1. Describe the subject matter and meaning of your artwork. - The subject of my project is jellyfish. Jellyfish have been a longstanding favourite animal of mine. My room is ocean themed and I have done many water inspired pieces. These 2 jellyfish represent a more in detail version of some obscure jellyfish I have in another piece. 2. How did you use textures to enhance your picture? - I used several different textures in my final,from stippling to cross hatching to just regular highlights. The one I am most proud of is the stippling, because that was not my initial intention. Only when I started the final did I realize that I could stipple on scratchboard. 3. How did you balance your artwork and create a well-organized composition? - I believe the two jellyfish (Checkers and No Name) balance each other in movement. They both are shaped differently and have good connection between each other. The bubbles and rays offset the sides. 4. How did you imply movement in your drawing? - I tried to have movement not only in the jellyfish themselves but between them. I believe you start by looking at the main jellyfish(Checkers) and work up through the secondary jelly(No Name) towards the sun rays, and then the sun rays bring you back down into the bubbles, which lead you back around to the Checkers. 5. How could you improve your artwork? - Well the first thing I would do all over again if I could would be to not do the sunrays so intense. It came out a lot stronger than I anticipated when I was trying to cover up a mistake and frankly I don't like it. 6. How did you demonstrate a wide range of shading values? - I used stippling on Checkers to show where the light hits him, and then I used cross hatching and some stippling on No Name. On the bubbles I just scratch where the light hit, and on the opposite side, showing transparency. Overall this is a super fun project and 10/10 would try again. |
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Interpretation- For expressiveness, I think that this portrays a side of myself I often show, which can be a harder outside. I often show myself as un-interested or apathetic, and perhaps this piece displays a bit of this.
Evaluation- I actually don't like this piece at all. It wasn't one I was invested in, emotionally or physically, and I had a hard time working on it. I personally do not think it looks like me, as I barely used my reference photos. I believe that compared to many many other portraits I have done, that this one is definitely on the bottom of the totem pole. I feel like it's original enough, but in terms of creativity, definitely lacking. These are some of the facial features I did. I did a lot of doodles while Mrs. Rossi was talking and I like most of them. My favourite is the wide eyes (although the nose should be smaller I know) and the smiling mouth. I think are not bad.
I am not too proud of the portrait, though I spent no more than 20 minutes on it. It is the first I had done in a little while and I'm a little rusty. I think facial features are super fun to draw separate, but it's a whole new ball game when they are together. 1). Personally I am not sure how well I executed my piece, I wasn't sure of my process. I kind of went all over the place, trying to do what made sense to me. 2). It was literally just a mess in my room that I thought seemed fun and challenging and described me pretty well. A lot of candy, headphones, and some letters to friends. I don't believe it was an exceptional composition, but it was an interesting one. 3). My colors were mainly warms, dealing from white to yellow to orange and red. I had fun experimenting with the shades in between. 4). I added shadows beneath the wrappers to offset the highlights and give it depth. I think thats what you asking? If you're talking about composition wise, I believe the plastic and the headphones were pretty contrasting. 5). I used lots of highlights, since my photo was extremely bright. The photo happened to be right next to a bed side lamp. I have a fun technique with the gel pen to get the highlights I want, so that was cool. And then I used shadows to add depth beneath the wrappers and envelopes. 6). Simple. I love using brown paper with colored pencil. I love it as a base and things it brings out the colors well. 7.) Prisma is not all about technique as it is patience. The heaps of layers you have to add on day after day, knowing how to blend and how to add slight shading. It's important to know when white can't get any whiter. Remembering how to use color pencils inspired me to do some other pieces. 8).I could honestly improve it by finishing it. I had extreme difficulty in the middle because I didn't/don't know where to go. It's just a mesh of darks and whites, and I don't know how to go about that. Perhaps I could figure it out. Here are my pastelly eggs. I tried using more colors than we were supposed too, I ended up using 6 I believe. So that was difficult, but fun. I couldn't figure out how to get the smooth edge that some people were getting, so I left it like it came(:
I don't necassarily like the medium just because of the dust/mess that it creates about the image, and also how you have to get a certain look. I'm not really into that.
1) I used clean edges, especially on the rock and gear I tried to keep sharper shades on the rock, and smudge the gear to represent rust.
2) Value are important because they add depth. I think I added enough values to have it pleasing, but I definitely could have gone darker, specifically on the gear. 3) Yes, I think 4) They were pretty important, because if I didn't have to go around looking at different angles, I wouldn't have found this little set on the side. The sketches allowed me to see what I wanted in my piece and what I didn't. 5) I think it is successful because of the small details. It is different from most peoples, because they zoomed out and had so much going on in their pieces(which were really good!) while mine is more focused and simple. I think the detailing on the rock brings a lot to it. 6) The proportions are pretty spot on from what I was seeing. The only problem I had was the spokes(?) of the gear, and trying to make all those the same size. 7) Again, I like it because of the simpleness. It didn't have a lot going on, and in the chaos of that structure you set up, I found a spot which I really enjoyed. I even asked to move the rock so it did cover the gear a bit, and added some dimension. 8) I don't believe there is a center, but if so, it is the gear 9) I managed my time horribly and I know it. On the day you were out I got called to student services which set me back just a little, and I've had very little motivation lately(its a struggle I am working with bear with me). I believe I really picked up the slack though and came through at the end. 10) I was not sure how to represent the rust on the gear. Because not only did it get randomly dark, there were also splotches of light spots that wasn't actually lighting that made it really confusing for me. I think I figured out a good technique to sketching out the rust and not blending it like you normally might. 11) I really like it. I mean some of it. I like my rock and my gear. I would have hated to do the flowers or sock monkey or log. Options are nice. Practice Fabrics |
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