Advanced Art Slideshow

During this quarter, the majority of the art we drew was created by us. In the beginning of the quarter, we drew blind contour drawings which is a concept artists use to practice their drawing skills. Blind contour drawings are when you're looking at a an object and not at your paper and you attempt to draw the object as best as 

you can. My other drawing after the contour drawing was a painting of my own creation. It represents how wounded the world is, and all we really do to fix it is "put a band aid on it." Metaphorically. 

My personal preference for materials for materials and techniques is using larger paintbrushes to make soft undertone for the base. Let that dry. And then from there paint a lighter color on top. I do this because sometimes, colors don't mix very well. So instead of mixing them in a pallet, I just paint over what's already there. 

Something important that I learned is that you can make magic out of your mistakes. In my "Heal the World" drawing, I first attempted to draw the ground, I also attempted to draw first. But, turns out, the brown was more of a darker red. So instead of starting over, I made the red a little lighter and made it blood. It saved me so much time and frustration.