Final Thoughts

There are many different important concepts that I learned this semester. One of them is the importance of contrast. When you're making a piece of art, you must have contrast Otherwise, the drawing will look flat and won't have any variety. For example, in the Value Self Portrait, it was necessary that we add contrast to the piece because otherwise, you wouldn't be able to tell any of the features of my face apart. Another example of how I learned the importance of contrast was through the Endangered Species Bowl. I had to make sure that there was contrast on my bowl, otherwise, it would look bland and have no pop to it. The final way that I learned the significance of contrast was through the Final Still Life Drawing. When I was drawing that, I realized that it was significant to have a contrast between different objects, or else they would all look like one big blob. Another important concept that I learned this semester was perspective. When I was doing my pre-instructional still life, I had trouble making the angles and ellipses look the same way on paper as I saw them. But after the lessons on perspective and the One Point Perspective Drawing, I learned how important perspective is and now I know how to do it correctly.