1. Did you use a wide range of values? Explain how this is evident.
I think I used a wide range of values in the project even though with charcoal its easy to get stuck in the middle tones. I had dark parts and other parts that are complete white (or pink in this case). It was challeging since I had never worked with charcoal till our frabric practice.
2. Explain how your knowledge and creating practice studies with values contributed to your piece.
With the practice pieces, they were great for well, practice. I had only drawn fabric like one other time, and didn't know the right way to draw it. In the practice studies I got to see what worked and what didn't when drawing fabric. I also got to the think about it both ways with a black and white medium. I felt more comfortable when it came to the final than if I had just jumped in without any previous knowledge.
3. Describe the blending and transitions in your fabric.
With fabric there is usually a dark side that transitions to a light side. I started each part of the fabric with the darkest I could go then blended it to light by lighting my weight on the pencil. Some parts were left completly pink for the major highlights in the fabric. I tried to blend out all of the major lines, so there wasn't a line between the transition between dark to medium values. It was very hard to go very light with the charcoal, so the lighter values took more concentration.
4. Explain how your interpretation of texture is essential in capturing the look of the object.
By looking at the texture in the folds of the fabric, it allows me to draw a more realistic image. Adding all the textures of the fabric made it really come together and not look like a paper with a few fold lines in it. The texture captues the essence of the fabric and how each part is shaped differently.
5. If you could recreate your piece what would you do differently to enhance the final outcome?
I would defintly try the different charcoal pencils instead of just using the 6B to push the values even farther. I would also try to encorperate more blending since with charcoal you can blend with your finger. I could also try to draw more of the fabric, like more towards the bottom of the fabric.
I think I used a wide range of values in the project even though with charcoal its easy to get stuck in the middle tones. I had dark parts and other parts that are complete white (or pink in this case). It was challeging since I had never worked with charcoal till our frabric practice.
2. Explain how your knowledge and creating practice studies with values contributed to your piece.
With the practice pieces, they were great for well, practice. I had only drawn fabric like one other time, and didn't know the right way to draw it. In the practice studies I got to see what worked and what didn't when drawing fabric. I also got to the think about it both ways with a black and white medium. I felt more comfortable when it came to the final than if I had just jumped in without any previous knowledge.
3. Describe the blending and transitions in your fabric.
With fabric there is usually a dark side that transitions to a light side. I started each part of the fabric with the darkest I could go then blended it to light by lighting my weight on the pencil. Some parts were left completly pink for the major highlights in the fabric. I tried to blend out all of the major lines, so there wasn't a line between the transition between dark to medium values. It was very hard to go very light with the charcoal, so the lighter values took more concentration.
4. Explain how your interpretation of texture is essential in capturing the look of the object.
By looking at the texture in the folds of the fabric, it allows me to draw a more realistic image. Adding all the textures of the fabric made it really come together and not look like a paper with a few fold lines in it. The texture captues the essence of the fabric and how each part is shaped differently.
5. If you could recreate your piece what would you do differently to enhance the final outcome?
I would defintly try the different charcoal pencils instead of just using the 6B to push the values even farther. I would also try to encorperate more blending since with charcoal you can blend with your finger. I could also try to draw more of the fabric, like more towards the bottom of the fabric.