Drawing Final Exam
1.
The project that I thought was the most challenging yet most successful was the transparency project. This project had to be done in either prismacolor or pastel and it had to show transparency. Of course the idea had to be unique and in addition the drawing had to be done on colored paper. I chose to use prismacolor on black paper. Then next came the idea. I knew I wanted to do something really different for this project because it had so much potential. I wanted to do a dinosaur like jurrassic park inside of a test tube. This was done by putting one test tube directly in the middle of the composition. This, breaking an unofficial rule was compensated by adding one test tube on each side. Then to draw the onlooker's eye to the center I almost did a fisheye effect on the entire drawing. The hardest part was getting the colors right on the dinosaur since we didn't have any of the right colors. I ended up mixing about 8 colors together to get the full effect. Overall it was a very interesting project that was unique and challenging.
The project that I thought was the most challenging yet most successful was the transparency project. This project had to be done in either prismacolor or pastel and it had to show transparency. Of course the idea had to be unique and in addition the drawing had to be done on colored paper. I chose to use prismacolor on black paper. Then next came the idea. I knew I wanted to do something really different for this project because it had so much potential. I wanted to do a dinosaur like jurrassic park inside of a test tube. This was done by putting one test tube directly in the middle of the composition. This, breaking an unofficial rule was compensated by adding one test tube on each side. Then to draw the onlooker's eye to the center I almost did a fisheye effect on the entire drawing. The hardest part was getting the colors right on the dinosaur since we didn't have any of the right colors. I ended up mixing about 8 colors together to get the full effect. Overall it was a very interesting project that was unique and challenging.
2.
2 mini lessons that I found were most helpful were the dum dum and fabric lessons. These two really helped in the particular project they were meant for. The dum dum was very helpful for the transparency project because it was my first use of prismacolors. Therefore drawing a dum dum allowed me to get more comfortable with the colored pencils. Without it I wouldn't have done nearly as well on that project. The fabric drawing helped on almost all of the projects we did. some more prominent ones being the still life, and the interesting point of view. The fabric drawing helped me look at directional shading and being able to make the piece flow. The reason it helped so much wasn't necessarily the fact that it was fabric, although that is always helpful. It just helped me in the general topic of shading. All of the mini lessons we did were extremely helpful, but these two take the charcoal covered cake. (unfortunately I don't seem to have a picture of the dum dum, But it can be seen on my other page)
2 mini lessons that I found were most helpful were the dum dum and fabric lessons. These two really helped in the particular project they were meant for. The dum dum was very helpful for the transparency project because it was my first use of prismacolors. Therefore drawing a dum dum allowed me to get more comfortable with the colored pencils. Without it I wouldn't have done nearly as well on that project. The fabric drawing helped on almost all of the projects we did. some more prominent ones being the still life, and the interesting point of view. The fabric drawing helped me look at directional shading and being able to make the piece flow. The reason it helped so much wasn't necessarily the fact that it was fabric, although that is always helpful. It just helped me in the general topic of shading. All of the mini lessons we did were extremely helpful, but these two take the charcoal covered cake. (unfortunately I don't seem to have a picture of the dum dum, But it can be seen on my other page)
3.
The project that I think is most successful is the scratchboard. I think this because at the begining I had no idea where to even begin. This project took the longest amount of time to brainstorm because of this. I originally wanted to draw a dinosaur chasing another dinosaur, but I already drew a dinosaur, and Vaugn was doing dinosaurs, so I went with Thor. This was cool because I could show the hammer almost coming out of the page. I made a stylistic choice to shade only using hatching, which enhanced the piece due to the fact that it gave it more of a comic style. Overall this project was very successful and showed a unique style and idea.
The project that I think is most successful is the scratchboard. I think this because at the begining I had no idea where to even begin. This project took the longest amount of time to brainstorm because of this. I originally wanted to draw a dinosaur chasing another dinosaur, but I already drew a dinosaur, and Vaugn was doing dinosaurs, so I went with Thor. This was cool because I could show the hammer almost coming out of the page. I made a stylistic choice to shade only using hatching, which enhanced the piece due to the fact that it gave it more of a comic style. Overall this project was very successful and showed a unique style and idea.