Snow Day Blog Assignment

BLOG Assignment,

Choose a painting, or drawing for each :

Use of Triangular Composition

In this piece, the artist uses triangular composition for the correlation between the globe and the model. It seems that the background objects do not follow the triangular composition so this emphasizes the relationship between the man in the drawing and the globe he is touching. The two triangles are co-linear with their right sides and it seems that the left most triangle's base is at at the vertical midpoint of the right most triangle.

Use of Circle in Composition

This work of art has a very clear circular composition to it based on the vanishing point. Instead of the usual straight lines meeting at a vanishing point, the shape of the objects in this drawing all have a circular shape and the would be center point of each is around the same area which gives it that circular feel. This composition also makes it more obvious the perspective of each object in relation to one another.  

Use of Negative Space

Negative space can be helpful in many types of art as it allows for the subject to be emphasized to a greater extent. While it can be very important to draw the background and things surrounding the object, sometimes the use of negative space can still provide a similar effect. In this drawing, the artist draw the two stools intertwined with one another and used negative space to fill in the spaces surrounding the stools. It would seem that the way that the artist used the negative space made it possible to not even draw or shade in the stools and so only an outline of the stool was probably necessary to draw in the beginning and then the artist could have shaded around the stools.

Use of Contrast

Contrast is a very important tool that can be used in drawing to make certain features pop out more in relation to others. Contrast can also show color variations in a black and white photos as it indicates the various colors with different shades of gray. The artist used a large amount of contrast between the subject's skin, glasses, violin, and clothing. The various shades distinctly show each object clearly and nothing is left for a viewer to guess. The contrast and shading also adds a more realistic feel to the drawing.

Creating Depth

Depth is a nice way of showing perspective and realism in a drawing or work of art. Drawing objects in the foreground and background shows how they relate to each other and the distance between them. In this drawing the blocks are very clearly shown at different distances because of the way they were drawn. One can assume they are all the same size and so the smaller the blocks with more parts being covered by the blocks in the foreground simulate that they are much further back and in some cases, higher up. 

Shapes, Contrast and Lines

For my second drawing class I was able to practice my shading a lot more. For this class we learned more about using various shapes in our drawings and were told to find objects to draw that had certain shapes to it. I chose to draw this bench which  is similar to the bench I sat on while doing this drawing because of its shapes. It was hard to get the lines right because of the angle that I was sitting at and the angle of the bench in relation to me. Once again, after a lot of erasing I was able to to get my lines better but I didn't until I began shading that they still were off. Overall, I like the way the shading looks a lot. I think it creates a more realistic drawing.

I also attempted to draw a window and the red fire alarm light to show the contrast between the red of the alarm and the white walls. My final drawing was to attempt to draw my friend's coat which was lying on the bench in the distance. The left side of the coat proved to be a lot easier to draw than the right side. I did not think I would be to draw the lines as well as I did for the left side. In the end I am happy with the end result of all three drawings from the second class. 

My First drawing

Today, I did my first drawing for HAR393. Our assignment was to draw a classmate's face with whatever detail we can incorporate. Before drawing we were taught how to set up vertical and horizontal lines in order to use to draw certain features such as the eyes, nose lips and mouth. The eyes are usually draw a lot higher up than they're supposed to be and the ears are usually a bit lower than the eyes. We were taught draw three balls in order to make the lines for the lips. Using this information made it significantly easier to draw the facial features of the model. The final version displayed here came to be after a large amount of erasing and redrawing. For me, the hair was the most distinguishing feature which made it easier for my peers to recognize who the person I drew was.