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Comparing my artwork from the start of the semester to where I am now, I can see a difference in the technique and overall sophistication of the pieces. In the beginning a lot of the artwork was flat and had no interesting composition. As we got more into depth on perspective and shading, I believe my skills with observation has improved a lot and it reflected into my art pieces. I liked that we used a variety of different materials for the projects (Charcoal, pen, watercolor, pastel) instead of using just pencil or colored pencil. This allowed for me to experiment and now I know how to use certain materials that I haven't used before. Some struggles I had involved charcoal because it was difficult to make a drawing realistic and it was overall very messy to use. But I learned that not all drawings need to be precise and that some can be just basic outlines or quick draws that show the overall image. As for the future, I'd like to keep improving my skills with charcoal and ballpoint pen shading. I'm looking forward to next year's drawing and painting class!

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Isometric Perspective in pen (Final Project)

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Isometric Perspective in pen (Final Project)

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For my projection choice, I used an image of transparent leaves that are a mix of pinks, purples, greens. The transparentness of the leaf represents an openness and carefree personality. The colors are very bright and vibrant that suggests an uplifting energy coming off of the leaves and myself. As for the orientation, I specifically chose this image because the leaves were at the bottom right corner and there was empty white space on the left. I used this to show that the leaves sort of blossom and carry themselves and start to show in the surrounding white spaces. This represents my personality also affecting the people around me and my surroundings. There was only one thing that I altered from the original photograph. I made the drawing more darker because it was difficult to make see the colors in the original picture. I also accented the leaves heavily so the outlines were visible, making it more realistic.

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For this project, I decided to go with an abstract watercolor painting. I didn't have a specific original source, but I knew I wanted the painting to have a collage of shapes, each individually painted with unique colors. To start, I drew out the different shapes overlapping each other and I wanted them to be connected somehow, so I drew lines gradually decreasing and increasing from edge to edge. For the actual painting, I created a variety of colors using mixtures of different watercolor paints. After painting the shapes, I applied tape lightly on the top compared to the bottom, so that when I apply the background, the colors mix to create a unique texture (as I learned from my first project). Most of my feedback was suggesting I darken the lines, which I was planning on doing at the end. While darkening the lines with a black color pencil, I decided to draw more lines connected to each other because the original lines were not attached to the others. My intended area of emphasis was definitely the shapes and more specifically the circle, because it is put at the very center, it has the brightest and boldest color, and I see the circle as sort of the catalyst for the squares on opposite sides. To add depth for the background, I applied 2 layers of gray and dabbed the seconds layer to create a broken texture.

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Continuous line, Charcoal, Pencil Drawing

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Continuous line, Charcoal, Pencil Drawing

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For this project, I developed a painting using watercolors, to incorporate the two pictures I picked out randomly. At first, I wanted to use pastel because I thought it was the best way to portray a water effect, but the pastel made the water look very dense which was not my intention. When starting the watercolor painting, I decided to keep the cat white, because it kept a connection to the original photo. At the beginning of painting the background, I decided that instead of exactly manipulating the wavy water in the photo, I wanted it to have a dripping effect and still look like the cat was submerged in water. After finishing the background, I added bubbles coming out from the side of the cat's mouth because the original photo had round shapes that looked like drips of water, along the middle. At the very end, the painting still looked empty and lacked colors, so I added a bright green/yellow flower in the center. I think the painting turned out great. It wasn't what I first imagined it to be, but I think I made some good choices that positively effected the painting. If I could change something about the painting, I would've put the blue tape on better because the blue watercolor went under it and went on the cat.