Cherry Blossoms

Edy Wong, Cherry Blossoms, 3/01/10, watercolor, acrylics, ink, and salt, 8 1/4"x12 3/4", FCS art classroom

This is my third concentration piece. As you can probably see I tried to include an abstract/surreal element with this piece by painting the background with different colors of watercolor. I decided to use watercolor for my background after being inspired by Sophia Brueckner's artwork because I thought it was pretty cool. But the watercolor didn't come out exactly as I expected to because I wanted the different colors to stand out more but they blended in more than I wanted them to. I should have dried the colors right away because the colors would look good right when wet but when they tried they just blended together. Mr. Inman suggested I use salt to give it a speckled effect and I liked what it did to the background. The flowers are cherry blossoms, painted with acrylics to make them stand out. I decided to draw piano keys on the branches because I thought it would add a nice creative touch to the piece. I decided to paint different colored cherry blossoms on each branch to make it more colorful. Overall I think it turned out good.