Practice and sketchesreference photoWork in progress photosfinalAt first, I was not sure what reference photo to pick, and it took me awhile to pick one but I eventually picked one because I was running out of time. In class we worked alot by painting skin tones and drawing facial shapes so they really helped me before moving on to the final piece. To be honest though, the whole anatomy of the face is off and I hate it, I wish I had taken more time perfecting it, and I wish I could go back in time and fix it because it throws the piece off for me. Some challenges I encountered while creating the final piece were the smile and the hair. For the smile, I wasn't exactly sure how to paint the teeth without it looking creepy, but I think I managed a little bit... it's still my least favorite part of the piece and I feel that they are just a tad bit out of proportion with the rest of the face... and it kinda throws the whole piece off. It also makes me look like a creepy serial murderer :'). I wasn't exactly sure how to go about painting the hair at first since it wasn't something that we worked on in class, so I just layed down some base colors and shading and highlights first before moving onto the individual strands of hair. I am fairly proud of the hair despite it being a learning process... and even though the way I did it makes it look like I just stepped out of the shower, but i am happy with how I was able to convey the different values and how the strands fade into the dark purple like the rest of the hair. If I could learn something from this, I wish I could take more time to take a reference photo that I actually liked (bc I actually wanted to do one with me making a funny face or something) and plan better. A lot of times before projects I take forever to find or make reference photos cause I can get lazy and then we have to start so I just quickly choose something even if it's not what I originally wanted to do in the first place.
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20 IdeasReference photosCompositional sketchesWIP PhotosWe brainstormed for the idea by writing down 20 reflection ideas. I combined two things that I liked from the list and thought that could become a cool idea: the beach and a building. I decided to make the beach reflect on the building. I chose this idea because I have a trailer down at Atlantic beach that I enjoy spending time there. I also thought that drawing a building could be cool. I encountered a lot of artistic challenges while making this. It was really hard to forshorten the building and make sure that all lines look perfect. In the reference photo I used, the angle is looking at a building diagnally and up. I dont feel like I did great job recreating the forshortening in the drawing. I also had a lot of trouble trying to shade the building while the beach was supposed to be reflecting on it; there are no photos of an actual beach reflecting on a building, so I was very confused to put what where and how. I am happy with how the beach turned out in the drawing, but I am not happy with how the drawing came out as a whole. The beach does not look like it is reflecting on the building. I think I could have planned everything better beforehand, perfect the lines better, and make the building more forshortened.
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