Time Capsules

The time capsule drawing assignment was an assignment to draw four different drawings, of specific things. The drawings were of the following: My hand holding an interesting, an interesting object, a corner of my room, and a self portrait. This was a pretty nonrestrictive assignment and let us choose what we wanted to draw, under certain topics.

For this project I started out with drawing of something interesting. For that drawing I picked an abstract clay vase that was in the art classroom. First I drew the outline very lightly, then made bolder lines and filled it in using shading in different areas, using a pencil, when I was confident in the shape of the vase. For the second drawing I drew a corner of my room. I picked the corner with my closet and dresser in the corner. I first made the walls in the background lightly, and then made the outlines of the dresser and closet. Then I inserted some details and made the lines bolder and darker. For the third drawing I drew my self portrait, where I made an outline of my head first, then the details of my face. Next I darkened the outlines of my face, and my eyes, nose, mouth, ears, eyebrows and hair. Then I shaded in my hair. For the final drawing I drew my hand holding something, and for that drawing I drew my hand holding a pencil. I started by drawing my forearm and then my hand and fingers. Then I lightly drew the pencil. Once I felt the shape looked good, I darkened the lines of my hand and pencil, using contour lines and then added a little detail and shading to finish it up.

In my first drawing I decided to pick the vase because I thought it had a very cool shape that had a lot of curves and details. I also wanted to show some shading as well. The reason I picked that corner of my room in the drawing of my room was because I thought it would show good depth, with the dresser being there, and detail. The reason I picked a pencil in my hand for the fourth drawing was because it looked like a natural pose to draw and had enough detail as well. It also created some negative space as well.