Non-Photo-LIFE+DRAWINGS



Here's my other life drawing piece, it's not finished but I'm very pleased with the progress so far. Again, on 11"x14" drawing paper, with graphite pencils. I still plan on adding one more shoe, and of course the background.---Guinevere What a wonderful sense of contrast, personality wise! And contrasts of value and size. Beautiful. Can't wait! Mrs. C



This is one of my life drawings for part one (#2), let me first say, I really think it looks much better in person. This was done on 11"x14" drawing paper, with graphite pencils. I really like the way it turned out, but as I look at it more, I think I need to darken up the darkest part/brighten the highlights just to give it more contrast and a reflective look. The vase on the left also looks a little bit like it's floating as well....oh, and I think the background may be a little distracting Guinevere

I really like this. I like the rough stokes of the pencil. As for the contrast idea I say go for it. It will make it more interesting. ~Camryn

Yes, Guin -smooth out the background, with a chamois, maybe? just a touch. -deepen the shadows under the bottles, to"ground" them a bit more ++beautiful work! Can't wait to see it in person! Mrs. C

__Idea:__ Hey everyone, this is my 2 project. Its Part one number 4. I chose to do like a musical type theme to this drawing which is why the black heel is a character shoe and the pair are jazz boots. And that's also why they are on my keyboard. I threw in the fedora because I thought it would be a nice touch. I'm actually pretty happy with the outcome of this project.

__Media:__ So I decided to change up the media to something I don't regularly use. I used charcoal and white chalk to do this piece.The size is 11" x 14"

__Concerns:__ I kept the background white even though my wall is blue which means I would color it a medium grey. I chose not to because I think that a white back ground balances the dark bottom. Do you think I should still do the medium grey or do you think I made the right choice by keeping the background white?

//**~Camryn Callison**//

Camryn, +nice contrasts. I say keep that background white! +nice diagonals, giving it a sense of movement. I really look forward to seeing this one in person! :) well done! Mrs. C

__My idea__: I chose to do a self portrait despite drawing human faces being a weak point of mine. I had intended for the "mood" to be contemplation, but I ended up looking more angry instead.

__My media:__ I used mostly 2H and 2B pencils and occasionally used a 4B when necessary. I used gray watercolor in the background because after drawing what was really in the background of me (a bed and a wall), it looked a bit plain.

__Concerns:__ The eyes look a little disproportionate to me, and I think I may have made the forehead too small. There is a lot more detail in the hands and face but it doesn't show too well in this photo.

Hi Nicole, I'm appreciating and enjoying your participation here! This drawing is a great starting point. It's in early stages here. More development to the drawing, through deeper shading, more layering of value, will give it more of a presence. The composition and gesture are strong. Go on youtube, maybe start here: [] and explore some tutorials for shading faces. See what you think, and try developing this drawing more. Also- when the hand is fully extended (spread wide) and spread over the face, it covers nearly 90% of the surface area of the face. Try it with your own hand and face. Now check your drawing: is the hand in proportion to the face? Mrs. C

Hey I want to start out by saying I love how you put the water color in the background it definitely adds to the mood of the portrait. Also with you're concerns try lightly drawing out by blocking out the face and then place the features according to their proportions. I think once you deepen you're values it will look awesome. One thing I did notice is that it tooks like you smudged with your fingers, a shading stick blends much better and makes the piece look of better quality. I used to us my finger alot until Mrs. Coffey told me to use a shading stick. ~Camryn Callison

====This is th e first choice in part one a self portrait that expresses a specific mood its on a 11 x 8 piece of sketch paper and done in graphite, I plan on re-doing on a 11 x 14 piece soon. I put quite a bit of time into but i know I do better than what I did okay for not being the self portrait type of person ~Darian MacLeod ====

Darian: + I admire that you challenged yourself in doing a self-portrait! I also think that the contrast looks especially good. I like the effect that the negative space creates behind you. The wrinkles on the jacket look nice as well. - I would try to give the facial features a more soft look, and possibly let the hair be a little less piecey. ~ Nicole Rockower

Darian, + great darks; nice use of value contrast. Looks like maybe you drew with your eraser to do the hair highlights? Nice. + I like how you're looking the viewer *right in the eye*. A peaceful confrontation. Almost a pleading. --more form on the face (through grays, shading, gradation) would give the drawing more presence on the page. Mrs. C

` //Hey everyone, this is my part 1, number 2 (three or more reflective objects). It's not finished but since it seems like no one has put anything up I figured I would put up the progress of this piece up. I have 4 reflective objects the 2 wine glass, the glass vase and the silver balloon. Originally this was going to be my self-portrait in an unusual object but I didn't like how it was going so I added the wine glasses to make it into a different project. It is 11" x 14" and is done in Gray tone graphitint and a black and mulberry prismacolor pencil. I plan on/am making the background black so that the objects stand out. And so far I have spent a total of about 10 - 15 hours and it should take me about an hour to two hours to finish it.//

//~Camryn C.//

Camryn: + I enjoy the interesting variety of objects you utilized for your still life. They almost remind me of dinner party accessories. I also like the mulberry nuances here and there, it adds a soft and calm effect. - It is a bit difficult to tell what is being reflected on the left, although I am sure it is just the quality of the uploaded image. ~ Nicole Rockower

Hey these picters are a little hard to see but i can see each individual object in the drawing, the wine glasses look really good and i think after you add the black to the background like you said everything will stand out better other than that it looks awesome! ~Darian MacLeod

Camryn, +great attention to detail. "good __//looking//__", as I like to say. Nice value range so far. --what does the finished drawing look like?

Mrs. C

Hey everyone, thanks for the comments. Nicole you're actually partly right about the dinner party, the balloon and flower/vase were from the celebration of life we had for my little sister who past away and that's what inspired this piece. ~Camryn Callison

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