So after deciding on the photo I was going to use, I started on my draft.
Now, I rarely draw people so it was a bit of a challenge to draw myself, but I'm okay at drawing people. I actually only have one draft. Technically, I probably should have done more than one, like two or so, but I just didn't really want to. It took long enough to take one decent picture conveying an emotion, I didn't want to spend an entire class period trying to take a another. And I wasn't just going to draw another draft of the exact same picture, because that's just kind of silly.
The drawing turned out better than I expected. There were definitely some improvements that could have been done, but it's pretty close to how I wanted it. The only real problem I encountered was the freaking nose. Most people say eyes are hard, and they are, but noses are obnoxious. There's no hard line or anything to really define the shape and you have to line up the nostrils to get them in the right shape and blah. They're incredibly frustrating. After procrastinating on the nose though, I did get it done with some help from Mr. Meserve.
I started my final today and got through getting the basic shape of the head and hand, then adding details to the eyes and lips. The nose is still being put off though. I'm planning on using watercolor for my final, but I've never actually used watercolor out of a tube before, so this should be an interesting learning experience.
Now, I rarely draw people so it was a bit of a challenge to draw myself, but I'm okay at drawing people. I actually only have one draft. Technically, I probably should have done more than one, like two or so, but I just didn't really want to. It took long enough to take one decent picture conveying an emotion, I didn't want to spend an entire class period trying to take a another. And I wasn't just going to draw another draft of the exact same picture, because that's just kind of silly.
The drawing turned out better than I expected. There were definitely some improvements that could have been done, but it's pretty close to how I wanted it. The only real problem I encountered was the freaking nose. Most people say eyes are hard, and they are, but noses are obnoxious. There's no hard line or anything to really define the shape and you have to line up the nostrils to get them in the right shape and blah. They're incredibly frustrating. After procrastinating on the nose though, I did get it done with some help from Mr. Meserve.
I started my final today and got through getting the basic shape of the head and hand, then adding details to the eyes and lips. The nose is still being put off though. I'm planning on using watercolor for my final, but I've never actually used watercolor out of a tube before, so this should be an interesting learning experience.