Fall 2015 - Still Life Painting, Week 12

High key painting. I tried to go with a bathroom theme because I often think of that as being light and pastel-y. My proportions with this were really off, just look at how tiny and cute the green conditioner bottle looks. It's adorable.

Fall 2015 - Charcoal Heads, Week 12

 First is on gray paper in black and white charcoal. Second is the first sketch of my self-portrait assignment. Third and fourth are portrait exercises on white paper.

Fall 2015 - Still Life Painting, Week 11

Casual still life. I'm pretty happy with the cup and the napkin. I struggled with getting the book to fit and look right. It might have been better if I cropped it out more, maybe? Not sure.

Fall 2015 - Charcoal Hair, Week 11

 Quick hair studies.

Fall 2015 - Still Life Painting, Week 10, pt. 2

This is my favorite of the four major painting assignments. It might even be my favorite painting of the semester. After the shells and light bulb painting, I really wanted to paint more shells and glass. I actually had a different still life planned for this assignment, but I realized last minute that I really, really did not want to spend two weeks painting it, so I changed my set-up to this shell one, which ended up a lot better.

I had the most issue with the light bulb in this, from the proportions to the reflections. Colored glass is not easy. I loved painting this overall though. I felt kind of free during it and had a ton of fun figuring out the shapes, colors, and details of the shells.

Fall 2015 - Still Life Painting, Week 10, pt. 1

Folds painting. With another squash! Better this time. I like this squash. Some of the folds themselves are too sharp instead of soft turns and the color isn't as creamy yellow as it should have been but it's okay.

Fall 2015 - Charcoal Ears, Week 10

 Eeeears. <--That looks weird. I also practiced ellipses a bit on the left and I like the two heads on the right as being a good example of how I can't assume I will or won't be able to draw something based on whether I could or couldn't draw something else.

I confused myself a bit with that sentence, but my meaning is, I drew the head on the top left of the third image really quickly and easily with time to spare whereas, with the bottom right head, I used up all my time with most of it spent on just trying to get the main head proportion and was still unhappy with it. So I can't assume that my next drawing would be good based on the first or assume that it would be bad based on the second.

It's something to remind myself of because I often get discouraged when I paint or draw and the painting/drawing doesn't end up how I hoped it would.