Hang'in out

Dressing up is always a good time! For this sketch I took each person from a different photograph I have of an event we dressed up for and combined each into this one sketch.  Although I enjoyed this sketch as it brought back memories, I felt it was very challenging to scale each person that came from the different photographs and combine them all into the one sketch.  Also combining the different people for an aesthetically pleasing look was a little challenging, since they all belong in different settings.  Overall this sketch was a new experience that I would try again.

Positive Vs. Negative

Generally when drawing something we draw the positive space of that object without even thinking about drawing the negative space.  This is a sketch I did of the bottom left picture of leaves, where I focused on drawing the negative space in contrast to the positive space.  I found this sketch challenging as it forced me to draw what I saw not what I know.  This saying I have found works in every situation, for any kind of drawing.  I am happy with the way the leaf picture turned out I feel I was successful in capturing the negative space between the leaves.

sketch reflection

"DRAW WHAT YOU SEE, NOT WHAT YOU KNOW"- unknown

Olympia Dorm

This is a two point perspective sketch I did of the dorm Olympia at Washington State University. This building is one of the newest at W.S.U. as it opened for residency in 2009.  I  chose to draw this building because it is one of the most contemporary/ clean cut buildings here.  A vast majority of the buildings exterior walls are made of glass to save light energy, to go along with the buildings Eco friendly theme. I really enjoyed drawing this dorm because it brought back so many memories, yet really gave me a chance to look at the individual shapes that make up the building.  The hardest part of drawing a two perspective drawing is remembering to draw what you really see, and not what you know.  I can say this was easily my biggest challenge in drawing the dorm because after living there you get a picture in your head of what the building looks like.

Corner Shadows

This is a sketch I did of a corner in my apartment.  The purpose of this sketch was to analyze the different shadows within the corners.  In drawing this corner I found there are a lot of shadows, mainly on the doors, and floor. This was a good experience because it allowed me to look at more of the lighting in my apartment and how that affected the look of this particular corner of my apartment.  This would be a good tool to use before placing furniture in a room to see how the lighting will affect the space.

One Point Perspective

This is a sketch I did of the Cub building's hallway at Washington State University.  This is a one point perspective drawing, as there is only one vanishing point.  The vanishing point is a crucial tool to use to allow you to create a three dimensional space, and allow it to look realistic.

doorways

This is a sketch I did of two different doorways.  One of the doorways leads onto a balcony, and the other leads down an apartment hallway.  This is a good practice for when I draw three dimensional rooms, which will be part of my career.

Bar Stool Sketch

This sketch was to study an object and see not only the measurements but to look at what the object which in this case the bar stool was made of.  The bar stool was made up dark espresso wood with a dark espresso leather as the top cushion. I drew multiple shots of the chair including a top, side, front, and perspective view.  I found the perspective the hardest to draw because of all the legs and how close to one another they are, since the bar stool isn’t very big.  This drawing is meant to help me look more closely at objects and what materials it’s made of and the dimensions so when I design rooms I will be able to put all the different elements of each object together easier.

3-D Negative Chair

This was another negative space drawing I did, except this drawing was off an actual 3-D chair.  There was a big difference in this drawing vs. the 2-D negative space drawing which presented different challenges.  One challenge that this drawing presented was that I found it was harder for me to scale the size of the 3-D chair because there was more negative space at various angles. If I could do this again I would focus on the scaling more, otherwise I think it was a pretty good attempt.

Different Line Types

I drew this to represent some of the different line types that can be used when filling in space or just drawing something to help provide a texture or define shadows, and much more depending on the drawing.  On this page I used the lines of; Matisse marks, Van Gogh marks, Delacroix marks, Ben Shahn marks and marks of a vase I have in my house. 

Negative Space Chair

I drew this off a picture of a chair.  When drawing this chair I focused on the negative space, drawing that and then shading it in so that the positive space of the chair stands out.  It was definitely challenging because it’s something you don’t do on a regular basis, but overall I think it turned out really well.

Rough Room Sketch

This was a rough sketch of a room.  I think I did a good job in getting the idea of the room across, in future sketches I need to base everything I draw off a vanishing point in anything I draw including sketched to make it look more realistic. 

Hand- Still Life

This is a sketch I did holding a tissue.  I think it turned out really well, mainly because I used a wide range of contrast, and added texture marks to both the tissue and my hand. This is a great exercise to improve hand eye coordination!

Multi Media Fruit

 

After arranging three different kinds of fruit I drew the outline of each.  Once I had done that, I got out gouache paint and started painting around it filling in textures and different shades the light left on the different surfaces of the fruit.  My favorite part of this painting out have to be the pair, because I feel the texture and color turned out great, matching the pair I had as my model. 

Stairs- Shadows

This is an image I drew of a picture of stairs.  While drawing the stairs I tried to capture the shadows that were caused from he sun light hitting the stairs.  The difficult part in drawing shadows is to trust yourself and just draw the line angles that you actually see, because when I would try to draw lines that I thought would look better it threw the whole picture off.  Overall the picture turned out pretty good, although if I were to go back and change things I would change the sidewalk lines 45 degrees to the left, for I feel the dimension of the stairs would match better with that angle and the picture overall would pop out more!

Keys

I really enjoyed drawing 'Keys' because it allowed me to open my eyes and actually look at an object I use in my everyday life. I mean seriously when do you ever stop your busy life to look at a key even though its how you access most things you own such as your house, car, safe, locker, the list goes on and on.  When I was drawing the different keys I realized how different all keys are from one another, differentiating in their shape, size, texutre, and line.  Drawing these keys taught me definition of line, as well as the importance of detail.  On each key there were multiple lines, long ones, thick ones, skinny ones, and the more I tried to communicate the lines I saw on each key, the more the drawing came to life, along with a sense of depth and character.  

Contour Drawing-Pablo

I believe contour drawings such as this one help your drawing skills.  They allow your hand eye cordination to improve as you are put to the test to see how well you can draw an image or object that is put in front of you.  The pre'ciseness of every mark in this drawing was crucial since it was in pen.  I found the key to a successful drawing is to look at the image or object you are drawing for reference points and consentrate on the angles of each line you draw and how they correlate to those of the image.  One thing I took away from this contour drawing was scale and proportion, which was a lot harder than I thought it would be, but overall believe my contour drawing turned out pretty well!