This class has been extremely beneficial to me. I feel like I have really done a lot of growing as an artist because of what I learned this semester. Before this my art was very stagnant; I had taught myself certain skills and did not step out of my comfort zone. Taking this class pushed me to learn different techniques, and work in different mediums. I feel so much more confident in skills like shading, choosing compositions, and using mediums like colored pencils and pastels. I think my art has improved so much from the beginning of the year, and I am very glad I took this class.
My favorite piece to work on from this class was our Look WHat You Can See Through project. Before this, I had never thought I would learn to use colored pencils. The thought stressed me out, and I avoided them at all costs. Working on that project, I learned so much about color and blending. Now I am already planning other colored pencil pieces to do in my free time, for fun. I want to keep exploring colored pencils as a medium, and improve my skills there. I never would've been able to do that without taking drawing.
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This is my wrapped candy drawing, done in pastels. It is not finished, but gave me a lot of experience and comfort with working with pastels as a medium.
2. How did you use textures to enhance your picture? I show texture in my work to show the wolf’s fur. I do this by thickening my lines in areas that I want the fur to appear thicker, and keeping my lines small and precise where the fur is thinner. 3. How did you balance your artwork and create a well-organized composition? Instead of having the wolf against an empty background, I try to keep it interesting and visually appealing by adding abstract lines around the wolf. This both fills the space and directs the eye towards the wolf. 4. How did you imply movement in your drawing? I implied movement through the lines around the wolf, giving it a sense of motion. The wolf is mid-snarl, an action that shows activity and emotion. 5. How could you improve your artwork? I think I could’ve improved by keeping my lines much smaller and more precise. I could’ve experimented more with adding hatching and detail and tried more for realism than the more stylized piece I ended up making. 6. How did you demonstrate a wide range of shading values? I tried to represent a wide range of values by the number of lines in an area. Areas that are supposed to be dark had less lines, while highlighted areas had more. On the left are my composition sketches for my scratchboard piece where I start experimenting with different angles. On the right is my final sketch, done in white colored pencil on black paper. I will use transfer paper to transfer my final sketch onto the scratchboard.
On the left was my practice hair, which I drew while watching the 'Do's and Don'ts of Drawing Hair' video. On the right is my two practice mouths. one I drew while watching the video, and the other I drew using a reference for my own mouth.
1. Explain the process you went through to develop your drawing.
I sketched multiple ideas, then chose what I believed was my strongest one. I did a light sketch, then gradually worked on each section in pencil. Lastly, I added the colored pencil sections. 2. Explain how you found the different values in the portrait? I found my values based on my reference photo, pushing my darks to show depth and shadow. 3. Did you achieve a full range of the different values within your portrait? How? I believe that I did, I have areas that are especially dark and areas that are especially light. 4. Describe your craftsmanship. Is the artwork executed and crafted neatly? I am proud of my craftsman ship for this piece. I think it is well composed and the pencil portions are smooth and well blended. 5. How were you able to capture your look? I captured this look by having a contrast of black and white sections and brightly colored sections. This makes the piece eye catching and interesting to look at. 6. Explain how you made sure you had correct facial feature placement. I used the techniques we learned in class to make sure my face was properly proportioned. I judged my feature size and placement based on the size of the eyes. 7. Explain the importance of learning how to draw all the features individually. Learning this was very important and helped me a lot in this piece. It would’ve have been overwhelming to try and draw a whole face all at once, without knowing any of the basics yet. 8. What part of this unit was the most beneficial and why? Learning to draw hair felt the most beneficial to me. It was never something that I took the time to learn, and I feel much more confident now that I have practiced techniques for doing it well. 9. List any obstacles you had to overcome and how you dealt with them. I had some trouble keeping features consistent since the face way divided into pieces. I had to think about it like I was drawing two faces to keep them consistent. I also was unsure of my colored pencil technique and did not feel confident while doing it. These are four of my sketches for my final self portrait project, showing four of my ideas. I decided to go with the idea centering on bisection and dividing up my face.
These are two of the noses I practiced drawing. One is based on the tutorial video, the second is from a reference photo of my nose.
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