Mirror Self Portrait

This was my first attempt at my self portrait (using a mirror) looking at this now i can see that i used my lines incorrectly just making them droop down makes my face look like an old person, i should curves some of them to create a 3d effect. 

This was my second attempt and i tried using the lines correctly but i struggled because i didn't know how to draw the lines going across my face.

This was the last attempt, i was told to draw as if there was a bug walking across my face how would the lines on my face look like, i felt my face and i did a little better on this one but i need more practice with it.

blind self portraits

 This was my first "blindfolded" self portrait. i could have taken more time with the face shape so that it could be longer, i think i just quickly drew it as i moved my finger along the edge of my face. i thought that this was fun because i liked seeing how my face turned out at the end, i didnt have a problem cheating because i actually like the way my drawing would turn out even if it looked like this because it looks interesting and fun.

This is my second attempt and you can see that my face is better, it actually goes around in a circle shape and my features that within the face. it almost looks as if it was meant to look like this so i like this drawing. i really enjoyed this activity because i felt more connected to was i was drawing.

This was my first felt tip drawing, i liked using marker because it makes it looks more fun and interesting to look at. you can tell that i took my time, hence the drawing looks more put together.

This was my second felt tip drawing, i was told to use more lines to define my face and its a little off but it looks more realistic than the first drawing with marker.

We started drawing multiple self portraits and i think that the proportions are getting better with practice.

This is another felt tip self portrait.

I like this one just because having three makes it more fun to look at.

contour line drawing of head skull ( looking at object/ looking at both)

This was my first attempt at drawing a skull only looking at the skull, it looks like a lot of lines but you can make out some of the features like the teeth and the top of the head. looking at the drawing i probably didn't take my time, if i were to slow down i think i would've been able to get the features at least a little bit closer together and not as far away as it got in my drawing. 

This was my second attempt with looking at both object and paper. at the time i thought it was okay but i was told that i shaded so i had to start with another skull which is a couple of posts down. i learned that Mrs. Sammataro was trying to teach us to draw with our eyes and even though it looks okay i should have used the techniques we were learning to learn how to draw correctly or with the right technique.

shell contour line drawing

This was my first attempt at drawing a shell using contour lines, at this point i still didn't fully understand the use of contour lines, i just thought it meant to sketching, which is kind of true but i didn't know that we had to use lines to create curves, i just drew lines on my shell going straight down or sideways. i had a lot of difficulty with drawing this shell because it has curves and points that were hard for me to draw onto paper. i learned that if i were to touch the shell maybe i could have incorporated that into my drawing.

This was my second attempt and you can see that i tried to make my lines curve at the round part of the shell, looking at it now it looks like no effort was put into this drawing and it looks like i just gave up on the pointy parts.again if i would have given it more time and touched it i think i could have made it look more realistic and like i actually took time to draw it.

contour line drawing of bone ( blindfolded...only looking at the object...looking at both paper and object)

This was  my blindfolded drawing as you can see you cant really tell what the object is, but i think that it is more intriguing than an actual bone drawing because you can make it your own imagination, then again if i took my time on this drawing it could have probably looked more like a bone.

This was my second attempt with the blindfold, Better, but more time and i think i could have gotten the proportionate's more accurate.  

This was the third attempt where we were allowed to look only at the object, this was hard to me because i was so tempted to look at my paper, which i did a couple of times,and i realize now that the fact that i couldn't handle not looking at the paper means that i was really worried about the outcome, i wanted it to look the way i wanted, not the way it should be.

                                       

This was the fourth attempt where we were allowed to look at both our objects and paper. you can obviously tell that it is a bone this time, but to me it looks boring and even with the ability to look at my paper it's not the best it could be, i doesn't have to be the best but the idea that i had the chance to see my drawing and for it to look that boring doesn't give me the satisfaction i needed for this drawing.

blindfolded and not blindfolded foot contour line drawing

This was my blindfolded foot drawing, we had to feel our foot as we were drawing, this was hard because i was so used to just "seeing" my object, but even when we see, we don't draw all of what's there. we have to learn to appreciate the ability to see and use our eyes to guide us through out the drawing.

This was the second try with the blindfold still on, i drew this one a little faster because honestly i knew it was going to turn out weird anyways, i know that that's not the way to think but i was just impatient to see my drawing outcome. Thinking back on this experience, i definitely try to slow down a little and try not to draw what i want to see.

This was our last attempt but without our blindfolds, obviously this one looks the most cartoon-ish, this foot looks like it took no effort and took only about three minutes to draw. first starting out i realized that i was REALLY impatient and i learned that to get the best result you have to put effort and time into your drawings.

skull contour line drawing

This was supposed to be a contour line drawing of a skull but i didn't really know the definition of contour line was so i sketched it instead. Truthfully this took about 5 min maybe a little more to draw and i realized that this is what Mrs. Sammataro was talking about, we don't spend enough time looking at the object but just drawing what we see plus what we want to see.

This was my second attempt at drawing the skull actually using contour lines. i still wasn't confident in my drawing because sketching was a comfort technique where i just shaded in arched areas, instead of making lines for it. this drawing looks more proportionate and cleaned up. 

making marks

This was our mark making drawing, we were free to make any marks our emotions would let out. Honestly it was hard for me to let go, my hands were too stiff and i thought too much about composition and placement, but i learned that drawing was hard and it was going to take time to get better.

This was my second attempt at mark making. i tried to let go and just make marks, but it was still too uncomfortable for me, i think that this drawing is a little bit better than the first one in terms "letting go".