The process for this piece started out as something I thought would look interesting in watercolor and that I'd wanted to try since we had started our watercolor unit. The piece is simple and doesn't have context or background but I thought that that gave it an air of mystery to go along with the picture. The project was to make a watercolored piece in a monochrome of any color. I decided to use blue for my color because of the rain and the calm feeling that it eludes. I believe that the calm feeling goes well with the painting. The subject of the painting, the girl, is also in monochrome blue but is in more concentrated blues than the rain and moon so that she will stand out better. I used a darker and slightly muddier blue for the background of the rain to show the darkness of night that the setting is meant to show and made it lighter toward the center, where the light of the moon is a bit more concentrated on the girl. The moon itself is not bright or even possesses much of a glow. This is so that it doesn't take the attention away from the girl and shows how the moon is also consumed by the surrounding darkness. Minorly breaking from the monochrome color scheme, near the bottom right is a blurry set of yellow dots. These are meant to be headlights glaring through the dark and the fog, headed straight toward the girl. Almost unnoticeable at first, these headlights give this painting of a girl in the rain a much darker story.

      The principles of art and techniques I used were somewhat different from most used in their pieces. Regarding the principles of art I used the contrast between the light and dark blues to I've emphasized the girl in the rain. I tried to achieve so semblance of balance through the usage of the rule of thirds both vertically and horizontally. Vertically, both the moon and the girl are in the center third, and horizontally, the moon is in the top third with the girl in the bottom third. The techniques that I used are ones such as wet on wet, wet on dry, dry on dry, and using particular brushes that were needed for specific aspects. From my master artist, I tried to use the technique id the different shades of blue to create light and dark areas. From my current artist, I used a darker background and a relatively centered lady.

       I feel that this piece was quite successful although most definitely not perfect. I like the concept, coloring, and the story behind it all. On the other hand, if I were to redo this piece I would like to make the lady look nicer and more proportionate because she looks a little off, especially the arm that stickers out. I would also try to make the headlights more apparent, possibly even showing the front of the car. When I came up with the bace design for this piece I instantly fell in love with it because it gave me the same calm yet slightly panicked feeling that I get when I'm going on walks out in the rain and the cars are driving by. When I presented the base sketch of this piece to my teacher she was not a fan of it. She wanted me to add a setting, a background, and show what her feet are walking on. That is what the drawing labeled Original Base up above is. This had almost completely changed my design and changed the feeling that it had brought, as well as the mystery that it exudes. So, being partially stubborn and convincing I managed to get her to let me do it with my plan. I do not regret that decision and love the final product however, I do wonder if I had done it in the way that my teacher wanted if it would still give off the same feeling.