WORKING LARGER

FLORAL WATERCOLOR

ADVANCED 2-D ART

watercolors, watercolor paper, watercolor brushes, pen & ink, collage accents, silk flowers

I had one 3rd year art student this year,

senior Samantha Tun.

She was in my 2nd period class along with 28 Beginning and Intermediate 2-D students,

which means I juggled 3 different classes at one time.

A great way to burn calories!

Anyways,

Sam created many outstanding pieces and she especially enjoyed working in watercolor.

I feel it's important for the kids to get a chance to see what it's like to work on a large scale.

So I asked her to design a composition by enlarging a flower

 so that it's parts went off the edge of the paper,

then to paint it with watercolor

and add a bit of paper collage and pen & ink.

Let's see what she came up with .

Lovely isn't it?

Here's a bit better shot below.

And some close-ups so you can see her collage and implied pen & ink lines.

I was so proud of her.

Sam tackles every project with so much confidence.

The large scale (18 by 24) did not intimidate her.

At her age I would have been scared to death because watercolor can be so unforgiving.

Bravo Samantha!!