Time Capsules

Artist statement:

For the first drawing, I drew my left eye. This project was called a zoomed self-portrait which means that we had to choose a part of our face to zoom in on and pay attention to the detail. I decided to choose my because I worked on learning how to draw eyes during the summer. I also thought it would be best to be able to pay attention to the details in the pupil's eyes and eye positioning. For the hands drawing the assignment was to draw our hands in a specific position. In one of them, I am holding a marble and in the other, I am holding my hand up vertically. There was not much idea generation going into this since it was an observational drawing, not a creative drawing. For still life, I chose a pencil because it is something we use every day, especially in art class. This is not an art pencil but I think the Ticonderoga yellow pencils are pretty iconic.

The Materials I used for this project are pretty simple. I used graphite in all different softnesses. Mostly 4h, 4b, and 2b. These were good for shading outlines and making sure that all of the images kind of flowed together. We did these pieces on drawing paper. We did them on drawing paper because it is perfect for blending without being too thick.

In observational drawings, there are always lots of revisions. Since this was observational we did not need to research anything but we did have to be able to pay attention to what we were drawing and make sure that we are looking at it often. For example the eye project, I had to always be looking back up in a mirror to pay attention to the small details. Such as the pupils, highlights, shadows, and textures. Even for the hand, you had to make sure you were looking at the hand frequently without moving it. Not to mention the still life. A still life is all about being able to look at small details which means lots of looking up and down from the object to my paper!