Leaves!

I really enjoyed doing this exercise. It was a nice break from all the research and time capsules.

Time Capsule Location

OMG! TIME CAPSULE!!

DRAWINGS OF TIME CAPSULE

ORTHOGRAPHIC VIEW OF TIME CAPSULE

time capsule zine...aka sleep depriver

layouts for zine

Stoel's Drawing

I had fun doing this one in charcoal.

classmates and cubes!

In drawing class yesterday we had to draw our classmates posing with and /or around the cubes. It was supposed to help us draw our classmates because we could visualize the proportions against the cubes to make them accurate. I couldn't say that it helped me as much as I thought it would but over all I think I did a pretty good job.Molly

Melia

Lindsey

time capsules

Here are two sketches of the time capsules I decided to pick as my final two. I had a hard time illustrating the wire and shading it without getting too much charcoal on it. I also think that the whole at the top is just a little too dark.
This is the time capsule I have chosen to work with in the end. The infamous cube...It was sort of hard to shade the black because I knew it was black but not as dark in areas as I first assumed.

cubes

Well, I would have to say I am officially sick of "platonic forms" or CUBES! This definitely took me a lot longer than I expected. I fell asleep three times stippling and once decided to take a nap through it. But, I do have to say I think it looks pretty good!

I really like the shadows on this one. I think the bottom triangle shadow that is the darkest may look just a little too dark now that I am looking at it on here. Charcoal smudging was a lot faster process than the first stippling.

class drawings

Tim posed for us on Thursday. Suzanne explained a technique she uses to get proportions right on people called "boxing off" the different shapes. I tried this technique however I feel like it made me think of the body too much so I went back to my technique of just drawing how I see it. I think this is actually probably the best figure drawing I have done.
This week we were privlidged enough to test out and view designer chairs up in the critique room. This was my favorite, It doesn't look too comfortable but it hit my back just right. I thought it was a cute chair for a kitchen table. It was called "the moulded chair" by Charles and Ray Eames.

Still-life shading

I had a hard time illustrating the blanket underneath the scissors. It was very hard trying to capture the fleece texture against the metal.

This is supposed to be a fountain in the back of Karis's yard, there were lots of plants adn shubbery so I treated it as different sections instead of each individual flower or leaf. The grass in the background I tried doing in a pattern to make it more interesting however, I'm not sure that was the right approach. It does not show the depth that I saw outside.
This is my favorite. I feel like I really captured the correct highlights and shadows. I wish we could do more drawings in black paper with white colored pencils. I feel like I get a more dramatic result.
This has to be the least favorite of them all. It was the assignment where it asked to pick three tones and I just do not feel like it captures what I saw at all.

stippling and more...

Well I never realized how much time was consumed on stippling. It is my favorite technique when it is complete, but the process is excruciating.


I think this one turned out the best, however I think the ball looks a little too light at the top.

Another thing that bothers me now that they are done is the balls float. I just copied the drawing out of the book and after I did them I realized how awkward they look.

Shading

My Favorite Revlon Nail Polish. I had a lot of fun using this technique of shading on it. I wasn't sure if I should shade the wall and floor though, I was afraid it would be too busy, but now I feel like it isn't complete.
This is a stool down in the lounge. I had a hard time showing the different values with just hatch marks on all the different angles of the stool so I added in some cross hatching. I didn't think we were allowed to do that but, Suzanne always says it is better to ask for forgiveness so I took the chance. = ) Overall, I enjoyed this assignment.

metamorphasis

This week we were asked to take two fellow classmates previous projects and combine them into one. This was quite a stretch for me because Sarah's designs were so simple and Stephanie's were a little more crazy. And beyond that I really did not want to have to construct another box out of matte board. Here are some of my brainstorming ideas...

These are the two projects I decided to work with. Stephanie's project is the feather "jungle" and Sarah's is the matchbox pencil holder.
Here is the iteration that is leaning towards Stephanie's project more. I will never look at feathers again after cutting that many out. The biggest trouble I had was trying to find a glue that didn't make the paper crinkle, and would not leave a greasy residue behind. Paper cement seemed to peel off as soon as I made the creases but in the end that is what I ended up sticking to, it was the only one that wouldn't leave the greasy residue behind.


Here is my middle mix of Sarah's and Stephanie's. I took the concept of Sarah's pencil box and the feather form from Stephanie's.


Here is my iteration that was more like Sarah's. I kept with the natural paper but found one that looked like it had flecks of feather's in it to mimic Stephanie's and I chose to put the turquoise feather inside as the pencil holder because in Stephanie's project the turquoise egg is hidden in the middle. I felt like it would be a more suitable place than putting a feather latch on the outside.

METAMORPHASIS!