This is an oil painting of the bridge in Sydney, Australia that I took a picture of in second grade on my dads business trip. When I first started working on this piece I felt the colors were very bland and boring. So instead of doing a whole painting in different moderation's of gray, I decide to use darker blues for the bridge instead of plain old black. When I got to the buildings I was completely stumped, then I came up with the idea of doing different pastel colored buildings. I thought it was quite a risk to take, which is something you have to do as an artist so I went for it. Come to find that I loved the pastel buildings and the blues in this painting. Those bright colors brought me back to that younger me and really livened the memory. In addition, this is the first piece I have ever sold, therefor this piece made me a professional artist which is was a very exciting and proud moment. Finally, I again learned taking risks will work out in the long run and always use your creative license.
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