This summer was crazy!
Even though it was hectic it was awesome and so much fun!
This year I am taking AP Drawing!
The two pieces we did for AP Art this summer were really cool and I’m happy with the way both of them turned out (or are turning out really). The still life project took a really long time. I set up the items in my dining room at the beginning of the summer but never really did much drawing until the end. I tried to use a beach or ocean theme.
Even though it was hectic it was awesome and so much fun!
This year I am taking AP Drawing!
The two pieces we did for AP Art this summer were really cool and I’m happy with the way both of them turned out (or are turning out really). The still life project took a really long time. I set up the items in my dining room at the beginning of the summer but never really did much drawing until the end. I tried to use a beach or ocean theme.
I don’t have a finished photo yet because I really want to add a sand dollar to the lower right side where there is a huge empty space. I think my biggest difficulty with this drawing was figuring out where the shapes needed to go. Once I got the general area of them I started to do the details which really made it all come together. At first I was too focused on making the items themselves, especially the bathing suit, looked right that I didn’t do any of the shading around them. After I added the darker values it made the shapes look right which was pretty eye opening to me. Drawing is really a process and I keep getting caught up in the little pieces of it instead of the big picture.This is something I really need to work on. I’m too much of a perfectionist to take risks, but once I do they usually work out.
For my second drawing I decided to use a picture from my solo in dance 2 years ago. The first drawing was with graphite and the second was in charcoal.
So, first of all I hate working with charcoal….
For my second drawing I decided to use a picture from my solo in dance 2 years ago. The first drawing was with graphite and the second was in charcoal.
So, first of all I hate working with charcoal….
- it doesn’t stay where you put it
- or it only stays in that place and won’t blend at all
- it gets all over the white shirt you’re wearing
- it is really hard to erase
- I’m still trying to figure out what the white charcoal pencil is made of that I got in the art room
My original plan was to do the whole thing with the black charcoal. Once I had started and done certain parts of the body I used the white charcoal to kind of just give myself an idea of where the dress/costume thing would be. As I worked around the outline on the arms and the chest/neck I realized how much I liked the white aspect of it. So the dress is now white and I am now in different shades of grey. This really fits with the song that this dance was to. It’s called “Just a Dream” by Carrie Underwood. At the beginning of the song you are lead to believe that the young girl is going to her wedding but it’s really the funeral for her husband who died in the military. The colors help to show the emotions going on in the song.
I really like how they're turning out!