Observational Sketches

For one of our assignments we were asked to draw light through liquid.  While I was sitting at my desk one day I decided to sketch this glue (haha) and I sketched it side ways to avoid the sticker on the front that blocked a lot of the light!  Although at first I thought this one was silly, I like the way it turned out, probably because of how many color values are in there.  It took around twenty minutes, and I used from HB to 6B to draw and shade it!

Above is another sketch for the light assignment.  It is suppose to be a picture of light reflecting off of water.  It was slightly wavy because there was a fountain in it.  I like this sketch because it was one of the first sketches where I used mostly the whole page.  It also looks a little abstract and creates odd shapes, which essentially is what light through water should do anyway!  It took about fifteen minutes and I used from an HB to an 8B in lead.

A later assignment we were given was to sketch our wood projects.  This was one of my first prototypes of the wood project but I thought it showed the material more clearly.  I think this sketch is successful because it shows detail rather than just the shape.  This sketch took a little over twenty minutes because I had a hard time showing the perspective!  I used a 2H and a 4H pencil!

We got a new assignment where we are drawing self portraits!  I have never done one before but I already enjoy the drawings.  Although it doesn't look too much like me, I still think it's a cool assignment because it doesn't have to look absolutely perfect- mine looks more abstract!

Above is a sketch from Susan Sadler's sketchbook that shows a different style and technique than I have thought to try.  I think she did a spectacular job at showing the texture of the stick.  Sometimes it is better to sketch something smaller with more detail rather than trying to get every thing in the drawing with less detail.

This was another one I chose because it looked so neat and orderly in her sketch book.  It was obvious that she used a straight edge to make the drawing and then shaded it in.  I hadn't thought of using tools in order to make our sketches but it could be very useful at times!

Check out more of Susan's work at http://susansadler.blogspot.com/  :)

Above is a sketch of Tricia's that I chose from her sketch book and it is a self portrait.  I chose this one because I loved the dark shading she used, plus it's just a great sketch!  Hers looks way more real than I know how to do and so hopefully I can adopt some of her techniques!  Also, all of her drawings are really stylized, like how she has the pencil on her lip in the picture, and I thought that was cool.

Check out Tricia Collin's work athttp://triciaannecollins.blogspot.com/ !