Friday, October 25, 2013

Artist's Style

This is a drawing for project 3, Artist's style. My medium was colored pencil, and my inspiration is the street artist Banksy. I picked this option because I like that Banksy uses his art to make a statement and get people to think, and I wanted my art to do the same thing.


The most successful aspect of this piece is the Sims "diamond". I really like the coloring and shading on it, and it looks very similar to the real logo. The earth is least successful because it looks quite streaky and there is an obvious contrast in the strength of the globe compared to the diamond. It is also difficult to get the color right, because it gets dark very easily. 

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Color Project

This was for the color project, and I drew a pear using oil pastel. (My color scheme was complementary.) I picked a pear for my final project because I like the way fruit looks in oil pastel and it's simple to do but looks very detailed and complicated. Oil pastel is good for blending and much easier to deal with than paint. 

The most successful aspect of this project was the shading/tints in the pear and the highlighting. Using certain colors and using certain strokes creates a rounded look and gives it more dimension. I also learned that the strokes are very important in creating a shape and that they have to be light enough to not see specifically but dark enough to cover the paper surface completely. 

Realism Project #1