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This quarter you have studied how to draw a clear object of a glass  in a 3D model using art skills.  You learned about the different ways you have to draw the picture depending on where you draw the picture from. The angles matters, because it is what you see, not what you think. I drew this picture using black charcal and a white even sides paper. I started of thinking about the clear object that I wanted to draw, the object that could best fits my skills towards art. I shaded the entire paper light with the charcal. However, I shaded the middle darker and rub it with a paper towel to lightly the shade. I first started with a circle, one on top and one at the bottom. I realize that the object wasn't a circle drawing figure therefore it would be hard to translate the image on the paper. After drawing my model, I beings to transform it, from a 2D model to a 3D model. I drew the light reflection. The parts that are light, I took an erase and erase the top and sides and I added shadows of my object and erase some parts of the object it self to show that the object is a clear drawing. 

  The glass cup was more complex then what I actually believed it was. The goal I had was to make a clear object appear on a white paper. Although it was challenging, it was done. With shading, darkening spaces, and erasing. 

I first started by taking the black charcoal piece that I had and lighting scribbling over my paper. I then drew a outline of what I imagined the cup to look on paper. Heigh wise, the roundness of it... everything. Then by looking at the size of the paper, I realized that the proportions were off. I then made another attempt at the glass cup. I figured it was too dark for what my goal was to be so then I finally got it right and made my master piece. 

I made sure that there was lighting and the shape wasn't a black outline because evidently a clear object isn't black, it's clear. Over all the final product that was made, I was very content with. 

I decided to shape the model's body how she can be seen in person. She had on a hoodie and some jeans with her belt sticking out. As the kept going on I decided to add in the small details such as the knee shading and leg stance. I made the weight that she was putting her body on noticeable. I found myself making the head smaller than the body so I tried to adjust that by rounding out the strokes heavier and making the chin and neck thicker. I choose orange for the shirt under the model's hoodie because I believed that that well suited the color orange. 

In my future drawings of life size figures, I will choose to focus on even more lighting and shading. I also will continue to draw what I see in person. 

            I make a lot of decisions in this drawing because it’s hard to figure out what you plan to do. When I start this I just jump right into it, I don’t take time to think. Just draw what you see. There is nothing to think about, the whole thing is shading, I just figure out what looks good.

Now, since I enjoy doing this type of drawing I am going to practice more. I think that nothing will be perfect if you don’t practice first. This was my first time doing a clear figure drawing. I believe that I did well but I think that with practice I could do even better. I was challenging my eyes while doing thins because I had to transfer what my eyes see onto a piece of paper, coping as many details as possible.

There are a lot of decisions that I’m making on this drawing. I have to look closely and think about what I want my outcome to look like. When I am ready to draw I look for everyday shapes like lines and circles. I plan out where they would belong and outline everything I am going to draw. When I finish my outline I start to add detail and make it look more like a person.

When I first start this drawing I mess up. For about the first thirty to forty-five minutes of drawing it doesn’t look like anything more than a blob of color. I stress out and am frustrated but then I just keep working about making everything look how I want.

            Wondering what you’re looking at? Well, this is a still art of a mug that was from my school’s “Starry Night” Prom. When drawing still art you need only three things: charcoal, paper, and a BIG eraser. I started off with a mid tone, which is the back shading of my drawing. Then I started off with the outline of the cup and then realized that there was a lighting coming in from the back window so I added the reflection. Lastly, I added the details of the cup and erased anywhere I saw the light coming in.

            My inspiration was to have it look like my aunt’s still art drawing of clay pots she keeps in the basement. I always told my self I would become a good enough artist to draw things like that and here that day is. My teacher Ms. Hull showed us a video about a guy drawing a bowl and then told us to pick something and draw it out.

            My favorite tool to use was the eraser even though it would smudge some times when too much of the charcoal got onto the eraser. But when I was using the eraser, you could automatically see the change in dimension when you erase and shade a lighter shade to make the picture look more real.

            The best thing I did was showing the thickness of the mug in my drawing. The thing I would like to fix is my mid tone because it’s a little off and one side is darker than the other side.

            In all, I think that I did a pretty good job in the two and a half classes I spent on this project. I love getting down and dirty when I am drawing everything or anything.

