Roller Coaster Contrast

This assignment was to draw at least 6 continuous bands of color. Each one needs to reach at least 2 sides of the paper and must cross or be crossed by at least 2 other bands.
I loved doing this one. it was a bit difficult getting the bands the same width throughout its path and deciding how to cross them but once I had that in place, the fun began. I like the colors. If you look very carefully, you can actually travel the path of each band. I used a darker shade to show where a band goes under another band. I'd like to try again using darker colors. The challenge there will be to show the shading and shadows.

Animal Morphing

The animal I chose is a ladybug. I am attempting to draw a ladybud in a variety of styles using various photos and clipart as inspiration.

My first attempt was a realistic drawing of a ladybug. To draw this one, I looked at various gardening websites. I think the lines are good but it ended up looking more like a roach.

This is my attempt at drawing a cartoon ladybug. It came out nice but not very original.

This is my favorite drawing. It is a ladybug forced into a circle. i like the roundness of it. Even the legs have some curvature to them.

This ladybug is a negative composition. I was attempting to have a negative/positive transposition. Didn't exactly work out. I'll be re-doing this one.

This ladybug is in geometric form. I like this one. There's a log of straight lines here which really appeal to me.

Here is my robotic ladybug. Well, it does look robotic but does it keep the essense of a ladybug? Not quite sure.

Finally, this is my "stretched" ladybug. While I like the expression on the face, it is starting to look more like a beetle than a ladybug.

 I really like this one. It is the Tribal Ladybug. You don't want to mess with her! ha ha

This is one of my favorites and I think it came out very nice. It is an "exploded" or "break apart" picture of a ladybug. There are a lot of very nice geometric shapes that can be clearly seen here.
*No ladybugs were harmed in the drawing of this picture.













 

I'll be redoing these pictures as well as adding more style. I am learning to look at the simplest things in more detail.

Pencil Shading

This assignment was to fill a page with overlapping shapes that run off the page on all sides. Well, I didn't do a very good job of this but I will try again and upload the result. This was a bit hard because I wasn't able to do it without actually looking at a subject. I ended up using a desk on the far side of the classroom. When I try it again, I will be sure to have a good subject to look at.

Paper Drawings

This was a fun project to do but it had me sweating bullets in the beginning. I've never done anything like this before.  We took a picture and recreated it using only black construction paper. I'm not quite sure if I got it right but I really like the final result. I think this is one project that I will do again and again.

Shapes - Organic, Geometric & Positive/Negative

These are just a few of my shape pieces. The shapes are cut from construction paper and glued to my sketch book. I enjoyed making them. It was interesting to see what designs came out of my head!

2-D and 3-D Arrows

The assignment here was to create a full page composition using a combination of 3-dimensional and 2-dimensional arrows. I drew a few rough drafts, not really liking the arrangement of the first drawing. Once I decided on the layout, I draw and carefully colored in the arrows, making sure to show how some of the arrows overlapped others. I showed a 3rd dimension by drawing a side wall and coloring it a darker color than the arrow. This was good practice for showing the difference between 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional.

Echos

The object of this drawing is to have a free form line and have other lines flow into it, echoing the pattern. For some reason, it was hard for me to complete this project. I did several sketches but none of them satisfied me. I finally chose this design. It does have a nice flow to it and I really like the brightness of the yellow. The colors tend to pop. I may try this again and see if I can get a nice flow going.