I Create Original Art
For my perspective project, I used my own photos to decide what my final would be on. I narrowed it down between two pictures I took while in San Francisco but decided on this picture from an alley in Chinatown. Watching a picture that I took come to life in a drawing was very cool to see.
My source of inspiration was the first photograph in the two. While I tried to stay as true to the original as possible, there were some things I had to change. Some of the very fine details I decided to leave out because it didn't add anything special to the drawing. There were also details that I simply just couldn't draw.
I Developed My Art Making Skills
Although I didn't end up using pen and ink, I discovered ways to fill in empty space including hatching and stippling. I never really did any pencil drawings before this one so I learned a lot about adding values and making sure not to go too dark to fast or too light. If we did another pencil drawing, I think knowing what I do now after doing this first project, my second pencil drawing would be much better.
In Art 1, I did sketching and shape shading but the lessons we did in Art 2 so far have furthered my understanding on the importance of shading and values. My drawing skills have improved so much after doing this perspective drawing. I learned a lot while going through obstacles which really helped me grow.
I Take Risks
When I heard we were doing a pencil drawing, I was already nervous about it. In Art 1, I tried to avoid doing pencil drawings because I was never really good at them. I didn't have much experience so this whole project was basically one huge risk for me. The details in the photograph made me a little timid to do them but once I finally got the small details in, I realized that my drawing was finally coming together. If I had avoided the details, my perspective drawing would not have turned out the way it did.
I would consider pencils to be a new material to me. As I said before, I never really used pencils in art besides doing sloppy sketches so this was a huge step up from what I was doing before. The idea of layering the pencil to create extreme values was also very new to me. When I started the drawing and adding values, I made some of the features way too dark and some way too light. I had to find a balance between the two that would make my art more realistic. After stepping back and looking at my drawing as a whole, there are places where the darks are too dark and lights are too light. I think realizing what I need to improve on will help me in the next units to come.
For my perspective project, I used my own photos to decide what my final would be on. I narrowed it down between two pictures I took while in San Francisco but decided on this picture from an alley in Chinatown. Watching a picture that I took come to life in a drawing was very cool to see.
My source of inspiration was the first photograph in the two. While I tried to stay as true to the original as possible, there were some things I had to change. Some of the very fine details I decided to leave out because it didn't add anything special to the drawing. There were also details that I simply just couldn't draw.
I Developed My Art Making Skills
Although I didn't end up using pen and ink, I discovered ways to fill in empty space including hatching and stippling. I never really did any pencil drawings before this one so I learned a lot about adding values and making sure not to go too dark to fast or too light. If we did another pencil drawing, I think knowing what I do now after doing this first project, my second pencil drawing would be much better.
In Art 1, I did sketching and shape shading but the lessons we did in Art 2 so far have furthered my understanding on the importance of shading and values. My drawing skills have improved so much after doing this perspective drawing. I learned a lot while going through obstacles which really helped me grow.
I Take Risks
When I heard we were doing a pencil drawing, I was already nervous about it. In Art 1, I tried to avoid doing pencil drawings because I was never really good at them. I didn't have much experience so this whole project was basically one huge risk for me. The details in the photograph made me a little timid to do them but once I finally got the small details in, I realized that my drawing was finally coming together. If I had avoided the details, my perspective drawing would not have turned out the way it did.
I would consider pencils to be a new material to me. As I said before, I never really used pencils in art besides doing sloppy sketches so this was a huge step up from what I was doing before. The idea of layering the pencil to create extreme values was also very new to me. When I started the drawing and adding values, I made some of the features way too dark and some way too light. I had to find a balance between the two that would make my art more realistic. After stepping back and looking at my drawing as a whole, there are places where the darks are too dark and lights are too light. I think realizing what I need to improve on will help me in the next units to come.