            What you're looking at is something I've been waiting to do here at SLA. Making a mess, being covered in pastel, and just plain ‘old messing everything and anything up. Figure drawing isn’t easy. You have to get the right proportions and stop and step back to look at your work. It gets tedious but the out come of your drawing is worth it. I got into this assignment with out even being in Ms. Hull’s Advanced Art class. As a freshman, I would walk by and just stare at all of the upper classmen draw and think: “Wow, I’m going to sign up for this class one day!” And now, finally, I got to draw this and well, my process wasn’t as easy as I thought. I feel as if I did well because I like what I drew and so does the model. My favorite things about this work is that I had this mental mind set from Ms. Hull, my art teacher, gave us from day one: “Make a MESS. I want you to mess up and treat your artwork like it’s not precious. Don’t be afraid to mess up and rip your pages!” With that, I blocked every one out and got down and dirty in the pastel. Little did I know pastel is really hard to get out?

            My favorite tool to use is my hand because pastel is messy and can add a lot to your drawing if you know how to use it. SMUDGE EVERYTHING TOGETHER! And I just like getting dirty with my projects in art. That is always the best part of this assignment! Wondering my favorite materials? My favorite material to use was this teal color pastel in the mesh of pastel container.

            I bet you’re still wondering what I meant when I said that I thought my piece came out pretty nice and the model liked it. Well, I meant that if I liked it and the model that was staring at me draw it likes it then that’s all that matters. Oh, and I hope Ms. Hull and Emma like it too. I spent like three classes on my drawing so I am very proud of it. Everything from the texture, the light, and everything in between. For the texture, I shaded and made deep lines. For light, I focused her light and thought that it was coming from behind her. For color, I used a variety of colors and pastel pieces.

            Now in every reflection or after you hand in, there is always that feeling you get when you’re like: “UGH, I could have done that differently!” and man did I have those feelings! The first one was with my model’s hand. It’s all misshapen and not clear. Also, I would change the proportions of how I drew my model. When I work with pastel, I am reminded that it looks best when smudged.

             For my process, I started off with a six foot long brown paper and then I picked a lot of colors like blue, green, yellow, and tan to outline and draw out things at different times. I started off with a lot of blobs. Every time I went over my lines of my model, I would use a different color and go over it. I stared off with the head, then moved onto the shoulders, and then took a step back and drew her arms. I got stuck when I was drawing her hands but I didn’t want to spend too much time on that so I moved on to the waist and her slanted legs. I chose to leave out the models arms and just work with the details on her body.

  The story of Lacey Gallagher

When starting this project I first watched Emma, to give myself some sort of starting position because there was so many places where I could’ve started, that all of a sudden I became lost. So, I first started with the head, and started to make my way down, and from there I started drawing the feet, the hands, the butt, and the legs. After the shape of the body was on paper, I started making the details, which was the structure of the face, neckline, the lips, the eyes, and the curving of the bust area. Then came the colors. I chose purple because I thought it would go well with the orange and I also just think that purple is a pretty color, which is why I merged light purple and dark purple onto the picture. I also chose the color blue, because I think blue is a fun color, and it is usually incorporated in all of my pictures. Doing this project I learned that when drawing a body, lightly draw the general shape first, and then start making curves, and edges, and neat patterns that would make the picture seem more real.

This assignment made me grow more as an artist, because before this project when drawing body’s I just drew what I saw, which would make my pictures look un-neat and juvenile, but I have learned to analyze whom drawing, and from which angle I am drawing from, then to go into the shape, the curves, and the edges etc. This technique will definitely help me in the future. 

       I drew the rim and made it bend into the circle, which was the format of the bowl. Then I started to blend and shade the color. The outside of my bowl is not solid black; I tried to find light and dark areas. That was difficult because sometimes it was hard to find. So when I got done my vase I started my flower. I formed the pedals and made sure I shaded n black and grey. I added some white to lighten the color. Then I added red into it, to make an extra step, and make my picture come alive. I blended red and peach together to make my peddles pretty. I enjoyed this project.

Ms. Hull told the class to draw a 6ft picture of a girl named Jamie in our class. I was nervous and going crazy. But I just breathed and relaxed and tried to know where I would start. First, I took the 6ft piece of paper and nailed it to the side of the wall and got her side view.

