When I first started drawing class, I really didn't like it and I didn't like that we had homework, but drawing class taught me a lot of new techniques and helped me a lot with improving my skill. When I first started drawing my drawing skills weren't that great and with all the practices and projects we did they improved a lot. Two of my favorite pieces were made in this class, my two favorite were the chick-fil-a french fries and the jar of pickles. These were both done with prisma and I love the way they turned out. I've grown a lot with prisma and I think that's one of the reason I enjoyed drawing was because I got to learn how to use prismas the right way. I also learned how to draw portraits which I've never done before and that was interesting but I grew a lot and learned how to do each part of the face separately. Walking into drawing I only took it because I wanted to get out of Interior design, I was really busy a lot of the time cause during this class I also had Art 4 so I had lots of projects going on at the same time but it ended up being fine and I enjoyed both classes. I met some new people I normally wouldn't talked to, and I loved sitting at my table because I could talk to them and still get things done at the same time. In drawing I didn't like working with charcoal and graphite but I loved working with prismas, In the class next time I would give more prisma options because I really enjoyed them and wish I could have done other pieces in prismas. The first highlight drawing we did was a ribbon drawing this was when I learned that I didn't like drawing highlights instead of values. We did the fabric drawing next, and I personally think I was terrible at it, to me it doesn't look like fabric but it was a learning process. Next was still life, I liked my still life before I made it darker and the pinwheel is my favorite about it, but it helped me learn how to shade everything properly. After still life was foreshortening, this was one of my absolute favorite pieces, I loved working with prismas and I love how this piece turned out and I thought it wouldn't be as good as it was. After foreshortening it was opacity, for this I drew a jar of pickles also in prismas and also loved this piece, the glass and background turned out so much better than I expected and and I learned how to properly draw glass. Next was self portrait, this I really didn't like I think part of it was the picture I had and I also switched between charcoal and graphite a little too much, I liked the one I did in oil much better. After was scratchboard and I liked it but I wish some areas were better. Overall I grew so much from when I first started to now and I'm really proud of myself for how much I've grown and I've also learned what mediums I like to work in.
1. Describe the subject matter and meaning of your artwork.
I decided to do a bubble bath container and a sink with bubble because I really wanted to do bubbles on scratchboard and I was trying to think of ways I could put bubbles on a scratchboard. At first my two ideas were separate, I was going to do a bubble bath with lots of bubbles or just a container with bubbles coming out of it. I ended up putting both together and I like the way it turned out. 2. How did you use textures to enhance your picture? In the picture I did semi circle motions to get the texture in the sink with bright highlights, for the bubbles I added small highlights with the highlights fading out on either side. For the hand I did cross hatching and it turned out okay, I wish it was better than it turned out, but it was the first time doing a hand with highlights instead of shading and I just went for it. 3. How did you balance your artwork and create a well-organized composition? I balanced my artwork by having some things go off the page and then other things being on a full page. I like the composition and I think everything turned out fairly well besides the hand. If I were to redo it I would fix the hand and I would also draw the bottle a little differently, it ended up being a little better than I wanted it to be but I still really like it. 4. How did you imply movement in your drawing? I implied moment in my drawing through bubbles, I wanted this to be the main thing in my piece. To imply the movement I made the bubbles different sizes, had them going on and off the page, and over the bottle and my hand. I love the way the bubbles turned out they might not be as realistic but the whole piece isn't really realistic, this was my first time doing scratchboard and I didn't really like it because I don't like doing highlights over values. 5. How could you improve your artwork? I could improve my artwork by spending more time learning how to do the hand and also realistically shaping the bottle, I think that if those two were better the entire piece would look more realistic and overall better. Another thing I could improve on is doing more textures than I have, I really only have two textures besides basic shading and it might look better if there were more. 6. How did you demonstrate a wide range of shading values? I demonstrated a wide range of shading values mainly in the sink, theres lots of midtowns but also bright whites and also a banner of just black to separate the two sides. Theres also bright whites in the bubbles and then midtones fading out from each highlight. Also the main background is black which I like because it separates the piece and I think makes everything pop. |
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January 2018
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