Chair With Coat

Today's D.E.A.D was more difficult then the ones we have done in the past. The chair with the coat was harder to draw because everything in the picture had its place. If a person came up to me and looked at my drawing they would know if I did the chair arm wrong, while with the sticks and fabric people would not be able to tell if I messed up on my work. Today I tried to do more shading in my drawing then I normally do. In this setup shading was important because without it you wouldn't be able to tell the coat apart from the chair, or the black vinyl cushion on the chair to the wooden arm rests. All of the shading was important, just like the proportions of everything. One thing that I had to look out for was proportions. I had to make sure that I mad the chair look like it was bigger then the coat, I had to make sure the legs on the chair looked the same side. This D.E.A.D was harder the the last two because I was trying to make sure I had everything placed in the correct spots. I also had to look for the little details, which made the picture look accurate and where important. I tried to make sure I had everything I needed, but it was hard. I enjoyed this weeks dead, but it was one of the hardest ones that we have done in a while.

Fabric Drawings

Today drawing the fabric went pretty well. I just had to make sure that I remembered to shade different fabrics and try to make them all look different. I struggle with shading most of the time, so I needed to work shading and adding some more details to different fabrics. I enjoyed drawing some pieces of fabric because I felt like I put more time and detail into the piece.

While I was attempting to recreate the fabric I thought that it was extremely challenging at some points. I wanted to add many details to the fabric and I started to give up at some points, but I kept with it and made sure I tried to get it done and make it look nice. I felt okay trying to recreate the fabric, but some fabrics where harder to draw then others that had lest detail.

Todays drawing felt different then the sticks because I felt like everything had its place, while in the sticks I felt like if I moved something by accident no one would notice it. I enjoyed the stick drawing more because I had more freedom while I was doing it. On the other hand I forgot to put light and dark on the stick picture and on the fabric picture I felt like I attempted to add that more. Overall I enjoyed todays D.E.A.D.

Pile of Sticks

Today in "D.E.A.D" we had to draw a pile of sticks. At first when I was starting to add the details to my drawing I was really looking for the little things on the edges, I wasn't paying attention to the middle of my piece. My teacher told me to look at how the sticks come together in the middle and I started trying to do that. After a while I started getting the hang of it, I was going to draw everything first and then put the details on, not the other way around. I felt like at the end my drawing was okay, the one thing that I wish I added more of was light and dark. Most of the time I light drawings not dark, this is something I need to work on.

The Changing Still Life

Today in class we had to make sure that we kept up with the changes that Ms. Roberts was making to the still life setup that we were using. In order to accomplish the goal of going along with the directions I had to make sure that I changed what was on my picture to match with what Ms. Roberts was changing. This tended to be difficult sometimes because I would have to erase things and add things all at the same time. It is very difficult and almost impossible to erase charcoal from a drawing. Another thing I had to do in order to accomplish my goal was make sure that I had everything on the picture from my point of view. The last thing that I needed to do was make sure I could see the set up with out moving my whole body. Once we started making sure that I didn't move my whole body didn't feel really important, but keeping up with the directions was a key point. One thing that I would do differently would be to us different a different material to draw my picture with, since the charcoal was easy to erase.

Three Forms Drawing

Today in our class we did an art event called D.E.A.D( Drop everything and draw). Normally I do not like observation drawing, but I liked it today because we got to choose how we wanted our drawing to look. We only had three objects, a cup, pine-cone, and a block. I liked the activity because we got to practice shading and finding the details in the object. If we did this project again I would be okay with it, since I was fine with it today. One thing that I need to work on more is some of the shading. Once we hung up our drawings I noticed that I didn't have shading in some places, so the object I was trying to draw didn't look as realistic as it could have been.  One thing that I need to work on is trying to get  details in things like the pine-cone, I never got to drawing it but I think if I did I would have tried to add the extra details. I felt fine doing the project since I enjoyed it, but also having the little demo before helped me realize that I didn't have to make it look realistic on the first try, it helped me realize that my drawing would progress as I worked on it.  One thing that I do not like in drawing for observation is when we have to draw something that is already set up and then we have to draw it the way it is, I liked being giving the choice to decide were I wanted to put something on my page.

Talk and Draw

One of the challenges from today's talk and draw experience was that we could not say what the object was, we had to describe it in detail. For me the drawing part was easier because I would listen to what my partner was saying and I would draw it. The part the was more challenging was the describing to my partner what she had to draw. I didn't always know what to say or what words to use to describe something that was shaped like a candle stick, which was more complicated to describe. If I had to do this activity again I wouldn't really do anything differently since the directions were very clear. I enjoyed the activity in the end, but the talking part was the harder to do then the drawing for me.