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Project 5 – Interior Perspective With Value

October 29, 2020

by mukherjee.123 at 3:43pm

My living room, in charcoal.

I wanted to give charcoal drawing a try. Here are some takeaways:

It’s difficult to control value. I often had to erase large portions of my work because I darkened it too much. A lot of objects had to be rendered. The lamp shade is a prime example of this.
Precision when shading is hard to maintain. I think a lot of this had to do with my blending technique, though. For most of the project, I used a tissue wrapped around my finger. Maybe using a blending stump would have made this process a lot easier.

Exercise 6 – Gesture

October 22, 2020

by mukherjee.123 at 9:37am

This post contains thirteen gesture drawings. Several are of baseball players – the World Series was on, so I decided to draw the players. Beside that, there are a few drawings of cars, plants, and other people as well.

Exercise 3 – Value Chart

September 10, 2020

by mukherjee.123 at 2:35pm

This exercise serves as the introduction to value. The first task was to create a value chart.

This chart has nine steps, and uses other techniques. The rest of the exercise required geometric drawings with proper shading and shadow. I found these quite difficult! I tried my best to have a smooth gradient across the sphere, but it didn’t come out as well as I would have liked. This is definitely an area where I need to practice.