Chair with Coat

HOW did you find today's still life more or less complicated to draw than the still lives over the past few weeks (white paper, sticks, fabric)? Be specific.

HOW did you use some of the skills we've developed over the past three weeks drawing more complicated still lives to draw the chair with coat today? What are these skills?

I found today's sketch harder to shade then other drawings we've done.  Although I liked that there were less things in the scene then we normally have.

Today I used general shapes and then made them more details later.  The coat was the same as the hanging fabric.  Instead of drawing the lines you shade to make the lines.  I didn't get to the coat yet but when I do that will be the approach I take.

Fabric Drawing

How did today's drawing feel different than last week's drawing of the sticks?

Today you drew some fabric hanging in the middle of the room.
You were asked to think about creating the feeling of the fabric's weight and behavior in your drawing.
You were asked to build the drawing from the general to the specific.

How did it go?
How did it feel to try to recreate the fabric you saw?

I thought today's drawing went well.  It was definitely easier for me to draw todays scene then it was to draw the sticks.  The fabric had a very flowly effect so it was easy for me to do as opposed to drawing the sticks' shapes.  Overall I think today's drawing was pretty easy.  I would definitely like to try and finish this drawing some time soon.

Pile of Sticks

Today's drawing was hard to get used to.  At first I wasn't able to be open minded enough to just draw lines.  Instead I had to try to make everything perfect.   Eventually I started to get the hang of it although by that time the class was almost over.  Although it was very challenging I thought it was a very good exercise.  I would like to spend more time on things like this in the future.  Looking at others drawings was interesting.  Some people like to make their lines thicker and some thinner.  When comparing them to mine the other drawings looked as if the person was more laid back about the sticks then I was.  I am happy with my unfinished drawing's turn out.

The Changing Still Life

at least 3 things you had to do to accomplish this goal

or

what would you do differently knowing what you know now

if i knew exactly what we were going to do today i would have drawn the image lighter, maybe have drawn the top of the table a little bigger and spend less time on the shading of the objects.  it was hard for me to keep up with the fast changes ms roberts made every few minutes.  when she put the bottle on the table i realized that my table was too small to fit everything.

3 forms drawing

Today when drawing I was not too worried about although what I was worried about was drawing the pine-cone.  I had a little trouble with blending the black and white pencils although I was eventually able to do so.  When I look at the other drawings by my classmates I realize in comparison to them that my drawing or shading is not as dark.  By the end of the year  would like to get more comfortable with using the pencils and more comfortable with shading.

Talk and Draw

Drawing without knowing exactly what to draw is a challenge, but being able to see what the other person was supposed to draw and telling them size, color and shape was harder.  I found it hardest to explain to my partner the shape of an object.  When describing the cookie-cutter in the shape of a heart I had trouble communicating what way it was lying on the table and which was it was facing.  Being the one to draw means that you are relying only on your partner's ability to describe everything that was on the table.  Without my partner being able to tell me if something was a vase or a piece of wood she instead tried to describe whatever it was by saying what it is found in or used for.