Room picture

For my next drawing I had to do a picture of an area in a room that included at least one large piece of furniture. I chose the corner of my bedroom. This drawing took around 12 hrs or so but I really enjoyed it. Figuring out how to get all of the different bottles on the dresser looking good was the toughest aspect but really the entire thing was complicated. I think it was because of the difficulty I had in doing this drawing, and how well it came out, that this is one of my favorites. I struggled a lot but I learned a lot and am very proud of the result.



Large piece of furniture

For my next assignment I had to draw a large piece of furniture. I chose to draw my bed. For the most part I am happy with how this came out, I wish I would have taken more time with the headboard though. To me the headboard looks flat and doesn't really fit with the rest of the drawing. This drawing was actually a lot harder than I expected it to be, trying to get the right look where the bed seemed 3 dimensional but still moved backwards in space was pretty tough. All in all I am happy with how this came out.

Texture drawing

For my next assignment I had to draw two different textures. I drew the wood grain pattern of one of my wife's baskets and the wicker pattern of another one. The wood grain was pretty straight forward and really when you think about it you don't have to draw a certain pattern, a certain style will display as wood grain. I didn't spend very long on that one because I wanted to do the wicker one and knew that one would be a lot more difficult. I was correct in my assumption of how difficult it was to get a realistic drawing of the bottom of a wicker basket. It ended up taking me twice as long as I expected and I expected it to take a long time. I am really happy with how it came out and I even ended up using that same pattern later on a much larger design for a different class. I think the main thing I learned from this class was that you have to push yourself, you have to try things that you aren't sure you can do. If you never try them then you'll never be able to do them. On the flip side of that though I sometimes find myself stretching to far and getting frustrated. So I have to find a balance for myself where I push myself each time but not too much.



hanging cloth

For this assignment I had to use a hanging cloth in some manner. I chose to use a melon because I thought it would be an interesting thing to draw. Although my cloth didn't come out as soft as I would have liked overall I am very pleased with this drawing. I learned to use a blending stump while drawing the melon and am impressed with how well it worked. I think this melon is one of the best things I have drawn so far. I used graphite for the majority of the drawing but added charcoal for the darkest shadows. Everything about this drawing class was great and I enjoyed every minute of it.  

eggs in graphite

For this assignment I had to draw a dozen eggs on a dark background using graphite.  This was one of the harder assignments.  It is really difficult to draw plain white eggs.  Having a really good directional light source helps but it was still very difficult not to draw ovals.  I tried to come up with a creative way to set the eggs but in the end the only creative part of the setting, I think, is the broken egg in the center and that was my wife's idea.  I used some charcoal on the dark surface to try and get a really good contrast and I think that helped but in the end I think this drawing was better as a learning device then an actual drawing.  I still enjoyed doing it but the end result isn't all that great.

Shaded Ball

The next assignment was to draw a sphere and shade it using 7 steps from white to black.  Compared to the assignments from last week I found this to be rather simple, I know it's not a perfect circle but I did the entire thing free hand and think I did pretty decent considering.  While it was a rather simple assignment I think it is still important to practice the basics because the only way you can improve is through practice and it's just as important if not more important to practice the basics as well as the more difficult and enjoyable aspects of drawing.

difficult still life

For my next drawing assignment I had to pick seven different objects of various shapes and sizes.  I chose to go with a theme and used my son's toys.  When I first started on this I almost thought I had bitten off more than I could chew but I refused to quit.  I started with the K in the middle (which is a painted wooden letter that normally hangs on his wall) and it took a couple of tries but I actually did quite well with getting it sized up properly.  The hardest part was trying to get the mirror on the right correct, It threw off all of the shadows and had a small toy attached to it as well as reflecting part of the ugly doll.  All said I spent almost ten hours on this drawing.  In the end this is the drawing I am most proud of, I went in knowing this was the hardest thing I had ever attempted and managed to accomplish it and I think come out with something great.