Contour:Hand drawings, modified and bling

These are my practice contour hand drawings. I'm particularly fond of the second one. However, I need to make sure to make the proportions more accurate next time and make the line continuous and smooth. 

Hand drawing

This was my first attempt at shading in drawing class. My proportions seem fair, however I need to make my lines stronger and the shading smoother in it's transitions. I also need to make sure I fully shade the palm. 

Contour:Room draft

This was my attempt of a contour drawing of our art classroom. (I wasn't able to get much dine on it) I need to make sure to adjust the angles as I draw horizontally according to where I am sitting. I also need to make my lines smooth and clean. The proportions also need a bit of work for this to look better.

Contour:Final room contour drawing

1) For the most part my line is very fluid. There are a few points where dark little dots can be seen where I hesitated trying to figure out my next move but for the most part it is very smooth and not very sketchy. 

2) My practice contour line room drawing and the back pack contour drawing helped me better understand how to pay attention to details and when to get to them.

3) An outline drawing just has basic shapes and no details whereas the room contour has details. 

4) My interpretation of line is normally very sketchy. However for the contour drawing, we are supposed to use fluid lines so I worked to make my lines smooth.

6) I learned how to work in small areas at a time and to use my lines to create perspective. If I could recreate this piece I would fix the table on the left and make it look cohesive to the piece. 

Homework: Contour drawing of a plant

For this drawing, I drew a contour with branches coming down in the fore ground and full trees in the back with the house on the property. I did this drawing based off of my neighbor's yard because I found their weeping willow to be absolutely beautiful.

Final Critique

My absolute favorite project so far is the grey scale ribcage painting I am close to finishing. It's quite different from anything I've ever done. However, I do think that it needs more highlighting to contrast the ribs from the background especially since everything is in shades of grey.
My least successful art project has to be the glass mirror sculpture I was working on. I need to work on creating a sound structure and then it will be perfectly alright. Hopefully I will be able to fix both if these pieces so that their original design can shine through!

Juxtaposition of Textures

I came up with the idea for this from my like for rain in the fall. I love how the leaves look and how everything smells and how everything looks like it's painted in watercolor. So I decided to take that idea and use it to paint leaves as if they were dripping down from the tree like water droplets rather than holding the typical shape given to leaves.