Before and After!
This is my last blog post and I think this has got to be my worst one in my opinion. I tried to draw on the spot because of the deadline and I was stressed but calm at the same time. Its definitely a strange feeling. Art does that to you in a way. It's a way to let out emotion and consciousness. You loose a sense of time and the world slowly recedes away from your mind. Sounds like drugs but it's not. Edwards says "Artists say that they feel alert and aware yet are relaxed and free from anxiety, experiencing a pleasurable almost mystical activation of the mind [Edwards 4]" Art has helped my anxiety. In fact, I draw something the night before a test. That way, I am relaxed and ready to focus. This time, I was stressed about my art and it caused a weird reverse effect.
Today, I decided to redraw my first blog post picture. Looking back, it's a pretty boring picture. I followed the same exact steps I made two months ago along with some additional stuff that I learned along the way.
I always forget to say this but the pencil should have a slanted tip. When you eat a candy cane, some people make it a shank. Do this with your pencil by pressing hard on the paper and create a little ombre. This somehow kinda mixes the colors a little more. This can also help you see "tones". Edwards says "Shading is based on perception of values. A complete value scale goes from pure white to pure black, with literally thousands of minute gradations. [Edwards 180]." Seeing where you pressed the hardest and where you pressed the least can help myself and yourself find which tone is best for the area of shading.
Anyways, here are some of the pictures I took along the way and Josephine R taking the picture of me drawing. Thanks Jo.
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| It's sideways for some reason. My bad. |
Thanks for putting up with all these blog posts! Thanks for reading!
Question: Would you recreate another drawing you made to see if you improve?
Tell me in the comments below :)
Edwards, Betty. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: A Course in Enhancing Creativity and Artistic Confidence. Los Angeles: J.P. Tarcher, 1979. Print.
Edwards, Betty. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: A Course in Enhancing Creativity and Artistic Confidence. Los Angeles: J.P. Tarcher, 1979. Print.
You did an amazing job on your drawing even if you believe it was your worst one yet. If you didn't have the pressure of the deadline do you think that would have impacted your end result? Do you think your drawing has improved over the past few months with the help of your book and practice?
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! I usually do a lot better when I'm not stressed about making my drawing on time. The book definitely helped me learn more techniques and skills. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn how to draw :)
DeleteThis is a very radical drawing. Thank you for all of the drawing tips, I'm certainly going to use them the next time I draw. I never thought of the pencil to look like a candy shank but I know that's definitely going to help my mechanical pencils. To answer your question no, I don't think I'd re-create a drawing I failed at because I'm not very good at drawing in the first place. You did such a wonderful job!
ReplyDeleteThank you Julia! I'm glad you've enjoyed my blog posts and I hope you fall back in love with drawing again!
DeleteWow what a beautiful drawing! I enjoyed reading your blog and seeing your improvement! Personally I do not draw at all but if I did I don't think I would recreate a drawing I made before only because I do not want to see how bad I was before, hahaha. I was wondering if you think that the book was any help towards your drawings and if you took in any of the tips deeply? If so what?
ReplyDeleteI really recommend this book that I used for my blog post if you just want to improve your art skill but there are many other books that are god for teaching how to draw objects and things. Thank you for reading my blog post!
DeleteProcrastination is the biggest killer of my creativity but you took it well and did fantastic not only on this recreation but on all the other ones too. If I felt I was making progress and was doing well enough on harder paintings, I'd recreate an older one of mine to see how much I improved. I love your drawings and really hope you keep making more and diversifying the work you do. My last question for you is how did you convince Josephine R. to take your picture each time you drew for these blogs?
ReplyDeleteThanks a bunch Alexander! Josephine R. (my younger sister) initially did not want to take the pictures because she was downstairs watching the office but when I offered her to draw anime characters for her, she took the pictures. Little does she know, I am too busy to do that so I got free, cheap, labor.
DeleteHey Veronica, I really enjoyed your post because it involves a ton of creative thinking. And I also enjoy the amount of detail you put into your drawings, it looks like you put so much work into it. What motivates you to draw and why does it motivate you?
ReplyDeleteUsually really late at night I draw because I have nothing better to do. At the beginning of the year I started drawing more for an art show but I kept thinking they weren't good enough so I gave them away. At the moment, this project is the only thing keeping me going. It motivates me to draw because I know that if I get a bad grade on this, my parents will stop looking at me for a while and focus on my younger and better sister, Josephine. So this project has benefited me in many ways.
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