Final Still Life Drawing

REFLECTION

1. The type of mark I used in this drawing was a controlled scribble. Some were wider than others while others were slimmer. I think Vincent Van Gogh most influenced the marks I used. In some of his artwork he uses a swirl-like detail in it which influenced my scribble, and wavy shading I did. The way he went from fark to light was gradual, which was something I tried to do just like his shading. Without Vincent Van Gogh’s artwork, I feel as if the value and shading process would’ve been a bit more difficult because I wouldn’t have had a previous idea of shading with circular/curve-like marks and this truly helped me on my journey.

2. When I look at my drawing from a few weeks ago to now, I can see such a large difference. First off, the shading techniques are completely different and my most recent drawing does better with its light to the dark mix as my pre-intructional one looks very smudged and messy. There was no actual value in my old drawing, rather there was just a bunch of shading all around not making it look 3D at all. By watching videos and learning new techniques, I figured out on different shading methods and markings and learned to go AROUND my object and not make an off-put linear line randomly in my drawing. I find this unit to be very educating to me for where I need to put my value and shading so it looks more realistic rather than a flat image with a bunch of messy work on it.

Pre-Instructional Drawing