These were zoomed in sketches using vine charcoal and normal charcoal before I created the final fabric drawing. 1. I utilized all the 9 values but the lightest and darkest values are more prominent.
2.Practicing the value chart helped me create contours with shading. 3. Where the fabric was behind another piece of fabric or it had a shadow i put more pressure on my charcoal but if the fabric was closer or in front of another piece i rarely used pressure and also added white. 4. Texture is something I always struggle with so I ignored the wrinkles in the fabric for the most part. 5. If I could recreate this piece I would use more medium tones and lighten up the darks just a little bit. Before we started our final still life project, I created 5 compositional sketches. Then I furthered one of those sketches to plan for my final. 1. My drawing is blended very well and I have very clean edges so you can see where one object stops and another starts.
2. For the most part my values are realistic but I feel if I finished it would be more realistic looking. I used all the values that are included in that value chart we created and studied. Values are important because it shows you where the light hits things and where something crosses over another object and what's further away and what's closer to you. 3. On certain objects there is a clear source of lighting but I admit I could've done better using one source of lighting for all objects. 4. The compositional sketches were important to me because it helped me figure out what I wanted to draw and to plan what type of media I was going to use for my final drawing. 5. My final drawing is successful because I used all the values in the value chart and for the finished parts of the drawing it looks very real. 6. My proportions are very correct it's just very hard to tell because I did not finish the fabric in the background. 7. The placement of the objects in my still life are actually very pleasing to me because the ribbon makes your eyes look around the paper and not just in one spot. 8. The center of interest is the mask most definitely and it's located off center and I like that a lot. 9. I could have utilized my time more considering I did not finish the drawing and I can definitely improve with how dark I make my shadows. 10. The details of the mask was definitely something I struggled with but I overcame this by taking it slow and breaking it into pieces so I'm not as overwhelmed. For this activity we created a value chart where you can see each square goes from light to dark gradually. using the value chart I made four shapes and shaded them with shadows.
I tried to use a fluid line as much as possible and you can tell this by looking at how some of my lines flow. With all the practice we have done doing contour drawings it really helped me figure out how to use different types of lines to create dimension and make everything look very put together without shading. A contour line drawing uses different sizes in lines to create more dimensions while outlines use the same lines just so you can create the bases of things. This drawing taught me how to use perspective with my artwork. If I could do anything differently I wouldn't, I'd just finish the drawing.
Here I practiced how to contour draw the classroom. I did pick up my pen a few times, but tried not to.
This was my first modified hand drawing of my left hand. I was able to look at the paper this time, but I never picked up my pen.
I made this blind contour drawing of my left hand while my back was facing the paper so I couldn't see anything but my hand. I never lifted up my pen, although it looks like it, my pen died a lot while drawing.
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