This project was done with pencil and we had to pick a view from the table to draw. I took a picture of a part that has a skull with bottles and plastic horses in the background. I chose pencil for this poject because it game me a chance to practice and challenge myself with the bigger areas and fine detail shading.
This was the beginning when it was outlined and ready to be shaded. I actually began with the details and I think this is where I went wrong. I feel as though I should have started shading the bigger areas and then gone to do the fine detail after that. Shading the larger areas would have given me a chance to blend the deeper areas and higher areas better. It could have transitioned a lot better, a lot smoother. Also pushing some of those lights and darks a little more, especially near the middle, could create more depth within my drawing.
Here is where I really started to get kinda rushed and I was getting frustrated with the big areas and how they were turning out. I stopped for a while and tried to slow down after that. I had started out shading really dark and it was very uneven. I tried to go reallu fast as well, and I payed the price. It began to look real sloppy, so I decided to take a break and come back and touch up a little bit and hopefully make it look smoother.
This is my final picture. I tried to go back and salvage my rushed parts, especially in the horse section. The one part that I particularly have trouble with, is the crack in the middle of the skull. I wasn't quite sure how to make it look like it was a crack. I'm still not quite sure how I could have done that differently to make it look more clearly like a crack in the skull rather than just a bunch of dark and light parts. Overall, I think it was a nice challenge and it turned out alright. I really like the skull part of it, being the most intricate of the picture and the main focus, it looks quite nice. 😊