29/9/11 Evaluation on Icon Unit

I think that this unit was a success and I really like the roughness of my drawing as I think it shows the character of the Icon. I asked other people in the class as well what they thought of it and they also liked the roughness of the drawing. They thought that I had really bothered a lot about the shading. This makes the picture look more realistic. Andreas and Sophie really said that this was one of the aspects that were good with the picture.

When this is said there are some aspects that aren't as good. Martha thought the tie and the background weren't dark enough. This is true even if I did it specifically in that way to make Obama stand more out. This is certainly the case with the background. The tie is actually dots of black and white and as I wanted the tie only to be one color, I decided to draw it gray. Martha was the one that didn't think the same way about the color of the background. She said it would be better with darker as it would make it more realistic. I thought the opposite.

For next time there are several aspects that I would change. Firstly I would try to be more careful with my ear and my lips. This is because I think the shading of the lips isn't completely correct. I would probably also do a more symbolic background as the light gray doesn't show too much. I should also shade the picture a little more smoothly. I agree with Sofie on this point. She also thought the ears could have some improvements. I also agree on this point. Except for this most people thought it was very good and successful.

 Here is the final picture with the final adjustments.

Icons 22/9/11

Today we had our last day in this unit and I finished what I set out to do during the previous lesson. I did almost only shading during the whole lesson. I am really happy about how the picture has come out and I think it is good. I also asked what various people thought of my drawing and they all said that it looked good, even though some people  thought the picture was drawn a little too rough while they also thought the ears didn't fit into the picture. With the first point I do not agree as i think it gives it more style. The second aspect about the ear I completely agree as I think it was the aspect that was the worst in the whole picture!

Overall I think it was a good unit and I think my drawing was successful. The shading was one of the major reasons why this ended so well!

Here is almost my final picture. I have done some more detailed on the underlips. I think the shading was very good, even if it is a little too dark under the lips.

Icons 15-9-11

Today I continued drawing the picture. Finished the darker areas and started doing the shading of gray. It is looking good, even if therre is still allot of work to be done. I am happy with the shading so far, but I will have to be carefull not to mess the things up and put the good grey to the particular areas of the face. For next lesson i will have to continue with my shading and do the eyes of Barack Obama.
 
PS: I am not happy with the area under the nose!

Icons 8/9/11

Today we had our art lesson, and I continued to work on my picture of Barack Obama. I re-drew my mouth as well as starting to shade the whole object. I think the drawing is going on well, even if I am quite scared that the shading will not be succsesfull. When this is said i believe the shading of he hair and the clothes are looking good so far. I have a good feeling about the picture!

This is the picture that I had done in the previous lesson. This is what I had done from scratch during the first double lesson. I realy like the eyebrows and I think the outline is correct. The mouth is not good. The lips are wrong.

 

When we had finished the last double lesson, I done allot of the darker areas and re-done the mouth completely. It looks muck better now even if some adjustment with the teeth are needed. Most of the dark areas are needed and the whole outline is finished now. Next lesson I will have to start doing the shading.

Going good!