In the blind contour drawings we decided a position for our hand. Once we had the position we wanted we turned away from our sketchbooks and without picking up our pen draw what we saw. When we were drawing we could only look at our hand and the idea was you draw what you see and you transfer it onto the paper with a pen.
In the modified contour drawings we made the same hand positions we did before but this time we were allowed to look at our paper while drawing what we saw. In my experience my hands because more life size than they did before with the blind contour drawing.
In the backpack drawing we placed our backpacks on our table or against something and you could draw the backpack from any angle. The angle I decided to draw it from was the back. I decided to draw it from the back because I liked the shape and the straps of the bag. Once again we couldn't pick up our pens and the goal was to make it as life-size and realistic looking as possible.
Did you use a fluid line? Explain how is this evident?
Yes I did use a fluid line, although when I would take a break I would take up my pen however I started back where I took the pen up so that I wasn't just starting from a random spot. This is evident throughout the pieces because everything is connected to each other. Nothing is just randomly placed without connecting to another part of the classroom. Its also evident through how thick some of the lines are compared to others because a lot of times I would retrace lines to start a new object.
Explain how your knowledge and creating practice studies with contour line contributed to the success of your piece.
Before drawing I didn't know much about contour line drawings I had heard of them but I didn't exactly know what they were. The practices we did helped me learn to not pick up our pens and it also taught me that making a mistake is ok and to just continue working or you could try to fix it. I think one thing that made my piece successful was how many times I went over each line (retrace my steps) in order to add details or add more to the classroom without this it would have been harder to not pick up my pen or get thicker lines where there should be thicker lines.
Describe the difference in your contour line drawing to an outline drawing.
An outline drawing doesn't go into detail where a contour line drawing does although with a contour and outline you don't shade anything. As for contour though you add as much detail as possible without shading and with having a fluid line. An outline drawing can be anything it just doesn't have any detail and you draw what you see on the outside of the object instead of everything you see.
Explain how your interpretation of line is essential in capturing the look of the room.
The straight lines and outline of each object is essential in capturing the look of the room because if something is slanted to much or something is proportioned the wrong way its noticeable when your comparing what you drew to what the classroom realistically looks like. A focal point is also essential for capturing the look so whatever the focal point is should be as realistic as possible since thats what your eye is drawn to first and that will help capture the look of the room.
What did you learn from completing this drawing? If you could recreate your piece what would you do differently to enhance the final outcome?
I learned how to fix mistakes that were made without erasing, I also learned to just continue on the piece instead of starting over. This can help you when your creating other pieces because I'm a perfectionist and I learned that its ok if theres a couple mistakes in there and I shouldn't start over just cause I messed up on a little detail. If I were to redo my piece I would look at the space I have before I start drawing and pay more attention to some of the details. A couple of the details in my piece are wrong and thats 100% my fault for not paying close enough attention, I'm also missing a cabinet and a couple of the drawers aren't lined up right. So if I were to redo it I would pay better attention to the details and the spacing I have on the paper to enhance the final outcome.
Yes I did use a fluid line, although when I would take a break I would take up my pen however I started back where I took the pen up so that I wasn't just starting from a random spot. This is evident throughout the pieces because everything is connected to each other. Nothing is just randomly placed without connecting to another part of the classroom. Its also evident through how thick some of the lines are compared to others because a lot of times I would retrace lines to start a new object.
Explain how your knowledge and creating practice studies with contour line contributed to the success of your piece.
Before drawing I didn't know much about contour line drawings I had heard of them but I didn't exactly know what they were. The practices we did helped me learn to not pick up our pens and it also taught me that making a mistake is ok and to just continue working or you could try to fix it. I think one thing that made my piece successful was how many times I went over each line (retrace my steps) in order to add details or add more to the classroom without this it would have been harder to not pick up my pen or get thicker lines where there should be thicker lines.
Describe the difference in your contour line drawing to an outline drawing.
An outline drawing doesn't go into detail where a contour line drawing does although with a contour and outline you don't shade anything. As for contour though you add as much detail as possible without shading and with having a fluid line. An outline drawing can be anything it just doesn't have any detail and you draw what you see on the outside of the object instead of everything you see.
Explain how your interpretation of line is essential in capturing the look of the room.
The straight lines and outline of each object is essential in capturing the look of the room because if something is slanted to much or something is proportioned the wrong way its noticeable when your comparing what you drew to what the classroom realistically looks like. A focal point is also essential for capturing the look so whatever the focal point is should be as realistic as possible since thats what your eye is drawn to first and that will help capture the look of the room.
What did you learn from completing this drawing? If you could recreate your piece what would you do differently to enhance the final outcome?
I learned how to fix mistakes that were made without erasing, I also learned to just continue on the piece instead of starting over. This can help you when your creating other pieces because I'm a perfectionist and I learned that its ok if theres a couple mistakes in there and I shouldn't start over just cause I messed up on a little detail. If I were to redo my piece I would look at the space I have before I start drawing and pay more attention to some of the details. A couple of the details in my piece are wrong and thats 100% my fault for not paying close enough attention, I'm also missing a cabinet and a couple of the drawers aren't lined up right. So if I were to redo it I would pay better attention to the details and the spacing I have on the paper to enhance the final outcome.