First off, I totally love drawing people. It is such a great challenge and every time I seem improvements in my art skills. For this piece, I was inspired by a peacock feather. Taylor had one at her house so I used it. I wanted to create the illusion of it being like my eye but not directly over my eye. I think the pop of color is a great way to add interest in this piece! I think by doing this the piece had more interest. I started by adding light layers of graphite to make a smoother range of values. I chose to make my shirt very dark to display the wide range of values in graphite.
I chose graphite as my medium of choice because or its wide range of values. I love the way that a simple pencil drawing can be transformed by spending time and energy to create a worth-while piece. This was my first graphite piece since drawing class, so I was excited to get back to working with it. Although many people say graphite is a "safe" medium I would beg to differ. Graphite can be irritable and make lines across your drawing and smear. It constantly takes your time to make it look as clean as possible. Also, a lot is expect out of you using graphite just because of the common quality of it. The prisma colored pencils were also used and took some experimentation. I was not sure how the color would lay over the pencil so I tried to be very soft with graphite then go back and add the colored pencil. It was so hard to add dark values where my eye is under the feather without mudding up the vibrant colors of the peacock feather. As far as my face, I think it looks so much better than my drawing portrait. I feel like I did a better job with the hair.I could do probably add more value to the hand to make it more dynamic. There could probably be more values like anything, but I see improvement. The rough values are kind of a style I am developing as my own and that is cool to see in the works. I feel like the background works really well to create the feeling of being outside without taking attention away from my face in the foreground. I also like my composition and they way my head is tilted. I would love to draw more people sometimes, it is scary but is super rewarding in the end!
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