Mixed Media

The subject of my artwork is a moth on my deck. I used compressed charcoal and an ink pen to make it. I blended the charcoal with my fingers and cross-hatched with the ink pen to create dark values on the moth. I chose to use this picture because of the interesting values from the shadows. I kind of used the rule of thirds in this picture, the moth is mostly on the upper third of the photo. My drawing evolved because at first I was going to only use ink for the moth, but then I decided to use ink and then rub charcoal over it, to make it even darker. Something that I believe could be stronger with my artwork is that I could have made the boards look more connected. I started to do this, but I think it could be better.