Chair With Coat.

HOW did you find today's still life more or less complicated to draw than the still lives over the past few weeks (white paper, sticks, fabric)? Be specific.

HOW did you use some of the skills we've developed over the past three weeks drawing more complicated still lives to draw the chair with coat today? What are these skills? 

Today's still life was both harder and easier. It was harder because you had to make sure everything was in exactly the right spot and be more carful about placement of everything. For example, with the sticks drawing you did not have to worry as much about what stick was what but with this there were only a few objects to draw. It was easier thought because it was less over whelming with less to draw and more time to focus on everything.

I used some of the skills that we have learned over the past few weeks with this drawing because I did not try to become to detailed quickly. I also knew how to shade more and get the feeling of the drawing which made this picture easier to draw.

Fabric Drawings

Today you drew some fabric hanging in the middle of the room.
You were asked to think about creating the feeling of the fabric's weight and behavior in your drawing.
You were asked to build the drawing from the general to the specific.

It went pretty well. It was hard to incorporate the folds in the fabric. Recreating the fabric was hard but interesting. I wish we had more time so I could work more on shading and finishing my drawing. Todays drawing was different from the sticks drawing because there was more space to move your pencil instead of everything being on top of each other. Also we did not have to be as dark with our shading which was nice because it was easier to see what was going on. I preferred this drawing to last weeks. 

Pile of Sticks

Today you drew a pile of sticks.
You were asked to draw as if you were building the pile with the marks of your pencil.
You tried to make your drawing from the general to the specific.


Drawing the pile of sticks went pretty well. In the beginning it was hard to just draw messily. Also, drawing the middle of the sketch was confusing at some points because I would get lost in what part of a stick connects to the other end of it. I thought I personally did well about the drawing. I was not sure how it was going to go in the beginning because I dislike making messy drawings. In addition the outcome was okay, I wish I had more time to finish my drawing because I was not completely done when it was time to clean up. Although the outcome was a lot better than what it looked like in the beginning. 

The Changing Still Life

DESCRIBE IN DETAIL at least three things you had to do to accomplish this goal
OR
what would you do differently knowing what you know now.

Today while I was drawing the still life I could keep up but my drawing was not very good or detailed. To keep up with the class and do the assignment I had to not focus so much on what my drawing was going to end up looking like. Also, I had to patient with my work since it we were told that it was not going to be the best drawings we made. In addition, while drawing I had to try to draw the lightest with the charcoal I could so later on things could be erased. 

Three Forms Drawing

In a post on your blog describe how the drawing experience today felt. Describe specifically what you feel is successful about the results and/or anything you learned during the process.

Today I liked drawing the cup and block. It was fun to experiment with the different shades that you could use from combining charcoal. For most of the class I did that, but when I got to the pine cone it was very frustrating. I was not sure how to draw it and it was hard to pick a spot to start off on. Once I had started I was still lost in what I was doing. By the end of class I was glad to be done with the pine cone, but the rest was a lot of fun.

Talk and Draw

Today you were the "drawer" and you were the "describer".
What was challenging about this experience? What would you do differently if you had to do this activity again?


This experience was challenging because when you were to tell your partner what to draw you wanted to just say what the object's name is instead of describing the object. Also, if you were the drawer it was hard to understand exactly what your partner wanted you to draw and it got frustrating when my partner would change her mind about what she wanted me to draw all the time, but it was still fun. If I was going to do this activity again I would have given each parter more time to draw and describe so that we both would have been able to complete our drawings. In addition, if I was doing this again it would have been really fun to have been allowed as the describer to create the seen that we were describing to our partner.