Time Capsules

The main idea that guided my work was the inspiration of my art teacher to create the Self-Portrait, room perspective, and Still Life. I was inspired to draw my Still Life as lacrosse goggles because I like the sport, and it seemed like it would be fun to try and draw it. I also wanted to gain more experience in shading, so this gave me a chance to practice shading. For the Room Perspective, I wanted a corner that is simple yet a little complex because I haven't practiced perspective drawing much and I want to become better. For the little bit of complex aspect of the drawing, I decided to draw the drawing on the wall in the Room Perspective and the furniture as well, making sure the proportions were right.

The materials I used to create these pieces of art included the basic 9" by 12" drawing paper, and graphite pencils, the ones that were given in the set. To get the basic outlines for each artwork, Self-Portrait, Room Perspective, and Still Life, I began drawing with 2H and H graphite pencils. This made it possible for me to erase easily, and have a better idea of what my drawings were going to turn out to be.  I went over it again, with a darker shade, 2B, 4B, 6B, and making each piece more permanent. I used many different shades in my Self-Portrait because I had to get the right shade for each feature and make certain things more pronounced than others

The first step in this process was to draw and revise over and over, especially during the process of my Self-Portrait, using lighter graphite pencils. As I began to get a better sense of what I looked like and felt situated, I used darker shades on my Self-Portrait, Room Perspective, and Still Life.  After that, I began to shade to make the time capsules more realistic, it was more difficult to shade my Self-Portrait because it's hard to add the right amount of shade. You have to add the right amount of everything and have the right proportions to make the person look like you, and that's hard to achieve unless you practice and practice. During the process of drawing the Still Life, the shading was also hard to accomplish because I didn't nearly know where the sun was coming from, and where to angle the shade casting off the lacrosse goggles.