Improvement? eh.

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. 

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.