So this week was another perspective project and it was fun because I didn’t have to use my messy Indian ink.  The process shots sucked this time because of the glare on the paper.  I’m very pleased with how this came out.  Playing chess against no one in the water Equals “win”.  I made it out of graphite.  I needed accurate perspective, clearly defined shadows and matching light source, and  I needed to make it interesting. When drawing this I had no reference to chess pieces or people, so it was very hard to progress. When creating the composition I wanted to pay attention to how the eye will track over the piece.

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This project was like swimming through peanut butter to try and get done.  Simply because I didn’t want to play with the charcoal or Indian ink which I planned on using.  I actually wound up using both.  No process shots this time though because there were four of them and I just wanted to get it over with.  I actually find that I like the Indian Ink once I get used to how it works.  It took some doing, but I kept in mind the fact that “Once you are black, you are black.”  I started really light and slowly worked in layers going darker.  Takes a long time?  No kidding!  I’m supposed to express the four seasons with the lighting and shading and the way they are positioned in each pictures.

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So in my new color working class I was assigned a project that I’d never done before.  It’s been a long time since I worked with paint at all, and I’ve never worked with Gouache.  I was scaring myself with first black and white drawing, which was fail big time… But after a few trials on scrap paper I started my color painting.  I start seeing a good result when I started thinking in terms of color patches.  The final result was ok with me.

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I’ve finally been able to be part of a drawing class.  Here is my very first homework assignment given and completed today.  Good to be back in the drawing world again.  Hopefully I can get some feedback on this.

Objective:
Draw one or more tools in one or two point perspective accurately.  Shade realistically the area in the foreground and lessen contrast and shading in the midground until the background is just line.

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