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Over the course of our figure drawing block, we did a multitude of different sketches, some longer and some shorter. We were pushed to not only draw but also be a model for the class and/or smaller groups. We were also required to differ in our choice of materials whether it be graphite pencil, oil pastel, or chalk. I found that each material had both its pros and cons, for instance, oil pastel was great at doing the quick, small, and less detailed poses but when it comes to the longer, and more detailed pieces the malleable nature of the pastel causes it to dull fast and make it harder to use it for small aspects of your model. My process was definitely one of growth, I never really draw people on my own merit and so I tend to stay away from the whole subject of scale and proportion. At first, I struggled with the whole project, throwing away many of my first drawings because I didn't like them, but as I put more and more effort into them and got comfortable with my drawings I actually pivoted to actually enjoying the time we spend creating these figures quite a lot. The two big areas I grew in over the course of this block were proportion and an appreciation of my own work. All in all, I think this project was one of the ones that has benefited me the most as an artist. Although I don't believe ill be doing any more figure drawing on my own time I feel it helped me to know that if I had to I wouldn't be too uncomfortable with the idea and strengthened my understanding of proportion/ scale
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For the Culminating project for my Art 2 class we were given three different rules to follow from our peers based on the previous work we had done.Each rule had to challenge you as an artist and break your norms. The first of my three rules given was it had to be a figure or person since the person assigning that rule knew that i did not enjoy/ don't enjoy drawing people. My second rule was that it couldn't be digitally done since many of my previous works i had to show were done using Adobe Illustrator. Last but not least my final rule was that was not allowed to have a reference image to base my work off of, i honestly don't know why this one was given to me rather than to just make my project a little harder. Although i wasn't allowed to use a reference for the actual duration of creating my artwork i used the classic Bigfoot pose as an inspiration to create my "figure". I believe that my overall final piece ended up somewhat what i wanted to, however i really wish i had either picked a smaller surface or had more time because it isn't as detailed as id like it to be. A large part of the feedback i received was that the pose felt a little off or disproportionate but i think that's to be expected of a no reference drawing especially for someone who doesn't regularly draw people, or in this case people-like figures. With the feedback i received i was able to incorporate some improvements adding a bit more texture to Bigfoot for my final piece which i believe improved my work greatly.
Over the course of this school year i have grown and changed as an artist, many of the projects challenged what i had established as my norms as an artist. By having my peers review my work and give me rules for the last art piece i created in this class it allowed me to continue growing. This final piece felt like a happy grey area for me as an artist where i could rely on my textured nature scenes i have become so comfortable creating and the new frontier presented by figure drawing and all the challenges that come with that. |
AuthorMy name is Roanin Xavier Fisher and I am a Senior attending Napa New Technology High School. Archives
February 2020
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