Final Thoughts

My final thoughts on the class would be that it was an interesting course that allowed me to dive deeper into drawing from direct observation. I have taken three art AP courses throughout my years in high school, but I have never completed so much work in just one course. A lot of the techniques that were gone over throughout the class were techniques I already heard about and executed. Although, having this refresher has increased my art skills in just these few months. I have now executed most, if not all of the techniques dealing with line and that will help me during my years at MCA. The work in the class was quite tedious but I guess practice makes perfect. I have spent countless hours working on each project and some have caused sleep depravation but I am content with what I have accomplished this semester. As a freshman, I have produced some nice work, but I need to push further beyond my limits in order to really make a statement about my work. Overall, the class itself was a great experience. I got to meet new people and view their artistic style and it provided great insight on how i should treat my own work. I believe that this class prepared me for the dangers of Drawing II and hopefully I'll have a great time in that class as well.

Cross Hatching Analysis

Building Studies

Conte Study

Gesture Studies

Planar Analysis Studies

Cross Contour Studies

Blind Studies

Perspective Studies

Early Work

Blind Contour

Blind contour deals with the absence of the the controlled contour. In order to do a blind contour, one must not look at his/her paper as they analyze the subject. Some artists that use this style are Ian Sklarsky and an internet artist known as Kevin Breakstone. Examples of blind contour drawings are as follows.

                              
                       

Planar Analysis

         Planar Analysis is the study of an objects in planar form. The use of planes shows a object that may appear only in 2-d form, however the variety in planes create a 3-d shape. One artists example would be Pablo Picasso. His work is known as cubism, however he uses planes in order to show the different sides of a human figure such as the picture below. The name of his artwork is Femme En Pleurs. This work shows the study of planar analysis rather than simply cubism.

Leonardo da Vinci - Perspective

Annunciation - Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian artists that used linear perspective in order to create an illusion of distance and space on a flat plane. Leonardo uses a horizon line and an array of orthogonal lines in his piece in order to present depth on a flat surface. This is one of his finished pieces that he completed during his early 20's. Aside from many other artists, Leonardo thinks of perspective as a mathematical problem in which he addresses as a mathematician and an artist.

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