Mylar Charcoal Paper Project: Winnie The Pooh

Analysis: I was inspired to make this because I wanted to create a character with personality, detail, and a 3-Dimensional look. I liked the rough processes of going straight to charcoal and using the already laid out dark areas to create the still-life, because it made it easier to draw his shape and add the detail. Some challenges that I faced was how to create light areas to give Winnie the Pooh a 3-dimensional view, because his figure had a lot of dark areas, thus making light areas very difficult in areas other than the face, like the body. I also faced the challenges of creating a black color value around Winnie the Pooh, because what made him stand out the most was the difficult white colors values. I created this project because I wanted to place personality in my work with a lively character from my childhood, no matter how challenging drawing him was. This piece relates to my learning experience because I learned how to copy a still-life object, I learned how trust in myself to create something that I thought was impossible, and I learned how to make a detailed drawing by deconstructing and reconstructing it. I have grown artistically over the semester with this project by learning how to work with charcoal, learning how to use mylar paper, and learning how to erase art to create an even greater and more textured piece of art.

First 2D Art Pieces: Contour Line

Analysis: I created these pieces in order to understand how to create contour lines, because as difficult as they can be, they are most helpful in griding great pieces of art. I was inspired to make the dog contour-line piece because the still-life of the dog was very detailed and seemed very challenging; And when facing a challenge I like to try my hardest, because its better to try than to never know if you could have done the project. I was inspired to make the stapler contour-line piece because of the challenging curves and small details that provoked me to learn how to draw a straight line without sketching. When I created these pieces I liked the process because it introduced us to practicing contour lines, and it taught us how to sometimes divide shapes into sections to focus on the details, one certain section at a time. Some challenges that I faced with both pieces was not being able to sketch, but when I got warmed up to using contour lines, the project became simple. These pieces relate to me, because they taught me about the importance of shapes and organization, to create greatly detailed pieces of art.