Value Portraits

For this project we did portraits of classmates. We had to puit all the values in on the painting to try to make it look realistic. To do this, we used the picture of the real person, and used tacing paper to trace all the 'Shapes' on their face. This let us know where all the different shading was so we can color it darker. This was difficult on the darker side of the face, because it was hard to see the features on it like the eyes, and mouth. To find all the features we had to hold it up to a window to see through the picture to trace them. I think I did go through all the values on the picture. It wasnt hard to go from light to dark on it when I needed to. I dont think that this turned out too great, although it was a harder project than what I expected. The main thing that I had trouble with was the mouth, and the eyes. It was hard to get them to look decently right. But, I think i got the part of the mouth to look somewhat better than it was.

Drawing Turtles

This project was a lot harder than I imagined it to be, only because the turtles kept moving. If they didnt move as much, I think it would have been alot easier. We also drew pinecones, insects, and sea shells when we werent at the tables with the turtles. The turtles were by far the hardest thing I have drawn in this class so far, but I expect alot harder things to come in the future.

Pink Panther Bone Project

I thought I did Well on this project. I got most of the bones to fit in the slim character, which wasnt too hard. One thing that I did have trouble with was the fingers, and how they were placed, but I got past that and finished it. If i were to redo this piece, I would try to fit more bones in the body, to make it look alot more realistic, and nicer. I would also try to draw them more detailed. I feel that this project was very succesful considering it was my first time doing this with a cartoon character, and how I didnt even know what the skeleton of him looked like. This project wasnt too hard, but some things did get a little challenging.