Noella+K.

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My painting is similar to an Expressionist painting because expressionist paintings are objects or events when feelings are expressed by the artist instead of creating a realistic look. Because of the unrealistic look, the artists would use unnatural colors that are not really seen in real life. Brush strokes are also used to show the feelings the artists expressed. For my painting, I chose an otter to represent me because otters are playful, hardworking, energetic, and they love seafood just like me. Also they use many tools. When I’m in trouble, trying to do something, I use tools to complete that task. The otter was chose to be green because green is a calm color. Even though I’m playful, and energetic, I am calm and serious when I do serious work. I play when I play, and I work when I need to. Graduated wash, dry brush, and lifting out were the three techniques I used for my painting. Graduated wash is used on the large, brown tree trunk, dry brush is used on the brown branch on the bottom-right of the picture, and lifting out was used on the otter to divide it’s face and it’s body. If I could change something about my project if I could do it over, I would like to change the background, because I personally think there are too many and there are only branches, and rocks. Also, I think I could’ve drawn my otter a little less cartoony. But I like the fact that everything is related to the otter, like the branches, rocks, and the colors used for the picture. It all goes well with the otter. =media type="custom" key="5769101"= = = = = = = =One Point Perspective Room Critique=

The theme of my room is a gingerbread house. I chose it because I thought it was a unique idea, and something cute to draw. The unexpected environment that shows in the cut areas of the gingerbread house is mountains with a path running down the bottom, and a sky at the top. I thought this was a good match for my image because it was a totally different idea from my gingerbread house. Since they're both totally different themes, I thought it would be a fun picture to look at. Thinking about what to draw in my gingerbread house was a big challenge for me. It was very difficult because I just decorated the outsides of a gingerbread house to eat them, so I didn't know exactly what was in a gingerbread house with what designs. I am very proud of how this drawing because it is different from all other drawings. I am also proud of how most of the things in the room are brown, but yet each thing has a different shade of brown and stands out. But, I would like to change for the patterns that are in the room because I personally think there's a lot of candy that are stuck on the furniture, but I wan't to make the drawing more fun and exciting by adding something else like gingerbread stars or gingerbread men. = = = = =Sketchcast Assignment= media type="custom" key="5274791"