Five Messes

this is my basket of hair products. i drew this one in pen just to try something new. i also wanted to work on what they say in class about drawing strong lines instead of hesitant ones. this made me more hesitant when i was drawing because i wanted to get the lines just right. but once i put the pen on the paper i was forced to commit to the line, which was my whole purpose.

my second mess is my closet. i chose it because it had a lot of different things to draw. i also tried to draw single bold lines instead of the sketchy lines i usually do. it almost looks like a cartoon to me, which i like.

this is the first mess that i chose. it is my tote bag that i take to class everyday. out of all of my messes, this is my favorite one. i have my laptop, some pencils, triangles, crackers, and lotion in the bag.

random things

these are the five most interesting things i had in my purse... sunglasses, lip gloss, a pair of bracelets, scissors, and an ID pouch. my favorite things are the lip gloss and the sunglasses. the sunglasses and the pouch took the longest... the sunglasses because it was hard for me to get the shape exactly right... the pouch because of the detail with the pattern.

lettering exercise...

upside down man

i know this man is not upside down now, but the assignment was to draw him upside down. this was a challenge for me because it is natural to rely on previous knowledge of what body parts and other objects look like when drawing. it is hard to do that when drawing upside down! instead i just had to focus on drawing the lines that were right in front of me.

this is our first assignment in studio class. i was nervous about it at first, but i'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.