 I started with an outline of her whole body. Then blend her hair in work colors, and stark forming her face. I made her shirt and started to form her body. Then I made her waste, and pants. I messed up but corrected it. I made the sneakers.

Then I was happy, but the color blending was hard. I added green, red, yellow, and orange in the hair. But then the shirt was green, and added great effects to it. The pants I left regular colors. When I finished I was satisfied.

Arianny Valdez

Soy una muchacha que es bastante simpática .La simpatía me da un esfuerzo cuando estoy con jenté nueva especialmente los estudiantes de SLA.Usó esta simpatía para relacionar con los demás.A mi me gusta ser muy simpática por que no me gusta estar disgustada o enojada.Con mis amigas y amigos yo uso esta simpatía para communicarme mas con ellos.Cuando ellos necesitan ayuda yo estoy ay para ayudarlos y apoyarlos.Ellos siempre pueden contar con una amiga simpática como yo porque me consideran como una muchacha que es muy sincera cuando llega tiempo de estar a su lado.

Además de esto soy una muchacha muy tranquila.La tranquilidad me ase mas calmada en mi vida.Cuando estoy relajada me gusta leer libros ,escuchar música,y también dibujar para despejar un poco mi mente.Cuando estoy con mi mejor amiga que es Kristina nosotras dos platicamos de nuestros dias y tambien jugamos juegos. Claro Kristina no attende la escuela de SLA pero todavia nos vemos y ablamos cuando estamos juntas los fines de semanas. En mi opinion Kristina y yo tenemos esta caracteristica que es la tranqulidad en común porque no somos inmaduras pero maduras y actuamos la edad appropiada para cada cual.

Soy una muchacha graciosa que le gusta reirse y aser muchos chistes.No puedo pasar un dia sin sonreir. Si no estoy sonriendo se que estoy de mal humor y si esto me pasa que es frecuentemente me pongo pesada, huraña, y antipatica. Mi primo Elvis y yo somos muy cercanos el es muy increible. Todos no consideran uña y carne es verdad somos inseparables! Elvis vive en Nueva York pero nos mantenemos en contacto.Me arecuerdo que en el 2010 en el dia de mi cumpleaños Elvis se paso de comicò para asarme mas feliz de la cuenta.Pasamos el dia riéndonos de el biscocho que el me puso en la cara.Por eso es que me divierto y me facina reirme y aser muchos chistes.

Yo valgo mucho de mi familia.Tengo familia en differentes países y estados.Parte de mi familia están en Philadelphia, Nueva York,Nueva Jersey y la majoria son de la Republicà Dominicana.Mis padres son 100% Dominicanos pero yo soy Americana con una familia hispana. Mis padres y yo nos llevamos excellente los respeto muchos y los adoro.Ellos me proporcionan con los materiales que necessitos. Estos materiales son essenciales claro como la comida,una casa y sin embargo dinero.Aunque me dan muchas cosas y me trajieron a esto mundo tan precioso lo que mas me importa es que tengo los dos en mi vida.En mi opinion valgo por mi familia por que en real tengo una familia.

Yo soy una muchacha muy religiosa.Soy Catholica y mis padres tambien.La religion es muy importante en mi cultura por que nosotros creemos en dios.Creer en dios me ase darle mas honor a las personas menos offortunadas como yo .Como las jentés pobres y abnormales. Aunque todos los ser umanos apparentamos  differentes meresemos estar tratados en una manera respetuosa. Por lo general si me encuentro con jente pobre o abnormal como quiera lo voy a acceptar. Esto es lo Que me encanta De mi religión!

En el futuro me veo graduándome de SLA con una (GPA) de 3.8.La carrera que quiero estudiar despues de graduada es sciensa forenses. Me quiero convertir en una experta en esta materia.Tener mi futuro planeado a una edad tan joven me va a inspirar con muchas mas ideas cuando sea adulta.Para mi ser tan dedicada en el futuro me atrae mas con las jentés que tienen éxito en su carrera.Obviamente mis profesores tienen una cantidad enorme de éxito en sus carreras.Ellos me permiten con una educaciòn en la que puedo usar el resto de mi vida.Cuando estoy con mi profesores ellos son mi motivacion en que puedo llegar a la carrera de mi futuro!