Watercolor Paintings: Frantic, And Relaxd

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The titles of my watercolor paintings are Frantic, and Relaxed. I chose these two emotions because I thought they contrast each other well. I chose the emotion or feeling frantic because I thought it would be fun, or to say the least, interesting to paint. I chose the feeling relaxed because It contrasted well with Frantic and the colors and paint would be a simple smooth paint. Franic means to be out of order and scrambling to get things done. Relaxed means to have nothing bothering you, and to be comfortable. I chose the colors midnight blue, turquoise, grey-purple, and lime green because I feel, if painted the right way they’ll represent both of the emotions I’m trying to portray correctly.
I made the first painting, my relaxed painting,

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