Yiran Liu

For this assignment, my theme was “Some Beautiful Things in Life”, such as the interesting fruits and vegetables I fund at the Borough Market，as well as the beautiful scenery and flowers I encountered in daily life. These things allow me to feel the beauty and happiness of the world. In this task, I used oil pastels, water-soluble pastels, colored pencils, colored gel pens and watercolors. During the painting process, I tried to combine colors to make the picture more colorful, and also experimented with various painting styles. When I first chose fruits as the subject of observation, I focused more on a realistic style. However, I think an abstract style can bring a stronger visual impact, so I chose some landscapes and flowers for observation. After observing, I transformed the feelings I had when looking at the pictures into colors and combined them with the general outline to complete the watercolor painting. During the painting period, I tried to add some colors that harmonize with the color scheme of the picture to make it more colorful.

Through this observation and painting experience, I think the painting media and techniques I tried were not sufficient.My personal style is not very distinct, the visual impact is not strong enough，and I was not relaxed enough when painting. I need to be bolder and more creative in color matching. I hope to improve in the next assignment.