactly like the reference. I improved on filling in a big blank paper with color and not worrying about it being perfect. I used lines and dot in my project, the water is painted with long brush strokes to show the way the ocean moves also, I painted the sky with long brush strokes because water reflects the sky. I really like the way I did my palm trees because of the shades of browns and the water because it blends in with the sand very well. Next time I could make the water reflect the sky better.