Sunday, December 18, 2016

KitKat

By the time I felt comfortable drawing the DumDums, we moved on to more difficult candy wrappers. I was given a KitKat to draw. I think I did a really nice job showing the highlights in the wrapper. I really really like how this assignment turned out. If I could re do it I would try to make it brighter. The pencil I used wasn't as bright as I would have liked.

DumDums

For this mini project Mrs. Rossi handed out DumDums and Prismacolors and had us draw the sucker. This was daunting to me, but wasn't as difficult as I had imagined. I had a really fun time blending the different colors and creating the creases and changes of value in the wrapper. I think I did a good job with this assignment.


Thursday, December 8, 2016

Learning Ears and Hair

I really like how both of these turned out. I think I did a nice job with the contrast of values, and really making the right parts pop. I think drawing hair is really really fun now! I can't wait to draw it in the final project.
 
 
 



Learning Mouths

In class, we had to draw our own mouth. I think that this turned out decent. I really like the little part above the lip, and how life-like that looks, but I do not like how you can really see every line on the lips. I wish I would have blended it more evenly.
 
 

Learning Noses

In class, Mrs. Rossi had us draw our own nose from three different angles. I didn't have enough time to draw three different angles, so I only ended up doing two. I really like how the second on turned out, I think it looks realistic and as a nice range of values.
 
 
 

Learning Eyes

 
In class, we had to attempt a drawing of our own eye. While drawing it, I thought it looked good, but now, I  don't like it quite as much. I think I made the bottom of the eye to circular. I do, however, like the tear duct in the eye. I shaded it really well, and added a nice highlight.
 
 
 
 



Warm up

 
 
At the beginning of class, Mrs. Rossi had us cut out pictures of facial features from magazines, and do our best to draw them as realistically as possible. I think I did a good job drawing the ear. I added a good amount of shading, and I think it blended really well.
 

Opacity Project

 
  1. Describe the craftsmanship of your drawing. (Is it neat and well executed?)
I think I did a really good job with this project. It is neat and organized.
 
 
  1. Describe how your background choices help unify the three artworks and tie them together as one piece of art.
I did not add a background to my piece, due to lack of time. I was debating drawing the bag brown (like in the original picture) or to change the color of the bag to be more clear. I think it ended up looking really good with the brown because I was able to add more different values, and tie the colors in throughout the piece.
 
 
  1. Describe your choice of colors/color harmonies and how you used them throughout the artwork.
I think the colors were nicely tied throughout the piece. I do however, think that I used too much brown.
 
 
  1. How did you create contrast in your drawing?
 
Yes. I had dark browns in the creases of the bag, and whites where the light was reflecting off of the apples, and just about everything in between.
 
 
  1. How did you use textures, highlights and shadows to enhance your artwork?
 
I made highlights on the parts of the bag and apples that had light reflecting off of them. I think I did alright with adding the texture of the bag too. I was able to give it a smooth, flowing look, while still showing that it was wrinkled.
 
 
 
  1. Why did you choose a particular background color to mount your artwork?
 
I chose the gray paper because I thought it would be something good to build off of, and plus, when we were doing the exercises with prisma colors, I liked drawing on the ray paper the best
 
 
  1. Discuss the importance of understanding the media (prisma or pastels) and
 
Acquiring the skills necessary to create a successful project. I think to successfully use prisma colors, you need to understand that it takes time and a lot of patience. You have to work lightly, and in layers. If you try to do it all at once, the colors won’t blend, and it won’t look as real as preferred.
 
 
 
 
  1. Describe any difficulties you had creating your drawing and what you could do to improve your drawing?
 
I had a hard time being patient with the amount of time everything was taking, especially since I sit next to Anna, who finishes her projects in a class period. I think to improve my actual drawing I could go back and add a background. I think if I were to do this, it would be on a table, or picnic blanket (typical, red and white checkered) Overall, I really enjoyed this project and will definitely be doing more of this type of thing in the future.