Time Capsule

20 minute time capsule

Ink

6x4

For this project we were given 20 minutes each to draw something we despise, the exterior of a building, and an up angle self portrait. With only being given 20 minutes they are designed to be like a sketch. I started with project by doing the up angle self portrait, then the thing I despise which I did a broken pen because theres nothing worse than a broken pen, and finally finished with the exterior of a building.

I started with the up angle of myself, I used a mirror so that I could get an accurate picture and practice drawing in real life. I really struggled with the angles of this and sense I was using pen it was just a challenge over all. After playing around with a pencil trying to get the outline of everything I wanted I realized I was running out of time so I swooped in with the pen and outlined everything. For this project I liked how each had to be quick but I wish I had chosen a pencil or something so that I could have added some shading and stuff and make it look a little more realistic. Next I drew something that I despised which was a pen, I wanted to stick with the pen for this one because I really like using a pen but am not very good at it but want to get better. I liked this one more because I kept an eye on the clock and was able to add detail to it and still have time. Lastly I did the exterior of a building, this one is my least favorite because I really just couldn't get it right and felt it looked weird and I didn't have time to fix it. For this one I spent most of the time trying to figure out the angles and not really on making the whole piece fit.

I liked this project because it had to be quick, I think that it really highlighted a problem that I have as an artist, If i don't like the image I spent too much time trying to fix it rather than moving on and working on other parts. This is something I play to work on throughout this year and hopefully will improve.