This week I decided to draw a picture of my grandmother. It is a little complex because I have to do some shading. I watched a couple YouTube videos on how to shade. I have practiced a couple times and believe I am ready to start. The method I am going to use is the grid method. I am going to use the picture of her on her eulogy because I think it will work best. First I had to print out the picture. I had to re-print a couple times because I couldn´t get the size right. The materials I used were a number 2 pencil, a piece of paper, eraser, and a ruler. After I printed out the picture I made a 1in. grid on it and my other piece paper. I made sure to do it very lightly so I could erase the lines at the end.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WR-FyUQc6I - How to shade link I did the outline of her face and started to shade it. It took me two days to complete so, a little longer than the last one. I think it turned out really well and would I recommend using the grid method. If I could do anything differently I would have went box by box. At the beginning I didn´t shade by going box by box and at the end it turned out I shaded it wrong. I had to go back and add some more shading to pretty much the whole picture. Another tip I learned from this is to draw very lightly and also shade light to dark. The most time consuming part of the whole drawing was to get the outline of her nose, mouth, and eyes the right shape. The eyes are the hardest because you have to draw two that are very similar. I messed up a couple times and if I drew to dark I could see the lines erase lines. Overall, this turned out pretty dang good in my standards. I hope to keep learning new things about shading.
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This genius hour I set up my website on Weebly. I came up with a name for my project as well. Setting up my website took a little longer than I expected but overall, it turned out fine. Picking out the format and pictures were the most important to me. I wanted my website to be eye-catching and draw people´s attention. I hope it worked.
I have also scheduled a date to go and buy art supplies that I will need. I hope that I will be able to find them at a good price. I have begun to start watching numerous painting and drawings videos to become inspired and also get helpful tips. I watched a few on beginners paintings and the materials needed. Since I won´t be coming up with ideas by myself I am going to give them credit for their creations at the end of my blogs. I have also decided on what I am going to be doing for next week´s genius hour/week. I will be drawing the first picture posted on the second link. I started yesterday but then started over today because I didn´t like it. I hope I will begin to like the second try better. The first link was just beginners tips on drawing. https://www.creativebloq.com/illustration/sketching-tips-beginners-81516497 www.shihoriobata.com/blog/things-to-draw-when-bored/ This is how my first drawing turned out. I think I did pretty well considering I had to start over three times. I started by picking out the design. Then drew it out in pencil. When I was satisfied with the pencil part I went over it in pen and added some minor details. I plan on doing at least one more piece of art or a craft this weekend since this one worked out well and I have some free-time. |
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