I made colorful circles on a black background, the circles have ripples, inspired by rain drops. some elements I used were shape and color. I created this using paint, oil pastels, and gluing paper. The idea behind this is walking in circles. I like walking in circles almost every day to relieve stress. I walk in circles in the morning and after school. My goal was to show soothing circles, I tried to reference rain because it's calming and peaceful. I think if I were to do this again I would have tried to make the background more like water to highlight the rain.
I made my pumpkin painting with two pumpkins in it on a table with a dark navy blue background. Some elements I used while making this were value, to make the pumpkin look 3-dimensional, along with color and shape. I made this using only paint. I referenced pumpkin photography. My goal was to show a realistic looking pumpkin using value, shading, and highlights. If I were to do this again I would have made a more obvious light source.
I made my fruit painting a mango with leaves around it and a peachy yellow background that did show up in the final picture. Some elements I used while making this were value, to make the mango's colors transition well, and I used shape and color. I used paint to make my fruit painting. I referenced a mango macro photography picture. My goal was to make a colorful mango. If I did this project again something I would do differently is to blend the green and yellow better.
Anything but a canvas
For the 'anything but a canvas' project I chose to paint a lampshade for my mom. I painted my three dogs on each side of the lampshade with the backgrounds being the colors of their collars. Some elements I used while making this were value, color, and shape to make the dogs look realistic. I made this using paint. I referenced pictures of my dogs and the colors of their collars. My goal was to show all three of them proportionally to each other and make them look realistic. If I were to do this again I probably wouldn't have done all three of them because I didn't have enough time for it and I would've done more layers so when the light is on it doesn't look patchy.
