Dee Gilbert Design: 2012

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Final Project

I chose the beach as my environment. I love to sit in the sun and read, whether I’m on my front porch, at the Lake, or by the ocean. I love to hear the water; it is very relaxing. I enjoy the ocean the most because I can hear the water and waves crashing on the shore and I can bury my toes in the soft sand.

I used pencil and charcoal for my drawing. At first, I wasn’t going to use color because I didn’t think it needed it. But, then I thought the blue sky and blue water would help convey the calm relaxing feeling.

The drawing is a combination of line and value. I think the value of the drawing indicates the location of light. The value of myself in the chair also describes weight. I used the darker charcoal and more pressure on the legs of the chair so that it was stuck in the sand as opposed to floating on top. I used light pressure and pencil to add texture to the sand.

Compared to my first self-portrait, I think the final drawing shows a lot of improvement and growth. The body proportion is a little off…my arm is not that skinny! But the perspective is better, the proportions of the face are more accurate, the value is better represented and I think there is even texture in the final that was not in the first drawing.

I think I’ve grown over the semester in my drawings. Gesture drawing has really helped. Forcing myself to look mostly at the subject and not the paper has improved my pencil stroke and perspective. Learning how to create value and texture with line, shading, and other methods has allowed me to be more creative and therefore be more confident. I need work harder on perspective and view point and draw more in general.

I still prefer not to draw myself – but am proud of my final piece!

Self Portrait in Environment

Contour Line Portrait

Self Portrait from September

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Week 11 Picture Plane

Paper bag, Pencil

I chose a small slightly crumpled shopping bag for this assignment. The bag is fairly thick and has stiff handles. The light is coming from the left side of the picture plane.

Paper bag, Conte Crayon

There are two bags drawn in the conte crayon. The perspective is extremely close. I don't like the conte crayon as much as pencil or charcoal. I find it more difficult to express shadows and show texture and value. However, I did like the effect it had when I rubbed the paper with the side of the crayon. It gave it a bag texture look.

Week 11 Point of View

One-point Perspective

I lined myself up to the objects on the tabe so that the center of the drawing was my angle of vision. I then located the horizon line and traced lines to the vanishing point for each object. I used pencil for the medium.

Two-point Perspective

For the two point perspective I moved the objects so that they were angled and are oblique to the picture plane. This meant there were two vanishing points, one left and one right. I used pencil and charcoal.

Three-point Perspective

For the three-point perspective I kept the same ange as the two-point but tried to add some height. There is now a third vanishing point that extends from the tissue box. Pencil and Charcoal.

Bird's Eye View

The bird's eye view was drawn looking down at the objects on the floor. Pencil.

Ant's Eye View

For the Ant's Eye view, I placed the objects on the table and I sat on the floor looking up at the to draw.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Week 10 - Color

I chose to create a analogous color scheme with cutouts. From the color wheel I chose yellow, orange, and red. These are warm colors and give the piece an exciting and emphatic feel. I layered some of the cutouts to give even more texture to the piece. The shapes have a leaf look with out being obvious as leaves. This plays well with the fall like colors I chose. The red "dots" bring the viewers focus through the piece.