Curtain still life Homework

I enjoyed the curtain homework quite a bit. Setting up my own still life and recreating it was quite rewarding...  I also enjoyed the charcoal and larger scale paper but really didn't enjoy the black hands after I was done. Note to self: use slip paper to avoid sooooo many finger prints. I had to take about an hour to erase the finger prints out... lesson learned!!
I didn't have much trouble with this other than the learning curve of using charcoal.

Okay picture time..

I used a futon type chair, tripod, and light as environmental objects and props for the curtain (well, blanket..). When drawing this, the light was on however I turned it off to take the picture.

My appologies for the crappy photo quality. The only workable camera that hasn't gone on strike or a trip with family members at the moment is my iphone camera..  you'd think they could manage to put a more viable camera in their phones.....

This is here for kicks and giggles. While taking photos of the curtain my bird flew from her cage and landed on my still life. Apparently she thought the still life was missing some color?

Homework - 2 pt interior

I finished this homework last Sunday, but am taking advantage of the time to review my work and refine lines to better define my space. I found that setting this drawing in a place where I'd regularly see it from different distances helped me see what lines stood out and what lines faded into the background. I think I'll use this technique from now on and study my own works to help refine what I do.

Note to self: be careful not to OVER work something!

Perspective Examples

One - point Perspective Examples

 'The Kitchen Maid ' (1658) - Jan Vermeer

'The Night Cafe' (1888) - Vincent Van Gogh


















Two - Point Perspective Examples

 "Waterfall " - 1961 - M.C. Escher

 Landscape Architecture - Susanna Kaptur












Three -point Perspective Examples

"Ascending and Descending"- 1960 - M. C. Escher
















"New York in 1934' - photographer unknown


I found this photograph to be an excellent example of 3 point perspective so decided to include it in the listing.

 "3 Point Castle" - Duffy Dey

Done in marker.

One Point Perspective Examples

I went on the hunt for some interesting perspective art today and ran across a blog with quite a few good examples.   You can find the blog at this link.   The artists (blog owners) name is Rick Guzman.


A couple works in particular were quite goodexamples of one point perspective.

Mart Interior Lobby Aug 1st, 09

Not only does this work follow one point perspective accurately, it also is a good example of line useage. A good illustration of how dark/thick vs light/thin lines can really effect a drawing.

Interior Wave Pool

This was another example of one point perspective by the same artist. Again there is a usage of lines to depict depth just as we were shown in class.
























I also found a site of student work... a very wide range of student work. But in the site were some interesting pieces. Check out the site, lots of impressive pieces here to see.

The first two pieces are by the same artist, Jennifer Low.

 

Both of these pieces are one point perspective, but have a very different "feel". The digitally done one doesn't seem as well executed either, the objects on the wall seem to have nothing holding there. The hand done one however seems very well executed.

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This example is by May Gee, another student on the same site. She follows the same concept that Jennifer Low's  piece seems to follow but is not as detailed in the room, and seemed to pay more attention to the horrizon "exterior" part.

some interesting finds!

I found a video on youtube about drawing an ellipse in 3 point perspective.
"more ellipses with three point perspective"  I haven't tried this yet but am curious to try my hand at it.

As is typical when heading to youtube, I strayed off on a very interesting line of links... and wound up on this.
"drawing glass - how to draw transparent objects"   Does it have to do with much from class other than drawing? well.. no not really. But I found it interesting never-the-less!

Okay back to perspective art finds.    I found this engraving by Albrecht Durer, entitled "St. Jerome dans sa Cellule" .. I found it to be a really good example of perspective art, and it has alot of line usage in it too.

I also found this site to be full of information on perspective drawing..
Basic Principles Of Perspective Drawing For The Technical Illustrator  

Thats all for now!

Lines - Homework Assign. 1

I found the assignment for lines quite tedious! It did teach me alot though, about lines, pattern, composition and persistance! I also realized how easy it is to get into a "pattern" rutt. I noticed this a little bit with the sketch book version of this homework, but man... once it hit the big page homework, I really had to pay attention. Over all I like the effect all the lines produced though.

First entry - Lines and practice

I finished a sketch version of the line homework assigned our first day of class, the only day I've been able to attend so far. I plan to do the fullscale homework soon, but since I was unable to manuver such a large scale paper I decided that I should at least start my sketchbook off with some lines practice. Thats what the sketchbook is there for right? practice.

The process of drawing lines "like a upc code" really taught me alot about lines in general. The pressure, angle, and speed were very obviously huge factors in the thickness and quality of the lines formed. I also realized that keeping my pencils sharp really helped in keeping the lines clean. After about an hour of making these lines, I fell into a sort of pattern, and had to step away and come back to it to make it look balanced and not just methodical.