Contour Shoe Drawing

This is my final draft of the contour line shoe drawing.  My first try drawing this was not very successful.  I practice many times before I got this outcome.  I had to look at the real version of this shoe and draw what I saw without lifting up my pen.  We had practiced this many times in class by drawing our hands and other objects.  Each object I drew was better than the last.  I fianlly was able to produce this shoe.  Contour line drawing has taught me to pay attention to the details in the object that I am drawing.  With the contour line drawing skill, my drawing has improved because it taught me to take my time and really focus on every detail that goes into drawing.

Ipad Value Study

Using the Layers Pro app on the iPad and using oil pastels in class to create my value study had many similarities and differences.  Many of the differences had to do with the fact that the iPad was easier and not as messy to use.  I used a stylus for the iPad which made drawing a lot easier. The Layers Pro app allowed me to add layers to my drawing, which made any mistakes I made easy to fix. Using the oil pastels was very messy and took more time. The similarities between the iPad and oil pastels was that it was difficult to blend each colors together to make the shape look 3-dimensional. Through this experience, I learned that technology does make drawing value and blending easy, less messy, and fast. Technology is useful and important in art because it allows people to explore new ideas and try different ways to produce different types of art.

Cartoon Skeleton

This skeleton of Minnie Mouse uses all of the bones in the body. I used human bones for her arms and legs and ribs for her ribcage. I did a human skeleton for her hands and feet. The size of her head is modified to show the difference in her body's proportion and I left the bow on her head. To make her head look more like a skull, I drew teeth and left out her eyes and nose.  Her body is positioned the same way it is in the original picture.