Scratchboard

The subject of my creation is old Pawse. I used a scratch tool and scratchboard paper to pull out the highlights of my dogs hair and create the picture. I chose to create this picture because I saw a really good picture of a dog outside of the art room that was black and white, and then the class was told to make a picture of something that meant something to you, so I decided to make my dog. Specific elements and principles I used in this artwork were, line, as you can see in the whiskers and the highlights in the hair. I also used contrast throughout the whole piece of artwork on the right it is very light, and it contrasts with the left which is very dark. As I made this artwork, I started in the upper left hand corner and continued square by square after I had graphed the whole scratchboard paper and my photo with a 6B pencil

Composition rules and techniques that are showcased in my artwork are, formal balance as you can see, because my dog is placed in the center of the paper. Another composition rule and technique that is showcased in my artwork is, high key lighting. You can tell this because the lights are really light, and the darks are very dark in the picture. One way my artwork evolved was when I was making the nose. At first the nose was just a couple of squiggly lines and I didnt know how to make it because I hadn't done anything else besides hair in the picture. So I added dots like there were in the picture for texture in the nose.

The meaning behind this artwork never forget the things you have lost. Like a past dog. They may have meant a lot to you when you when they were alive and still do now that they've passed, but you should never forget them or replace them, because they will always be a part of your life. This relates to my life because my old dog is in the picture and I miss him a lot, but I will never forget him, because he was a part of my life for a while. Something specific that bothers me is the nozzle of my dog is wider than his actual nozzle and that is because I messed up a couple of times, but had to push through and try to fix it because there was no going back. If I were to redo this project, I would fix the nozzle and keep going.