Today I wasn't really able to do much. I was asking so many questions and tried to make my work look perfect even though it was just a sketch. I have only been able to trace a few crates, therefore I am far behind my classmates in my work. Another reason why I was not focusing was because I was not working but talking to m peers.

To fix this I will next time try and do more work while asking less questions. I will also look at the clock to check and organize my time so I am able to finish each crate.

Though I didn't do much work I was able to learn how to use a blue pencil and how to use the paper to make better lines. for example turning the paper. I was able to learn how to make it easier for me to draw by turning the paper. As an example when I am drawing straight lines it is easier to draw away from my body so I would turn my paper in a matter where I can do that.

Today I was able to create 4 new ideas and annotate them. I was able to realize that not everything has to be prefect so I could go more faster. Though I am still behind my peers because they all had their ideas finished and they're drawing with fine line. Though today was a success as I was able to not get distracted and stay focused on my work.

Next time I will not draw annotations and first finish my drawings this is because my annotations were not mandatory and I was already behind on my work.

During class today I learned to use annotations. This is because while I was working I went to get a drink of water and when I came back I had forgotten the rest of my idea. So to think of a solution for that I added annotations. In my annotations I learned to write about colour, shade size and matter ( resin or wood) this helps the reader get a better understanding of my design ideas and could potentially bring m work to a higher level as I would be able to write more about my work (since I don't forget my ideas).

i was also able to apply what I had learned the other class about turning the paper, this helped me create certain shapes such as circles and waves in a more neat and good looking way.

Today I was able to outline all my annotations and coils, the I watched a few videos about rendering and tried to get started. I realized that using black pencil would look better therefore next class i will make sure that I have a black pencil for my shading. This can help with creating depth in my drawing.

I am somewhat on track with my teammates this is because half the class started rendering and half the class was still fine line drawing while I am just starting rendering.

In this class I learned the basics of rendering, what side of the pen to use and the general idea of rendering ( using different shade markers of the same colour to create shading, darker outlines ect. I didn't really fully understand the concept though.

During this lesson I started on the more complex idea of rendering. I was able to completely finish my nature inspired design using rendering. Overall I was very productive in this class as I was able to understand more complex versions of rendering to a higher degree. I was also able to start rendering at an appropriate level. Though I did make a few mistakes such as what was men't to be a marble design, my planet inspiration. In my head I was thinking of how I would make the piece, first adding the blue THEN the purple though I haven't realized that with markers ark blue is not going to show the purple on-top so I started using the purple and tried to create lines as the marble effect but it didn't workout.

I am still on track with my classmates as we are all working on rendering right now.

I learned how to make the wood more realistic and how to use black pencil to add shading to the drawings. I learned that in rendering we are looking at the top left corner of the page for light therefore the right side of the drawings must be dark as the light doesn't hit these areas. I was able to add what I already knew about rendering from the previous lesson and play around with that in this lesson.

Today I worked on the shading and just coloring in all the drawings that I made. I was not so productive in class so I should do some prep though I was able to bring most of my shading to higher degree. I was able to shape my designs by adding layers of the marker to make them seem more realistic. on some of these I also was able to fix my planet design. to do that I covered my whole planet in blue and added black and white somewhat S shaped lines to make it seem marble. I also started working on my animal inspired design I added some shading and some depth into my work.

I am slightly behind my peers though we do still have one more class to work on this if we want so I should be ok.

I learned how to create depth into my drawings and make them look 3D. To do hat you have to apply 2-3 layers of pen on the sides where the shape changes to show the shading and make certain parts of your drawing lighter. on the darker sides you need to use the black pencil and shade the corners. Then you would use the black pencil in a way where you prss really hard at the dark areas but going up in the shape you always press less and less so you make always lighter shades of the black ( this make it more realistic).