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For this piece I decided to use a picture of my little cousin to base it off of. I chose the picture because I really loved how I caught him in the moment and how adorable his little face looks. I also really liked this picture because I really liked how simple yet detailed the background looked with the wood as the entire background. Overall, this was really challenging to draw, but I am pleased with the result. I think that this project really helped me improve on proportions within my pieces, and also it allowed me to step out of my comfort zone and experiment with new techniques. For example, for the really challenging parts of his hands I flipped the paper upside down and I just drew the shapes, rather then allowing my right brain to take over and make him have the generic shape of fingers. I also used the pencil proportion technique. I mesured the proportions from his face to the size of his fingers in the picture to get an accurate representation of what the size should be on his hands compared to each finger. Overall, I learned a lot from this project and I really enjoyed doing this project because it allowed me to showcase new skills that I didn't know that I already had. This was my first time drawing a realistic person, and I think that the end result turned out amazing,

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Overall, in this semester I think that I have grown a lot as an artist. Some areas which I've really grown in are utilizing unknown techniques, using limited resources, and also the quality of my pieces. I think that I have really improved on utilizing unfamiliar techniques because throughout some really hard pieces I earned how to use the techniques to my advantage (ex. transfer, upside down, etc.). In these projects I had to work through the unfamiliarity, an end up creating a project far better than what I would have expected! I think that have improved on using my limited resources because now I think of new and different ways to solve my problem, instead of getting frustrated and quitting, And lastly, I think that I have really improved in the quality of my pieces because in the begging of the semester I didn't really focus on many details and I focused on the big picture. But now I focus on every detail more than the big picture, because the little details are the important things that lead up to the final piece. Overall, I had a very great experience in this art class, and I have really found a burning passion for art! I would most definitely pursue art as a future career, because I find that doing art is a kind of release that helps me relax. I really enjoyed working with new techniques this semester, and learning new things. One really helpful technique that I learned this semester is turning the piece upside down to get a new perspective and to challenge the logical side of your brain. Overall, this semester was a great experience that I definitely want to continue in the future.

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For these practice drawings I used many different techniques, and had lots of fun to practice and learn to draw faces. I also practiced using upside down techniques, and the pencil technique. Lastly, I also used oil pastels to practice. Overall, this was really fun to do, and I think that it really prepared me for the final project.

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For this project I started off doing some thumbnail sketches, and I knew that I wanted my theme to be lost items in the unknown. I also knew that I wanted to use watercolor paints on this project, since I had such a fun time the last time that I used it. Then I just started drawing and everything turned out in the perfect way. Overall, this project turned out amazing, and it is way better than I even imagined it.

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For the the different transfer project I knew that I wanted to do something involving New York City, and its amazing city structure. I really enjoyed using an iconic person (Audrey Hepburn) as the focal point of my piece. But then in the background I decided to have different types and styles of architecture in the background. And in the end to tie everything together, I decided to add a road to show that the path to Audrey's dreams in New York. Overall, this piece turned out very well, and I really enjoyed trying out transfers and learning this new technique.

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I was really inspired by the skeleton inside the art room and I knew that I wanted to do a continuous line drawing of the skeleton. Then in the background I had a lot of fun my first time using watercolor paints. Overall, I love how vivid the colors are and I really enjoyed exploring with new materials and techniques.

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All of these pieces were made using either negative space, continuous line, or blind contour. This activity was really fun and it really pushed me out of my comfort zone. I think that the technique that I was best at throughout these practices was the blind contour, because all of the pieces look unique and very interesting.

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To start off my creativity squared I began with a few thumbnail sketches because my mind was going 100 miles a minute trying to figure out how to combine both of my images. My first image was of a very geometrical design which looked like stairs, and my other square was of a painting of a girl smiling. To combine the two I knew that I wanted part of the girl as my focal point and then in the background having a very geometrical design. Overall, I love the way it turned out and how the two styles and types of materials compliment each other.

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face drawing practice from a photo model pt.2

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face drawing practice from a photo model

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face drawing practice with oil pastels model