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For my final project I wanted to keep it more simple and not try to over do it or create something that is to much. But I did want to make in unique  so that's why I made the hand and buildings colors that they are normally not. I'm proud of how the hand and tree did work out and it was very interesting/ fun to paint in more of a water color. Something I would change is that I wish I did do differently is that there should have been more detail with the buildings. There is so much more improvement to be done with the buildings that I just with I had more time to go back and fix up the painting and even some of the windows out. Over all I am happy in how things did turn out with the over all peace and trying to keep it more on the simple. Which keeping is on the simple side was hard for me to do because I'm the kind of person who wants to add a lot which in some cases it is not necessary so this was a challenge for me.

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Just trying to get a image on how I wanted my hands to look like. So this is one of my sketches of that.

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I really didn't have much inspiration with this project.  There wasn't really any that I wanted to do so I winged it in a way. I went for free flowing art piece. My main focus was more on how to blend the magazine pieces into my work. The blending process did take up a long time because I had to use multiple colors just to match it up with the magazine square. But

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I took some images off the internet of different charcoal textures so I could get a idea of what I wanted to use in the final sketch.

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Here are some sketches that I did before hand just to get a feel of how I am going to use the charcoal and over all get more use to it because it is something I don't use very often.

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In the beginning I really had my mind set on using a medium that I normally don't ever use. With that thought I choose Charcoal as my medium. Then after making that choice I wanted to focus on what I wanted to draw and again the focus was to stray away from my comfort zone. So that is where the portrait came from. I really think this project helped me a little bit with proportions. If I were to go back and change this then I would spend a little bit more time on the eye and then shading. Also I would have liked if there was more color verity. I also would change the shirt to put more detail and contrast to the piece.  On the other hand I really am proud of how I am slowly getting better with defining and shading just a bit like the cheek bones.

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In the first sketches it was just experimenting with different colors to try and get a feel of how I wanted the bark to look like. Also I was trying to see how I can the wood like look without making it look to fake.
The second Sketch I was doing the same with leaves. I wanted to see what colors would look realistic  as a darker shade or light shade and what colors went better with others.

The Third sketch was focus more on the type of leaves I would use and the different shapes, along with the coloring and shading part. Overall I really wasn't sure if I even wanted to add leaves or not. But there was that possibility)

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With this project I wanted to really focus on nature because I am someone who enjoys being are nature and I am fascinated by the colors, shapes, textures that it has to offer. So one of main focuses was to just that bark texture look. I think I did really well with it but if I were to have more time I would have gotten some sort of rough material to add to that more bark/wood look. Another things that I try to really focus on more was the background. I didn't have a lot of time so I went with a easy sunset. I very proud of how it turned out because it does make the eagle and tress pop out more. Again If I had more time or If I were to change it, I would maybe put some mountains in the back along with the sunset. Just so there is a bit more to the piece.
The reason behind this whole project was I really wanted to have nature in a least one of my project and also I am in a government class at the moment. So we are learning a lot of the presidential elections coming up and that sparked a idea in me.  That idea was to put a eagle in it (the symbol of freedom).

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So for this project the whole Idea was it to be a figurative drawing with the additional twist such as perspective or different mediums, ect. Figurative is not my strongest skill so I deiced to keep it simple yet still go out of my comfort zone. Something I did really struggle with was the skin tone and contouring of the arms and face.  I found it difficult to get the right shading and often when I tried to darken the color a bit, it ended up darkening a lot. On the other hand I did enjoy creating a background. Creating patterns is something I love doing and as for the picture there was really no plan on how I was to create these patterns. All I did was went with the flow and see what worked.
If I were to go back a correct something, it would be to put more detail into the body. I want to be able to make things more realistic, have small details, and have a bit more time to clean it up a bit. Also I might change the background and instead of it being a pattern maybe have the girl in a rose garden.

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Charcoal drawing

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Skin Tones