Macro Still Life Paragraph:
The media I used in this piece was watercolor. I am not as proud of this piece as I was with my other leaf painting, because I was crunched for time on this one and wasn’t able to successfully re-create the image I wanted to use. A new skill I learned was how to use color to create a dynamic in the leaf: my other leaf painting lacked colors that were vivid. The main art elements used are shape and color: shape gave definition to the leaves, and color set a surrealistic tone for the painting. The mood and tone this painting has is surreal because leaves aren’t shaped that way normally, and the colors aren’t typically as vivid.