YOUR FINAL WATERCOLOR SHOULD DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING QUALITIES and is the summation of our first 3 week of instruction in the watercolor unit.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
  1. Watercolor wash techniques.
  2. Watercolor pencil blending and shading
  3. Water soluble oil pastels or other mixed media elements.
COMPOSITIONAL SKILLS:
  1. Create an ORIGINAL design that uses the paper well. 
  2. Use Nature inspired design Inspirations
  3. Use the rule of thirds and golden ratio
  4. Create a design using Unity and Variety of the seven elements of art
  5. Color theory and understanding what blends well and what does not.
ART HISTORY/AESTHETICS AND RESEARCH:
  1. Create idea or inspiration pages in your journals with visual references.
  2. Look at a variety of artists and how they work in watercolor
PRACTICE PLAY AND EXPERIMENTATION:
  1. Wash color washes in journal
  2. Color theory notes and practices
  3. Watercolor intuitives
VOICE: 
  1. Your design theme should be reflective of you and what you like.
  2. Problem solving skills are unique to you.