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Personal Narrative: Black And White

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In seventh grade, my classmates and I had to paint two pictures for our art class. Everyone had to do their own pair of paintings, and my teacher said that only a select few could go into the art gallery in my town, open to the public. We had to make one with a monochromatic color scheme, and one with a cool or warm color scheme. I chose black and white for the first one, and cool colors for my second. My first painting went as planned, and my teacher selected it to be part of th eart gallery collection. The second one, however, had some issues.

When I started to paint the sky, I accidentally used the wrong color. Instead of using blue, I picked up the red paint. I had to re-think all of my planning, and modify my second painting to a warm color scheme. I had to change my mindset, and instead of thinking how I wanted, I had to envision a completely different landscape. Instead of a blue sky with green grass and a yellow sun, I had to paint a red sky with purple grass and an orange sun. …show more content…

I was determined to finish this project, and I knew that it had to be perfect. However, my teacher had something else to say about it. She said that art is never perfect, that it is how you see it and interpret the picture. She told me that I may not like what I see, but someone else may enjoy it very much. She meant that even though you might not see something that pleases your eye, there will always be somebody else that thinks that it is wonderful. It all depends on your perspective. Though I did get 100% on the project, I was not happy with the final outcome. I was unhappy with it because it was not how I envisioned it to be. In the end, however, both of my paintings did make it into the

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