blind contour portraits

KURT

JESSICA AND MEGHAN

Kurt was much easier for me to draw, I don't know if it was because he was a boy or if it was the side profile. I struggled more with the girls, their features were going all over the place.

original project

sketchmodel drawing

i had a lot of trouble coming up with an idea, all of mine were way too literal. Graham asked me to pick what i liked about the leaf and it was the yellow spots, so i worked my place for a leaf around that. I wanted to make rays going through the leaf to give it its "place."

first try

But unfortunately the leaf was too delicate to puncture any holes in it, and the tissue paper i was using to be more translucent was unable to support the paper leaf on top. So i had to rethink my project again.

new idea for final project

the bottom will be yellow and round to represent a sun, and the "rays" will go through the more resilient paper leaves, and will also serve as the support by hoisting them up from behind. My leaf will be in the middle because it is the most special.

Final A Place For a Leaf Project

I liked the "sunspots" in the leaf, so i tried to base my place off of that.
The bottom is sunshaped with "rays" going through the leaf.
I didn't want to make the imitation leaves green because without
having an exact green, they would clash.
Instead I shaded an orange-ish color with oil pastels so it would
resemble the texture of the leaf, and it is more of an earth tone that would compliment it

a place for a leaf drawing without lifting pen

Nadia was right, i kept trying to lift my pen.

lettering hmwk 2

5 messes

KITCHEN SINK

MY UNMADE BED (USING BLIND CONTOUR)

PILE OF DIRTY CLOTHES (WITH BLIND CONTOUR)

CARDBOARD BOXES

OVERFLOWING RECYCLING BIN

lettering hmwk