Value Portraits Questions(:

Value Portraits Art Critique

                                                                                                                                                        

Self evaluation (must write at least 3 sentences for each question)

1. Explain the process you went through to develop your drawing.

To develop my drawing I first had to trace the shade spots and light spots on my person. After my paper was filled with circles of spots where her face shades were different colors, I scribbled led on the pack of the trace paper so i could easily imprint the drawing into my sketch book. After it was imprinted I shaded the circles of shade and light spots to my 9-value scale so the face had color.

2. Explain how you found the different values in the portrait?

I first put the drawing up to the window, and put trace paper on top of it. Then i looked through the trace paper and found spots where her face were lighter and darker. I traced those spots.

3.  Did you achieve a full range of the different values within your portrait?  How?

Most likely, the sun was shining on half her face, and she had a white shirt on, so i definently achieved the lightest color of my 9-value scale. It was harder for me to get darker colors, but because the sun was only on one side, it benefited me so I could go color the darker spots.

4. Describe your craftsmanship.  Is the artwork executed and crafted neatly?

I attempted to make my artwork very neat. It was kind of hard because i had such dark lines to color in. Overall, for my skill level, my drawing was rather good.

5. List any obstacles you had to overcome and how you dealt with them.
I had a problem getting my shades to look correctly. When I was shaded, I often erased lines so the face would look more natural. In the end you can't tell I had a problem with the shading which is a good thing.

Italy's Immaculate Conception

Immaculate Conception

     In Italy, a famous holiday celebrated is the Immaculate Conception. This takes place on December 8th, and its considered the start of Italy's holiday season. If you visit Italy around this time, you'll most likely see a lot of Christmas decorations. That is why the picture above is a holy photo, because Christmas is Jesus's birthday.

The Immaculate Conception is celebrated in church. As you can tell from the photo above, many Italians meet up in their church to worship and celebrate this day. Depending on what you believe though, this holiday would have a different meaning. For example, if you are Catholic, you most likely believe that the Immaculate Conception is the day that Mary was kept free from her sin.

Value Study Drawing!

1. Describe your overall thoughts on the final piece.
In the beginning, my three shapes looked really good. I accidentally did all three shapes in the same color though, and they were all suppose to be different colors. When i redid them, they weren't as neat looking. Hopefully after i finish shading them, they will look a lot better.

2. if this was a group project, what was your contribution?
If this was a group project, I would've contributed on the shading. My shapes aren't always the same size so I wouldn't want to draw the outline of them, causing the circle to look like an oval and square to look too big, and so on.

3. How successful do you feel this piece is and why?
I feel like its actually rather good, but I would love to improve next time. My biggest issue was the square, because it has so many sides to shade from.  I love drawing the circle, but towards the bottom my lines no longer are in the shape of a sideways 'C' but they started becoming like a slash.

4. What worked about this project? What didn’t work?
My planes (what "line" the bottom of the shape is sitting on) are all different, which was a good thing. I didn't struggle with placing them in different spots. I did however struggle with the shading of the shapes, especially because they had to be layered on top of each other.



5. If you were to do this project over again, what changes would you consider making?

Take my time and think about what I'm doing. I listened to the directions, but like I said in question 1, I forgot about the shapes being different colors. I also started drawing on the back, then flipped the paper over to start over, and the lines from the back of the paper went through onto the front, so you could see distinct shape lines and it didn't look good.

6. What was the most difficult part about completing this piece and why?
Blending the colors so you can't see specific lines where I switched oil pastel colors.

7. What did you learn from this piece?

Art takes talent. Before art, I would look at a portrait drawing or a shaded drawing, and would think nothing of it. Now, I understand how much work the artist probably put into the piece, and how important lines and shading really is.