In the making of this piece, I thought about which paper would best work together and how I could arrange them. After finishing my sketch, I used the papers shown in the "Experimentation" section to plan and figure out how I wanted my piece to work with the added papers and mixed materials. I chose to use bright colored paint on the colored and cardboard paper to "pop-out" the colors of that area, red ink on the newspapers to contrast from the black words, and black ink on the white paper. I applied my learning on hatching and cross-hatching on the areas with pen/ink to control darkness (such as the darker areas of the shoes) and shading (smaller strokes that show the shadows of the object). 

This project, I used objects that relate to activities or hobbies done in my free time and boredom. I usually don't stick with one activity for a long time, and bounce between multiple that I want to do with my spare energy, which is why is used the words "Restless energy"

In the making of this piece, I learned and developed multiple techniques that I would be able to use in the future. Hatching and cross-hatching is a technique often used to shade, showing the objects perspective and depth. It is done by using strokes, following the direction of the object, and differentiating the darkness by controlling the space between each line and pressure put on each line. This worked very well for shading, such as the shoes, but were a challenge on areas like the amp because I had to make much more precise lines because of the grids on the amp. Other techniques I learned were different methods of drawing contour lines, blind, modified, and pure. I was the most used to the pure contour, because it is the contour method I've used the most often. However, blind and modified contours are not only interesting to draw, but help with "tracing the drawing with your eyes", getting a better sense of perspective and proportions.

The areas with paint, especially the guitar, I wanted to make the colors pop. Paint worked well for the smooth, bright red guitar. The paint also worked well for the flower and bottle, but it was more difficult because of the smaller details and I found glass or reflective objects difficult to draw. This area were where colored pencils were used for the smaller details I wanted to fix.

I thought my favorite part of this piece would be the paint. It was very fun, but I also really liked drawing the black outlines of the guitar and shoes. I wanted to draw the lines to give a more "cartoon" or "manga" like look with the uneven lines. The paint was one of the most challenging part of this piece. Blending was very difficult for me because there would always be a noticeable spot that is darker or lighter than is should be. Small details were also difficult, not only because of brush sizes, but because of the amount of paint that could stick on the brush. Sometimes, the paint would go dry, making messier strokes on the drawing. Overall, this project was very experimental with materials and techniques that I believe are useful to practice and will be applied to future works.