Dragon Drawing
From doing this art project I learned that inspiration can come from anything. When I was brainstorming on what I wanted my letter drawing to look like, my body knew before I did. My ear started to hurt as a result of my ear cuff pulling on my skin. I took it out and laid it next to me on the table. As I thought about what I would draw it dawned on me that my dragon ear cuff was in the perfect shape of an “S”. I redrew it onto the paper, changing its shape and removing its wings. I traced it onto drawing paper and repeated the process until I had four “dragon ear cuffs” on my paper.
Another lesson that this project taught me was that the rule of thirds does not have to be planned out. It wasn’t until after I drew the dragon that I realized the head was in the imaginary line on the page that naturally catches peoples’ attention.
By far the biggest lesson that I learned was that I have no patience for black scented markers. Trying to color the whole piece of artwork black was aggravating in many ways. I was frustrated with having to color the whole piece in multiple directions because I had the uncanny luck of getting at least four markers in a row that were almost out of ink. I would try to use them but I would wind up throwing them away. When I finally got one that worked I had to redo at least half of the piece, along with finishing the rest. Despite the frustration that I felt trying to color it in I am happy with the way it turned out in the long run, making my anger with the markers a small price to pay for awesomeness.
If there were anything that I would add or do differently with my dragon drawing I would love to paint it onto a canvas and paint it in vibrant silver paint and leave the eyes black. Even though painting was not a part of the assignment I would still love to see how it would turn out since silver is my favorite color.
Another lesson that this project taught me was that the rule of thirds does not have to be planned out. It wasn’t until after I drew the dragon that I realized the head was in the imaginary line on the page that naturally catches peoples’ attention.
By far the biggest lesson that I learned was that I have no patience for black scented markers. Trying to color the whole piece of artwork black was aggravating in many ways. I was frustrated with having to color the whole piece in multiple directions because I had the uncanny luck of getting at least four markers in a row that were almost out of ink. I would try to use them but I would wind up throwing them away. When I finally got one that worked I had to redo at least half of the piece, along with finishing the rest. Despite the frustration that I felt trying to color it in I am happy with the way it turned out in the long run, making my anger with the markers a small price to pay for awesomeness.
If there were anything that I would add or do differently with my dragon drawing I would love to paint it onto a canvas and paint it in vibrant silver paint and leave the eyes black. Even though painting was not a part of the assignment I would still love to see how it would turn out since silver is my favorite color.
Cave Painting
After I had completed my stellar cave painting I had learned several things. The first thing I learned was that anything can be used to draw on and create different textures. For instance, this work of art was done on cardboard to give it the effect of being painted on the wall of a cave. This was made possible by the cardboard because it gave the piece the look of having small cracks on it that closely resemble the ones that can be found of the surface of some rocks.
Another thing that I had discovered was that I needed to experiment more with the materials that I am using. I learned to experiment with the chalk. While I was trying to capture the authentic cave painting look I noticed that the painting looked better when it had been smeared. I did this throughout the drawing, teaching me the importance of experimentation.
Another thing that I had discovered was that I needed to experiment more with the materials that I am using. I learned to experiment with the chalk. While I was trying to capture the authentic cave painting look I noticed that the painting looked better when it had been smeared. I did this throughout the drawing, teaching me the importance of experimentation.