Greatest Fear Greatest Joy




Joy: Reading, not being around too many people
Fear: being alone/not having anyone to turn to

Materials: Pencil/graphite on paper

Reference Images:




(cites: 
tree on hillside:Creator: M.Pellinni Copyright: M.Pellinni
Tree: Creator: Smileus Credit: Depositphotos
Couple: esther sun, offset by shutterstock
The last picture is me on my window seat)


Compositional Sketches: 


Original Sketch: 


Reflection:

As of now, I feel that I am in a good place with my piece. I've shaded in most of the background (outside the window), and it seems to be coming together well. Since I'm working on A4 instead of A3, I will have to make another, but based on the time it's taken me to do this so far, I'm not too worried about that.  I'm happy with my start, and I think so far I've made good progress. 

Feedback:

- I like the fact that your joy and your fear is kind of combined into one concept. I do think you should find ways to enhance your fear of being alone. Playing with dark values around you might help to enhance the feeling of loneliness.

- I like the placement idea for your drawing; it really suits the main theme of your drawing. One aspect that I would like for you to clarify is the background. Are you only going to add a group of people or are you going to add something else? Also, you could also add facial expressions or some ways to express your emotion towards the fear of isolation.

- your composition is interesting and I like your idea.. how will you show that you are afraid of being alone? maybe the foreground is dark tones and the background is light tones? or the other way around?

- i like the perspective in it, kind of bring out the whole isolation theme. lookin good!

- I really like the sketch so far! It's very clear and the use of perspective is very nice

- i like the detail on the sketch. It looks well composed and the composition works well and it is balanced with the objects in the back.

- I like your idea and composition, but do you think you will include facial expressions?

Process shot:



Final Product and Reflection



Throughout the two pieces, there were a couple of things I struggled with. The first was the paper: it was quite textured, and so the darker the pencil I used, the more the texture came out. I'm not quite happy with some of the darker areas due to this. The other main thing I struggled with was fabric. I haven't drawn much fabric (if at all), and so it was a bit of a struggle to make it look realistic, especially in the first piece. Overall, I prefer the second piece, as I went in with a bit more experience,  both in handling the paper and drawing fabrics. If I could change something about the piece, it would be the perspectives of the photos. I like the perspective overall, mainly due to the leading lines, however the perspective shifted a little, showing a different angle on the window. When I was drawing the pieces, it didn't seem like too much of a difference, however seeing them side by side shows me just how different they are. 

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