Paper Coil

For one of our exercises in class, we were given a thin strip of paper that we would loop and tape to a black paper. We had to use a white colored pencil. This kind of trained our minds to really look at the bright spots instead of looking more at the shadows. Doing so helped me to be more aware of the other mediums I can use.

Final Contour Room Drawing

1) I think I used an overall fluid line. There were some spots where the line was kind of shaky because I was uncertain of that was where the line was supposed to go, but I think you can tell I drew with an overall fluid line because of how the line curves when it turns, and every line is connected to another line.
2) The exercises we completed earlier in the week helped me to draw a better final classroom contour drawing. For example, the blind hand contour helped me really focus in on proportion and detail, while not lifting my pen. I think knowing this helped me to be able to draw things life sized, and make it look more like you're in the room.
3) Contour line drawings involve one fluid line connecting everything in the drawing, and outline drawing is where you can pick up the pen or pencil and move it around without a connecting line
4) It depends on the artist and whether they interpret lines as strict, and angular, or flowing and continuous. I personally interpret lines as flowing and continuous, this is important because the way you see it is your style of art, and every artist is different and will see the room differently. Different drawings of the same room can look very different because of the way each artist sees the room.
5) In completing this drawing I learned that fluidity is everything in contour line drawings. If I could recreate my drawing I would try to keep the lines more fluid and connected. I believe that it would make my final drawing look a lot better.

(Sorry the picture is blurry, I didn't realize until now.)

Practice Contour Room

We all had the assignment to draw a contour drawing of our classroom, we could pick any spot in the room, and we would draw from that perspective, and try to add as much detail as we could. I think that my practice drawing was going pretty well! I think I was using decently fluid lines, and I was adding a lot of detail, so it was looking realistic. I think the perspective in my practice could have been better, but the rest of my practice drawing I thought was very good.

 

Backpack Contour Drawing

I thought this exercise was very fun! I really liked trying to draw all the creases and folds in the material of my backpack. This expanded my artistic comfort zone a lot because I usually attempt drawings like this with a pencil, so I can add shading and I can erase where I mess up. Using pen, and one continuous line was definitely hard but I think it helped me improve as an artist. I think my drawing turned out very well.

Modified Contour Hand

The day after we drew blind contours of our hands, we were told to draw a modified contour hand, which is where you can look at your hand but you try to limit how much you look at it, so you're still drawing more of what you actually see than what you want to see. I think mine turned out decent. I captured more detail in the modified contour drawing of my hand than I did on my blind contour drawing.

Blind Contour Hand

This school year started with us drawing a blind contour of our hand. This means that we would place our pen on our sketch book, turn away, look at our hand, and draw it using one continuous line. This was very difficult for me because I am a perfectionist when it comes to art and not being able to see what I'm drawing, or if it looks okay was definitely a challenge. Although it was hard for me, this exercise helped me to focus on drawing exactly what I see instead of drawing what I want to see or what I think I see.

Art Final

1) This semester in Art 2, I created a drawing of feathers with sharpie. I made the feathers look cartoonish, and used really bright colors. While creating this piece, I really struggled with keeping the black lines thin. During this project I was able to learn and appreciate little details. This project wasn't very difficult, since it was cartoon based.
Another project I did during this semester was a Van Gogh painting. I had to re-create "At Eternity's Gate," and include a monster somewhere in the painting. I chose to have a shadow of a hand preparing to grab the man on the wall behind him. During this project I struggled with blending the right colors together, to get the right outcome. I learned the importance of line value and that the thickness of a line really plays a part in the perspective and proportions. I think the next project I do like this will not be as difficult because I know the things to avoid and the things I need more time on.

2) I believe that one of my artistic strengths is shading. I think I'm decently good at making sure one part of the drawing isn't abnormally large or small. I think a weakness I have is mixing colors, and seeing different hidden colors in pictures. I think that to improve in this is just to practice and be extra observant.

3)this semester I struggled with the "10 years from now" project. I used prisma color and found it very difficult. Using this medium takes a lot of time and patience. I overcame this by taking my time to blend all the colors the best I could. If I were to do this assignment again, I think it would be cool to do something with watercolor.

4)my favorite piece created in art 2 was my recreation (with a monster added in) or "At Eternity's Gate" I used acrylic watered down paint to give it the same look as Van Gogh's painting. I think this piece says I have a good eye, and I can notice little details in things. I like this piece a lot because it really shows my improvement as an artist throughout the semester. I think what makes it good is all the different values, including the line values. It really gives it a realistic feel.

(It's not letting me upload pictures?? I can keep trying but I'm turning this in so I don't get a late grade.)