Shown below are my two ideas for a narrative for my cartoon. I have decided I like idea 1 the best and I will continue with this one.

Idea #1: Unnatural   

Two manatees unknowingly relax over a toxic chemical dump vent

Idea #2: Drama Llama 

Anti-mask llama doesn’t believe Covid-19 is real but gets the vaccine before everyone

First Group (8 quick sketches):

I used pencil, charcoal, and ink. I enjoyed the ink the most, especially the way the brush changes thickness and the contrast between the black and the page.

Second Group (5 longer sketches):

Ink drawing of pose

Charcoal lionfish

Flowers in ink

Draw 4 of the exercises from the reading:

Draw 2 sketches of outdoor perspective for the project:

View from my Window 

View from my yard

Prompt: Using a range of pencils to create a 9-step value scale chart with 1” squares. You will then create 4 separate scales using hatching, cross hatching, stippling and random marks. Next you will draw a sphere. The sphere should be at least 6” wide and have a light source. The last exercise will be to draw a cube in perspective using charcoal to give the drawing value and shadow.

Value Charts 

Sphere with light source in upper left corner 

Charcoal cube

Here I have made four contour drawings on one 18″x24″ page. Each drawing (except for the sea urchin shell) has an in progress and final image. After trying all of the pencils I decided using HB for the initial sketch and then going back over the emphasized areas with the darker 2B and 4B pencils worked best. I preferred drawing the fabric objects because the lines did not need to be as precise in order to convey the image.

Object 1 – Sea Urchin Shell from Sanibel Island FL

Object 2 – OSU Scrunchie

In-progress object 2

Object 3 – Sunglasses

In-progress object 3

Object 4 – Face Mask

In-progress object 4 

Blind Contour 1

Blind Contour 2

Blind Contour 3 

This blind contour exercise was quite difficult, but it resulted in some interesting images!

Continuous Line Contour 1 

Continuous Line Contour 2

Continuous Line Contour 3 

I found the continuous line contour drawings to be much easier than the blind contour since I could look at the page. I also found that using my hair was a good way to move around to different parts of the face without drawing a lot of lines across.