Using a tournament bracket, can I determine my favorite style of art and recreate it? By: Kendall F.

This is the painting I made for my project! It is a recreation of Claude Monet's Water Lily Pond.

K

• I know that I like a lot of paintings by Claude Monet
• I know that a lot of paintings have many different styles
  

L

• I learned that the style of impressionism uses small short strokes
• I learned that I like the style of pointillism because it is many little dots that make up a large picture
  

W

• I want to know if there are any styles that I don't know about and that I like
• I want to know if I will like a style more if I get to know it
  

A

• When I paint in the future, I will use the styles that I like
• I will show my website to other people who are interested in painting so they can learn what I learned
  

H

• I will research different styles of painting and the most famous artists that used them
• I will use a tournament bracket to find out what style I like best
  

Q

• I want to learn about more styles and see the characteristics of them
• I want to try painting with new styles and see if they are easy or hard
• I want to know why some people prefer some styles over others
  

Reflection:
I learned a lot about painting while doing this project. I found out that I like impressionist paintings because the colors mix together when you look at them. Next time, I would try and see why people chose to paint in certain styles. Painting is really fun because you can express yourself. I had a lot of fun learning about artists and what their paintings represented. I also had fun trying different styles of painting. When I learned about different artists, it was hard to understand their style of painting until I really got into it and learned a lot about it. I'm glad that I learned about different styles of painting because now I know what styles I like to use when I paint. I will also try and incorporate some of the techniques I learned into my own work. Overall, I had a lot of fun doing this project because I was really passionate about my topic!