Reference PhotoIn progressFInal This is my sixth concentration piece, a watercolor of a Plane tree in Geneva, Switzerland. These trees are all scattered around Geneva, but I took this picture right outside of Parc de Bastions. These trees are a hybrid of different types of sycamore trees that have umbrella branches that provide shade. When my family first landed in Geneva I was so fascinated with these trees -who wouldn't be- and at one point we asked out Swiss-German waiter in Bern, Switzerland the Swiss-German name for it. This city is an important banking town, so there were not a lot of touristy things to do.
When I started this piece I decided I was going to make the background more saturated and the foreground muted. After I sketched out the tree and the building I painted the sky with a more navy blue. The building was interesting because its a yellow-brown-green color and I do not have the skill to do that so I just decided on orange. I then added a muted green color on the top of building directly behind the Plane tree. When I started on the tree I focused on the harsh darks to ease into it; yes, I am more comfortable with going extremely dark first - it's backwards. I mixed brown and black to get the grey color you see in the tree. I would add more shading to some parts of the tree and more highlights to others depending on the reference picture. I tried to make this as close to the picture as possible. I didn't run into many problems but I was worried that the tree would fall a little flat with few values, so I hope it has enough. My problem was with getting the really light lights because I was also doing very dark darks at the same time as the highlights. If I could go back and do this again I would clean up the buildings in the back, but it doesn't bother me too much. This is my second watercolor and I am starting to really enjoy painting with it. I Finished this project in less than a week - That is a record. I am so proud of myself. I think my next one will also be watercolor, but after that one I have to start to use a different medium. I am just scared to use oil paint because I know it takes me so long to do.
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AuthorEach piece I post here will be added to my AP Art Portfolio. This is the second half of my yearlong journey in Art 4/AP Art. I will be extremely stressed, do to the pressed time . I hope everything goes well and I will actually have 24 pieces to submit to College Board Archives
May 2019
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