I chose to do a gridded drawing of my mom and I when I was a baby. I gridded my photo and paper then began to draw. I drew the outline of everything using negative space to make sure I was drawing it accurately. I then used graphite to add value moving from the top left to the bottom right. When I finished drawing my mom and I, I erased the rest of the graph and used ink wash to fill in the black background. I shaded to create texture to show the smoothness of the the ball and the softness of the shirt. This project relates to my life because my mom has had a major impact on my life growing up and she has made me who I am today. I'm proud of how the shading of the drawing looks. I'm not happy with how my head looks due to the way I drew the shadow.