Point of View Project

This project required us to choose something to draw that is in a point of perspective; I chose to draw a cottage in the woods in two point perspective. This project was very time consuming but also very fun, since I love creating houses and I love creating landscapes. This project was to show how well we could draw something in perspective after all the practice we were put through. This project was very time consuming because of the medium I used, prisma colors and pencil, both take forever when it comes to drawing out a huge picture/

Candy Drawings

This was my first attempt at drawing a piece of candy wrapped in plastic, I was feeling doubtful in myself at first but then I realized it was better to just draw what I saw, then it became a lot easier. This first required drawing was to give the class a chance to get the feel of drawing more transparent items. We used pencil first because it is an easier medium to use and good choice for the first try.

This was the second required candy drawing, except it's in color. Since I had already gave candy drawing a try, I was feeling confident and just excited to use colors. This gave us practice drawing a transparent item in color.

This was just practice I gave myself, I tried to use a different type of candy and chalk pastels as a medium. It was good practice and I think it turned out well. I felt like I needed all the practice I could get before I started my Transparency Project.

Bottle Drawing

To focus more on practicing with transparency we were required to draw different types of bottles in different ways such as in pencil and in prisma colored pencil. The bottles were practice and gave us room to improve our skills when drawing something transparent. I never really struggled with this since I'm already so precise of a drawer. For the bottle drawing shown I used drawing pencils, to add movement and value I really focused on my use of lights and darks. This project allowed me to get the feel of drawing transparent things.

Contour Instrument Drawing

This was one of my earlier attempts at contour line drawings and it shows. I really struggled with this whole concept and the fact that instruments are very complicated to draw was very challenging. It was important for me to practice contour line drawings though. I used a gel pen and drew with a steady line, which was challenging since I have a habit of sketching my drawings. Even though I didn't like this assignement, it was important; I needed practice with contour line drawings and I had never drawn a trumpet before.

Contour Room Drawing

Contour drawings are a must for drawing class, it helps improve your drawing skills all around and helps you practice a whole new technique. They are very hard to do, for me that is. I really struggle with keeping my pen down on the paper and not sketch the drawing, if you do sketch a contour drawing it shows. I used a gel black pen to create this drawing, it allowed me to flow through it easily. To add value and movement I used the pen and added lines and zig-zags in shadowed areas. This drawing showed how much I improved with contour line drawings if you look at my previous attempts. I still struggled with my sketching habit but I ended up making a pretty quality drawing. My goal is to master contour line drawing.

Redo Project: Monkey (2002)-Monkey (2014)

I loved my childhood, everything was an adventure, even going to school. For my Redo project I wanted to use something from my childhood, like this drawing I did of a monkey in my kindergarten class back in 2002. My mom and dad always loved that drawing because of how much detail I put into it, it was surprising for a 5 or 6 year old. I did a redo for that little drawing to compare how different yet the same it would look; I tried my best to use the exact same colors and medians that I used for this monkey way back when. The medians I used was oil pastels, crayola markers, and crayons; which was pretty simple because obviously I grew up using these things. 

Perspective Project: Beach Cottage

This is my favorite piece I did in all of Art III, it is a one point perspective painting of an imagined beach house I just thought of. This was the second idea I thought of for the Perspective project; my first idea was going to be a one point perspective painting of an ill man reaching up and yelling. I did not go through with my first idea because it was way way way too difficult, and would take way too much time; this idea even took a long time. I used acrylic paint for this piece, so I could define details better, though it was hard; I had to use very tiny brushes. This project was a challenge since I am not very skilled with painting but it was worth it!