After practicing hand drawings, we had to create an animal out of our hand. First we had to do a little research and decide what animal we were going to do with two reference photos for each animal. I decided to work with an elephant and a goose. After sketching out two elephants and two geese, I decided to model my final one on my first goose sketch. I was pretty pleased with my final product and thought this was an enjoyable project.
Working with shape shading and value is a very important part of creating a 3 dimensional looking object on a 2 dimensional plane. The way we learned how to create value was by first creating a value chart. The concept of this didn't seem too challenging but by the time I got to the last few shades, I had a hard time applying more and more pressure. Using this value chart, we incorporated these shades into a shape. We began drawing our shape by creating an outline and selecting a light source. Then we gradually began to shade our shape following the contour of it and applying less and less pressure as we moved toward our light source. After this we created a cast shadow. I found that the hardest shape to add value to was the cube because we had to have a clear outline of the shape while still having dark values. My material preference for creating these was charcoal. Even though it was very messy, I liked how easy it was to apply different amounts of pressure using it. I chose to do my final project with charcoal. For our final project we had to have all three shapes on different planes and have a clear light source and shadows. Overall, I enjoyed my experience working with value and shading. I feel as though I learned a lot about oil pastels while working on this project. One thing I learned about was how to create value with color. The technique I used was to start off with the medium value and then layer over that with lighter and darker values. This helps to prevent the creation of harsh lines between two colors and gives the colors a smooth transition. Another essential aspect to give the shapes depth and value was to select a light source and start lighter on the side where the light source is and get darker while moving in the other direction. My light source came from the upper left hand corner. This created value which is necessary to give the shapes a 3 dimensional look while working on a 2 dimensional canvas. |
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