November 21, 2025


Image of a watercolor painting, post-processed colors & sharpness, Joonas "Astedroid" Tapanainen (2025)
Briefing:
We were assigned to create a watercolor painting in the aftermath of understanding the basics of composition, and how you can achieve a specific view with cropping.
While I was supposed to consciously understand what colors to use and how you can achieve a specific shading, I did the opposite: I just entered my flow-state and started painting like it was nothing. Guess you could argue that I had in a way an understanding of how the colors work from my days in art-classes from both primary and secondary (Lukio) schools on top of what I had revised by the teacher in this class.
What I learned:
Color theory (mostly all unconscious doing)
Creating a unified scene with thought-out coloring that works in harmony.
Revision in composition
Patience.











