This project was very hard for me. I struggled with liquid media because I have never done it before and made several mistakes while doing it . I tested the paint with the brushes on several sheets of paper until I knew what the ink would look like. The critique helped me realize that less is more and thow to work with wet media. I do not like the way dots look together on a page with any other mark making. It looks best from me when it it by itself. Due to time I did not get much feedback from my classmates on what I could do better. Looking at some of my classmates projects helped me see how I should have done my original assignment. Seeing the basic lines and movement/ brush strokes helped me figure out how I want this one to look. I went outside my comfort zone by mixing different mark makings and in the end I did not like it. For this project I left the background white so it is easy for others to differentiate between the objects and the background. I added shadows to my drawing. I was originally was going to do it with charcoal because it is fun and easy to smear. Last second, I decided to push myself and use sharpie. I was worried about how it would fade and look at the end. The more I played around with it the more it started to look right. I moved the lighting because it seemed off in comparison to the real setting.
Thanks for your reflection Kendra! I am sorry the critiques were so short, but I am glad you learned something by looking at your classmate’s drawings. Hearing feedback about their work and learning through their process is just as valuable as your own. I personally was very interested in the choices you made with your first drawing in terms of the mark making with the ink, but understand that may not be how you envisioned the work turning out. However, if you approach a drawing from the perspective of process over product, it does not matter if the result is the exact image you imagined in your head! And more often than not, it can be better than what you imagine, it is just a matter of paying attention and looking closely at what you are drawing along the way. I also think it is comforting to know that you can always make a new drawing, using the skills you gained from the previous one. If it is the first time you use ink, that changes quickly when you make your second drawing and you have already tackled the medium.