Overall Thoughts Gave myself enough time to do the assignment, this time. I started around 10am and finished around 7pm. I learned that the main parts of laying down the base colors, and even doing the gradients, takes a predictable amount of time. But then reflections and highlights can take a LOT of time, depending …
Evolve Artist Block 2 Assignment 19: Butterfly Perch Read More »
Overall Thoughts This time I remembered to check the edges of the different shades. Also, I like how the left side of the box turned out. And the dent on the back of the swan looks quite realistic, too. TK YT Pub Assignment video Total time spent: 3:30-4:30+: sketch 4:30-8:30: paint If I were to …
Overall Thoughts Finally remembered to do the distance-blur effect for this painting (at least for the far side of the note cards)! Which I kind of forgot in the last few assignments. oops… I also tried to be a lot more systematic. After filling in colors from dark to light, I reminded myself to check …
Evolve Artist Block 2 Assignment 17: Canary Yellow (origami canary & note cards) Read More »
Overall Thoughts I tried to step back and choose simpler items for this still life. The mouse was still a bit more complicated though. I tried to set it up to make it as easy to draw as possible (e.g., lining up its nose to the top of the can and the right front foot …
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Overall Thoughts TK YT Pub Assignment video Total time spent: If I were to start this painting over right now, what would I do differently? Day 1 Day 2 Final Submission This is the final painting I submitted for grading: Based on this sketch: Based on these measurements: Based on this still life setup: I …
Overall Thoughts I thought the dog would be one of the more simple origami things to draw (as opposed to, say, a crane) especially given that it is so big. But measuring the dog actually took forever, because I wasn’t sure what to do about all the non 90-degree angles. I ended up picking a …
Overall Thoughts Challenged myself a little bit with an all-black cup with handle. The handle turned out a bit skinny, but the overall effect went well. I stuck to my self-made rule of including at least one origami/paper art object and one rectangular/square-shaped object in the still life setup. In this case, they are one …
Evolve Artist Block 2 Assignment 13: Painting 3 “A Spot of Tea” (Cup, Box, Soap) Read More »
Overall Thoughts TK YT Pub Assignment video Total time spent: If I were to start this painting over right now, what would I do differently? Day 1: Sketch It takes time to set up a still life. Actually I should have said this took more than 2 days, because some days in between, I would …
Overall Thoughts One thing I noticed is that all that proportional drawing and measuring seems to have really trained my brain to see better and my brain and hand to work together better. After doing my first painting for Block 2, I used the leftover paint to imitate a comic book cover I had, and …
Evolve Artist Block 2 Assignment 11: Painting 1 “Party Ball” (ball, cone, box) Read More »
Overall Thoughts Rather proud of this drawing, especially the lampstand. TK YT Pub Assignment video Total time spent: If I were to start this painting over right now, what would I do differently? Day 1 Started around 11 am, finished around 1:20pm. Took a long time to set up the still life so that it …
Evolve Artist Block 2 Assignment 10: lampstand & box Read More »
