Date: June 23-24, 2025

Challenge: Add color to the background and scene so the snowman feels how sunny it really is.

What I Did:

Today I gave my snowman some much-needed sunshine. I started by changing the background color using background(0, 255, 255) to create a bright cyan sky that looks like a sunny winter day. Instead of drawing a snowy ground like in earlier sketches, I made the ground light green using fill(152, 251, 152) — like fresh winter grass showing through.

I also added a big yellow sun in the top-left corner using ellipse(60, 60, 80, 80). This made the whole scene look more alive.

Then I brought the snowman back in, stacking white ellipses for his body and using black for his eyes and orange for the carrot nose (with a triangle). I made sure to use noStroke() for smoother shapes, and then turned stroke back on for his brown stick arms using stroke(139, 69, 19) and strokeWeight(4).

To finish the look, I added colorful buttons (red, gold, red) going down his belly. I made sure to place all the visual elements in the right order so nothing got hidden behind the background or ground.

What I Learned:

• Colors in p5.js use the RGB model: red, green, blue values from 0–255.
• The order of drawing shapes matters — if I put background() after everything, it erases my whole drawing.
• fill() keeps affecting every shape that comes after it, so I need to re-set the fill color when I change objects.
• stroke() and noStroke() let me control whether shapes have outlines or not.
• Adding simple environmental elements like the sun and green grass completely changes the mood of the sketch.

Next Up: I want to start playing with more detail—maybe shadows, gradient skies (when I’m ready), or interaction like mouse events or animation.