During critique week, we were able to come together as a class and really reflect on our art so far, and get feedback on what we did really good, and what we need to further improve. It was cool watching other people's ideas and commenting on them was really reassuring in the sense that you got suggestions, and compliments.
With this project, I was really hoping to communicate through my work. I wanted to create an entire scenario with this picture and I think I managed to tell a story of life and death and how they are chained together by time. I did notice some issues with the way I drew my chains. I wanted to create tension with the chains, but they turned out looking more loose than I pictured. Hopefully I'll be more cautious next time.
It was an original idea of mine to draw the skeleton hand, because I thought it would look more interesting with two of the same of thing, but in different forms, also the colored part of the hand was a last minute idea that I figured would make it more interesting. I think I learned some new things with this project, it was the first time I've ever used Prisma Colored Pencils to color anything, and I got an idea of what it was like. I learned that it was all about layering. Our group table collaborated on this project a lot. We were all sharing what we knew about shadows, and how the different values can all be achieved through layering.
I've always had problems with drawing hands, so challenging myself to actually do it was new for me, and I definitely learned how to position the fingers and how to connect them better than I used to. I started out with drawing the shape of it first, then figuring out where the light would hit, as well as put a darker value on the side of the light. Next time I will focus on the length of the fingers more rather than the palm, because the thumb turned out shorter than it should have. Also where the fingers are bended, there should be more of a shadow. This project was kind of a struggle despite the fact that it was meant to be simple. I tried to take chances by starting out with a different picture with wanting there to be two hands instead of just one, but that didn't work, so I started another one. The lines ended up looking so crooked, I had to start a third time.
To make it look more three dimensional, I made a small shade on one half of the arm. We collaborated on that part and decided that it looked better with the shadow. I definitely learned that next time, I should manage my time more wisely, and while trying something new is always good, time is also important. Re-creating art from history, specifically by Picasso made me learn that you can draw anything by dividing it up, instead of looking at it as a whole. We tricked our brains into believing that it wasn't so difficult just by covering it up and doing it line to adjacent line.
Without looking at the picture and covering it up, we started by drawing it upside down starting from the bottom. At first I was worried about whether or not I'd make the lines long enough and at the right angle, but I solved my problem by just going for it. The contrast between art from history, and art nowadays is pretty awesome to look at, considering how much art has evolved from its roots. Despite Picasso always being known as a mad man in his time, it's amazing to see how now his art is in museums, and how much his style has inspired artists today. HousePersonThis project let me see how far I've gotten when it came to drawing basics like full sized bodies quick portraits, and houses. Drawing yourself is definitely a challenge and I've never tried it before, so doing this was difficult. The face is a little lop sided and some of the lines aren't even. The house is the same thing, the lines didn't turn out very even and it looks rough. I am most satisfied with the full size body.
I solved most of my problems with starting over, and erasing everything. And I tried to create the house originally without looking at a picture. Even though this was the first ever project we ever made, we didn't start off with something simple. This art piece was a combination of a watercolor background with a bold letter in the middle. During this project, I learned a lot about how watercolors work, as well how to arrange the set up for it.
I developed my art making skills by actually learning how to use the paintbrushes as well as getting a taste of some techniques. I took a risk by experimenting with the letter, I didn't have a plan on what to do with it, but in the end, I was really happy with how it came out. Also with this a lot of us on the table, we managed to collaborate during the making of it, by sharing what we knew about watercolors and help each other along the way. We were unexpectedly challenged to build a balloon structure on the first day. No one knew about it, so we were all unprepared when mrs. Haggerty all of a sudden yelled "Get to it, everybody!" Despite the chaos and the non stop sound of balloons popping everywhere, it was a ton of fun, and a great way to start the year! |
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