Garage Door Opener

I created the "Garage Door Opener" over a period of two weeks, but it turned out that I worked the hardest the night before it was due. I spent a good amount of time on the left component of the painting because I was trying to develop the gradient of the gear to allow the audience to focus on that part the most. I found that the right side of the painting was easier because I felt it was easier to make the gradient from black to white instead of intense violet to light pink. My materials were acrylic paint and a sharpie pen. The sharpie pen was used to thinly outline certain areas of the painting, such as the tube at the top left corner and some of the nobs in the bottom left corner. The dimensions of the painting are twelve inches by nine inches. I had trouble with making the painting balanced. I was not sure how to add violent to the right side of the painting. Initially the violet button on the right side was red but after further thought it was changed to violet because it made the painting look like two separate pieces. I also struggled with deciding whether or not to continue the line going down the center of the painting. This was an issue because if I finished the line the painting would look like two separate pieces and if I did not finish the line, the painting would look unfinished. I solved the problem by continuing the line half way through so that the two parts of the painting look connected though separate. I feel that I was successful in creating a gradient and that overall I was precise. From this project I learned that I should have a detailed plan of what I was going to paint each day instead of procrastinating.