The top image is my final drawing for the look at that view project. I am pretty satisfied with how it turned out, I had to pay attention to a lot of small details. The bottom picture is in progress and you can see I had not added highlights yet.
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These are my 2 point perspective practices. I found them to be a bit harder than 1 point. I wish we had gotten to practice drawing other objects (not just street view). I liked how it turned out though.
These are my practice sketches. I did 4 because I already knew I was going to do the top left one. It was hard in the beginning because I had trouble getting my proportions right so that it would look like the objects in the back are in the background and the objects in the front are in the foreground. The second one, I tried to practice drawing the carpet. It was challenging because the furniture has to look like it's on top of the carpet
Drawing – Look at That View
SELF EVALUATION 1. Describe how you created an interesting point of view? Was it successful? Why or why not? My interested point of view started with my brainstorming process. My main source of inspiration came from my camera roll: I had over 400 pictures. A few of my top ideas included: - my violin from the point of view of me playing - the inside of a flower looking up at a hummingbird -from the back of someone’s mouth - Hunt library I chose to do NC State’s Hunt library because the picture I had taken showed a top view of the first floor and I loved all the colors of the chairs. So far, I believe my point of view is successful. I have not finished yet but I have set up everything for the perspective view. My proportions, I think are fairly accurate. 2. Why is it important to understand perspective and how to draw it? It is important to understand perspective because it brings a unique perspective to art pieces. Perspective allows you to practice proportions. I also believe interesting perspectives create really unique pieces that are thought provoking. Drawing perspective can be difficult but it's important to draw it because proportions apply to all drawing. 3. How were the colored pencil exercises important in the success of your piece? The color pencil exercises were important because they allow me to experiment with the white pencil and other colors. This was especially important because I had never worked with prismacolors before. With the pumpkin and apple drawings, I was able to practice all these skills. I used the white prismacolor pencil to highlight. I also practices blending colors into the fruit that you normally might not see. 4. Describe the craftsmanship of your colored pencil. What techniques were used? (How well the project is technically crafted). Although, I am still working on my project, I think that I did a good job coloring the furniture. I used the white pencil a lot. This helped tone down colors that were too bright. I also used the white pencil to highlight. Especially for the couches and background, I have darker values that are used to contrast with my use of white. Also, my purple shades are a combination of white, pink and violet. Since I use a lot of white, I had to change the pressure while pressing down on the pencil in different parts of the drawing. 5. Were you able to achieve depth by showing a foreground, middle ground and back- ground? Explain. Yes, I was able to achieve depth. My project was a top view of Hunt library. Therefore, the foreground has all the furniture. In the background, there are people and I used darker values. The small people in the background also contribute to the depth because their size relative to the furniture allows the viewer to understand what is in the middle ground and background. I spent a lot of time on perfecting the proportions. I made sure objects in the foreground were bigger than those in the background. 6. Explain your experience with colored pencil and the project in general. What were the obstacles and advantages? My previous experience with color pencil was very limited. I had never tried blending colors, I had only used one color at a time. This was an obstacle in the beginning, but through the practices, I got enough practice to feel comfortable using the prismacolors. Another obstacle I faced was drawing the seats in my project. I had trouble getting the proportions right. However, it helped to think of each chair/couch as a set of rectangular prisms stacked on top. 7. Looking back on the progression of this project what skills, techniques or other information would you like to have been taught? Do you feel you were prepared for this project? Looking back, I would have liked to spend more time on the perspectives lesson. It would have been useful practicing a variety of objects, not just street views. My project includes a lot of couches, tables, and couches. I believe I was prepared for using the Prismacolors because of all the practices we did. I was able to practice blending a lot. Yes, I do feel I was prepared because everything we had learned prior to this project has helped me. The value studies helped me with my shading in my project. Also, practicing with white pencil and white charcoal was a big help for my project. My past still life project also contributed to me feeling prepared. In my original picture, I was able to analyze each object and figure out their relationship to one another. The top photo is the picture I has taken for my Look at that View Project. I chose this picture because it was very colorful and I really liked the perspective from the top. I also love the Hunt library at NC State because of its interesting seating. The bottom picture is my final sketch. This took me a long time because I focused too much on the tiny details even though it was a sketch. I really like how the colors stand out and hopefully, I can bring that to my final piece.
These are my perspective practices. I had fun doing these. I had never been exposed to perspective drawing before. The last picture is the trailer outside. That was a difficult activity because in th beggining, I was confused on which perspective to use.
This is my perspective piece in progress. I have done the major outlining in pencil but still have to add the chairs/couches, carpet, and books in the bookshelves. The major thing I'm having trouble with is drawing everything on such a small scale.
These are my prismacolor practices. The first picture is my drawing with an apple and a pumpkin. The next pictures are my practices. Although I like prismacolor, I found them a bit difficult to work with since I have never used prismacolors before and have limited experience with color pencil. I like how they turned out but wish I had used some darker values.
This is my drawing with the sphere, cube, cylinder and prism. I had to go off a picture the second day we worked on this because the exact arrangement wasn't the same. For this drawing, I struggled the most with getting contrasting values for the shadows versus the shapes.
These are my value studies with the white charcoal pencil and regular pencil. I really liked doing these because it allowed me to experiment with how much pressure is needed to create different values. The white charcoal was a bit tricky because you can't erase or lift after making the mark on the paper.
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