Still Life
One-Point Perspective Drawing
I am very happy with how my layout turned out because I feel like it's evenly spaced out and looks symmetrical. I tried to use the full value scale and think I did pretty good at incorporating all the shades in the right places. I'm proud of how straight and defined my lines look but would like to make them a little darker. I could have put more 10-value shades in my trees, the road, and the bridge. I enjoy the look of my lampposts and thought I did a good job at making them seem like they were actually putting off light. The repetition of my lampposts and trees combined lead the eye into the distance and makes the bridge more of a vocal point.
Human Proportion
Sketch
A proportion sketch is a basic sketch of the correct proportions of the human body. The idea is to get a visual of how the drawn body should look when compared to a body in reality. We used the key that an average human is eight heads tall and their shoulders are about one and a half heads wide. The definition of proportion is a part considered when compared to a whole.
Self Portrait
Before we started drawing faces, we were given different dimensions of the face and how to measure them out. For example, the head is about eight eyes tall and the eyes fall about right in the middle of the face. I really like how I did my hair and added value to exaggerate the light color. I really enjoyed drawing the eyes and think they look pretty realistic. The nose was the hardest part for me because I couldn't get the size or shape right of my actual nose. If I could change anything, I would make my head larger and push the values darker in all my features.
Two-point perspective drawing
When drawing in two-point perspective, there needs to be a horizon line with two vanishing points at opposite ends of the paper. I decided to draw a street corner in a city and made sure all of my lines lined up with the coordinating vanishing points. I thought setting a nighttime scene would be more challenging and used lighter tones around the streetlight and faded it to darker shades. I wanted to draw the man walking into the darkness and looking kind of suspicious because it makes the picture more gloomy and suspenseful. If I could, I would make the values darker and fix the window frames.
Grey paper drawing
We were given grey paper because that needed to be our middle tone. I used black and white charcoal pencils to add in the high lights and deep shadows. I found a black and white picture of an elephant as inspiration and created a grid on both papers to get the proportions right. I think I did a really good job at creating edges and differences in texture. I'm proud of the amount of detail and time I spent on making it look at realistic as possible. The wrinkles around the eye and the texture of the body were the most challenging because of all the value changes and small lines. I think I did a good job with the body and top of the trunk by making them a little darker to show the shape and distance from the head/ ear.