Learning To See

1. How thoroughly were you able to explore the expressive qualities of line in your 

contour drawings? 

- I was able to explore many types of line qualities in all of my contour drawings. As I used different medias, I used different line qualities because the different surfaces such as the wood that I used.

2. How well were you able to represent the positive and negative spaces of the 

silhouette drawing? 

- I choose to draw a tree for my silhouette so the branches allowed for a nice silhouette with positive and negative spaces.

3. How well did you master “craft” in your series of silhouette drawings?  In what 

ways could you have improved your “craftsmanship” throughout your process? 

- I feel like I did a good job in terms of using the ink for the silhouette drawings. I could have done a better job with using the ink with wood and not been as sloppy. But overall I think I did a pretty good job with ink and combining it with water too.

4. Which techniques, tools, or styles did you find most comfortable?  Why? 

- I enjoyed using the ink for my silhouette drawings and ink and water combined to create shadows and shading of the cup I was drawing. I also used pencils to shade drawings and I felt comfortable with the pencils.

5. How were you able to combine your own sense of expression in your representation of the shapes? 

- In my silhouette drawing, I put my own twist on my trees that I drew. I combined the tree branches with one another across the page to have an interesting look and connection between the trees.

6. Given the feedback you received throughout your work, what are your formal strengths as a representational artist?  What are your expressive characteristics?

 - I feel that my shading is a strength of mine in being an artist. I feel more comfortable with shading to create depth in the drawings and make the drawing better. I don't like make bigger, dark lines in my drawings but I could improve on that in certain situations.