Color to Life

1. How does your work show an understanding of the style, color choices, and mark making of original?
- My work showed a understand of the original painting by creating a similar landscape and textures. I also tried to make identical colors that were in the original painting. Many of my brush strokes were similar to the original and I tried to create interesting strokes by having different amounts of paint on my brush. Also twisting the brush resulted in different textures that I think made my painting emulate the original more.

2. Regardless of the "match" between your work and the original, what did you learn about the act of painting (color use and mark making) in the process of this project?
- I learned that trying to create a specific color was very hard but often resulted in cool, interesting color that was useful in the painting. Also, brush strokes are important to show the texture and colors of a part of a painting. Many little brush strokes might create one texture, but longer and swifter strokes are better to use to create a larger painting and images. Another thing I learned is that it is helpful to work from the top of the painting down to the bottom. This allows you to paint from the background to the foreground and cover up or go over mistakes and also create a feeling the the foreground is in front of the background.

3. How well unified is your final canvas (do all areas possess similar levels of attention, surface detial, etc)?
- I feel that most of the canvas is unified to create one final painting. Looking back I think I could have added something to the brown area on the left of the canvas to tie that part into the rest of the painting. But other that that, I think that the rest of the painting has good flow to it. I was happy with my sky and mountains at the top of the canvas so I didn't spend as much time with that part as I did with other parts.

4. To what degree do you feel comfortable as a "painter"? Have you come to control the medium> How do you wish to explore it more? What limitations does the medium pose for you?
- I feel very comfortable as a painter, especially using acrylic paint. I have become more confident in making larger strokes to create different brush marks. I think that painting standing up with the painting on an easel was harder for me and I think that it made it more difficult for me to control certain brush strokes. I think it would be fun to continue painting with this medium and try and create my own painting instead of basing it off someone else's painting. I think that the acrylic paint was different for me because I couldn't just use an eraser when I made a mistake but I think that also helped me deal with mistakes and adjust around the mistake.