Vases, Faces, and Little Princes

                     

(Pencil, 9’’ x 12’’, 163gsm)

According to the assignment this week, we tried to separate our hand and eyes and used left and right brain, which was a big challenge for me. When I was drawing the vases & faces drawing, I tried to draw smooth lines, but I found that it was difficult for my brain to control my hand. Especially when I started drawing the right part, I always unconsciously wanted to change the direction of the lines. Thus, I didn’t draw the vases & faces as balanced and full in the end.

The biggest challenge for me was the second drawing, I never tried to draw with a reversed direction. So, I couldn’t control the scale of the drawing very well.  Despite I drew each line carefully, I did not show every part of the drawing properly. However, I chose to draw with marker pen instead of a pencil, because I didn’t want to give myself the opportunity to modify it. At the same time, I played music at the beginning. But as the passage mentioned, I cannot remember what music I have heard after I finished this drawing.

(Marker Pencil, 8.5’’ x 11’’, 160 GSM, #Moonstone)

When I chose still life drawing object, I decided to use a small prince ceramic statue on my desk, a birthday gift from my friend. I chose it because of its soft outline and rich colors. I preferred to use three kinds of mediums which are marker pen, pencils and colored pencils. Moreover, I used different papers to draw. When using the marker, I tried to outline it by not lifting the pen. Since we practiced the method of blindfolding, which made me feel very interesting. If I was familiar with the outline of an object, it still can be well depicted even if the hand and eyes are separated. So, I tried a stroke to finish the drawing and drew fast. In the pencil drawing, I expressed the light and the shadows about it. For the final drawing, I chose colored-paper which is similar to the face of the object. Moreover, I chose the most realistic and flat way to restore the color and shape of the object. 

                       (Marker Pen, 7.5’’ x 11”, 200 GSM)                       (Pencil, 6’’ x 9’’,163 GSM)            (Colored-Pencil, 8.5’’ x 11’’, 160 GSM, # Honeysuckle)

However, when I finished these drawing, I found that they were very similar to the children's paintings in kindergarten. I think it's because we are used to drawing what our eyes see, rather than adding our own imagination or thinking about it. But what if we use the approaches we learnt such as change our brain side or blind-contour, it might be different.