Out of this world

IvyAnne Dawn Matthes

          

           My cousin inspired me this weekend. She had given birth to a 5lb 5 ounce girl. She has been named IvyAnne Dawn Matthes, same middle name as me! I cant wait to meet her, I haven't been able to go see her because I'm sick; but it got me to thinking about how beautiful this world can be. So I decided to paint the world from space, but I didn't just want an ordinary background.  I wanted it to be playful and colorful. So i finger painted!                                                                                                                                                              

            I used the primary colors(red,blue,yellow) and the secondary colors(purple,orange,green). I love to use yellow because its such a happy and bold color. After I let that dry I painted the earth and the moon. To make the earth look less flat I put in a shadow. To do that I used complimentary colors, complimentary colors are two colors that help make one another stand out. They are always opposite of each other on the color wheel. So it red and green, blue and orange, and purple and yellow. so to shadow i usually mix the complimentary colors with each other. So on the green part I mixed green and red for the shade color and so on.                                                                                                                                         
            So paint how you want to paint, and paint when you get inspired. You never know when you will be inspired, so take it in when it hits you. Also, try new techniques because it's fun to see what happens when you experiment. So go out and get inspired!