First Critique
Drawing 1- Materials: Graphite Stick, Ebony Pencil, Charcoal Pencil Size: 7×12 in.
Drawing 4- Materials: Charcoal Stick, Mars Lumgraph, Ebony Pencil, Charcoal Pencil, Vine Charcoal Size: 9×12 in.
Drawing 5 -Materials: Conté Crayon, Mars Lumograph, Vine Charcoal Size: 10×9 in.
I think creating texture is an area that needs improvement. Drawing 3 drew me to it because of the texture that I create, and the element of texture is something that I think is lacking in the majority of my drawings. I think that I could try being a little bit more spontaneous with my techniques. For the majority of my drawings I used a blending technique, but in Drawings 2 and 6 I tried to venture out into using some of the drawing techniques that was taught in class. I like the continuous contour drawing because it was something out of my comfort zone and I the drawing was not as planned as the other ones. Moving forward I would like to explore using more spontaneous techniques because I actually liked the outcome of the Drawing 2. I also think that I need to improve contrasting the background from the foreground. In Drawing 4 there needs to be more contrast between the foot and the box and the piece of wood behind the frame that is farther away in space. From far away the objects seem to blend in with each other.
Drawing 2-Materials: Sharpie, Vine Charcoal Size: 8×9 in.
Drawing 3- Materials: Conté Crayon, Charcoal Pencil, Charcoal Stick, Vine Charcoal Size: 7.5×10 in.
Drawing 6- Materials: Sharpie Size: 8×8.5 in.
In general, I like most of the drawings that I did. I found that the more I drew, the more I liked using charcoal and the mars lumograph. I think that the drawing that drew me the most would be Drawing 3. The work pulled me into it because of the texture I was able to create within the egg shape. I explored using the charcoal and conté crayon with the kneaded eraser to create more shadows and depth. The drawing I liked the least was Drawing 6 because I was using a technique I was not familiar with and I think my line work could have been neater overall. I have to say that during the critique when others pointed out that they like the fabric in the drawing, I began to like it. The fabric does look like fabric with the lines and contrasting white. Moving forward I would like to try different things in my art.
