Drawing I: Sheets

Drawing sheets is one of the most challenging things I've been asked to draw in my Drawing I class!!! It requires a lot of concentration and time. We were asked to take gray paper to class along with black charcoal and white conte crayon to draw in the highlights. For the drawing below, we were given about 20 minutes. My professor told us to incorporate everything we have learned so far this year, like contour drawing and crosshatching while at the same time remembering to use speed and precision.

This drawing is a lot different from what I would have done in the beginning of the semester. During midterms, my professor's biggest critique for me was to not be so afraid. She wanted to see me be more bold in my pieces. In the drawing above, I really tried to take her advice but I could still use more practice in that.

The next class, she gave us the whole three hours to complete one drawing!......

I realized that even though we were "rewarded" three hours to work on this, I wasn't able to finish it! It was hard for me to be as "bold" with the highlights as a I am more used to doing with the black. My professor helped me a lot in trying to create contrast. She always suggests to take a step back from what I draw to really be able to see what needs to be brought out more.

It's really exciting seeing my growth in this class! I started off having never taken an art class before, to really being able to observe things in a different way.
Next class we are meeting up in dowtown Orlando! I'm really excited because urban places have always inspired me in my photography and it is where I have gotten my best shots. Hopefully I am able to use what I've learned and draw with SPEED!!!

"Think better. See better. Draw better."

-My Drawing I professor

Design 2D: Shape

The second project in my Design 2D class had to do with shape. Using photoshop, I came up with the design below....

 

  

I started the design by placing a very large bird that covered most of the top. I started playing around with the sizes of that same bird as well as with other bird shapes. I then printed this image out in the size 16 x 20 inches and traced it onto a black paper. Then, little by little, I used my x-acto knife to cut out the designs and used paper cement to glue the pieces onto white illustration board.

After many long hours of cutting every last detail, this is the final result!

  

During our critique in class, the people in my class found it hard to see the big bird at the top and they suggested that my piece looked better placed horizontally. 

I like the black and white effect and the structure given by the nine quadrants :)

Design 2D: Line

I realized that I started this blog right after I had to turn in this project...but I still wanted to put it up! :)

Assignment:
Recreate an image using only line. You will not use outline to define the image. All
the lines will be placed within the plains of the design. Using a variety
of line, width and length you will be able to show direction, value, and dimension.


 I decided to use a photograph my dad took while we were on vacation in New York City. This was taken on the subway....which we agreed was one of the most photographic places we have ever seen!!

Items to consider while working: Where do your eyes rest on the drawing?
Does it move up or down? Left to right? Is there a focal point? How does the
different type of lines affect the images?

This is how it turned out! I decided to do the whole image using pointillism.

Looking it at now though, I have definitely learned a lot since then! Today, I met with my professor to talk about my Value Project (which will be posted soon). She told me that my biggest issue is showing depth. To improve this project, I would need to go back and really bring out the darker areas because as of now, it looks incomplete. However, she did say that I successfully used "the rule of thirds"...yay!! :D

Besides that, I'm really happy with it! I love that the actual image (that I ended up making millions of dots for and spending endless hours on) means a lot to me. :)