All three of the above pieces fall under the category of mixed media artwork. I decided to work with one of my favorite materials, watercolor, along with various other mediums to create different effects. The first piece features watercolor and sharpie pen, the second features watercolor and pencil, and the third features watercolor, pencil, and charcoal. Although I like the contrast between the loose, colorful paint and the definite, black sharpie lines in the first piece, the composition suffers without bringing in those dark lines somewhere other than the giraffe in the middle of the image. It may have been more effective to add more contrast to the background to create a better flow in the image altogether. I have similar feelings about the second image. I love the detail that I accomplished by using pencil in combination with the watercolor drips, but having all the pencil in one half of the portrait lessens the movement of the piece. The third piece, however, incorporates the charcoal smoothly with the watercolor. The mediums blend effortlessly without too much contrast, making it more effective compositionally. The duller paint colors in the third image also cause it to blend more easily with the charcoal. Overall, my experimentation with these multimedia pieces proved to be successful, because I learned to blend mediums in order to accomplish successful composition. Although I wish the sharpie blended better with the watercolor, the first image is my favorite, because I enjoy the loose blobs of watercolor. I also like the darkness of sharpie versus pencil, because it allows for more vivid detail.
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