So, we went over my portfolio tonight in Drawing class, and I got an A- on everything except my Mark-Making assignment, which I got a B+ on. This is good. The different things he didn’t like about each of the sections amounted mostly to my inability to do things I haven’t been taught yet (shading before he taught shading, or how to set up a composition without it ever being mentioned in class) or with differences of opinion (on the Mark-Making project I created a rigid border that intentionally boxed in all the other marks, in an attempt to show that even within such a tiny prison there could still be a lot of motion, energy, and differentiation. The teacher’s feedback was that the border made the whole thing feel boxed in, and although there was a lot of motion and energy in the piece, he wished it wouldn’t have been trapped and confined. I tried explaining that that trapping was the point when i turned it in the first time weeks ago, and I tried again tonight, but I’m still wrong and he’s still right), or worst of all with my inability to draw straight lines freehand on some of the perspective assignments. I have never in my life been able to make a straight line, for years even with the assistance of rulers. I have adapted my work outside of class around this, but am held accountable for it in class.
oh well. As long as I pass, as long as I do well enough that they let me keep taking classes, at least until I get into the painting classes i want to take, that’s fine. We’ll see how the rest of the class goes.
My recommendation on learning how to draw straight lines is to try a very soft lead and if that doesn’t work a very hard lead. it may make the initial difference for you, and then you can transition from there towards more of a standard lead weight once each level is looking and feeling good.
Differing levels of pressure you put on the lead itself may also make a difference. It is of course easier to draw a straighter line with a lot of speed, but you lose accuracy in the process.
Ramble ramble ramble.
Going to bed now.
My recommendation on learning how to draw straight lines is to try a very soft lead and if that doesn’t work a very hard lead. it may make the initial difference for you, and then you can transition from there towards more of a standard lead weight once each level is looking and feeling good.
Differing levels of pressure you put on the lead itself may also make a difference. It is of course easier to draw a straighter line with a lot of speed, but you lose accuracy in the process.
Ramble ramble ramble.
Going to bed now.
Also, art teachers typically are weird folk with unusual perspectives on right and wrong, god and bad, etc., so everything said by them should be taken with a grain of uranium.
Also, art teachers typically are weird folk with unusual perspectives on right and wrong, god and bad, etc., so everything said by them should be taken with a grain of uranium.
Luckily, I keep a healthy dose of Uranium granules around for just such a reason. At the rate I’ve been having to take them, I should be able to go as a lightbulb for halloween.
Luckily, I keep a healthy dose of Uranium granules around for just such a reason. At the rate I’ve been having to take them, I should be able to go as a lightbulb for halloween.
I know someone who is going as an organ thief. They are going to carry a cooler around and white pills in a little baggy, and offer to fix people a drink.
I wanted to go as an alien that abducted me, but am going as a gangster from the 1920’s and 30’s instead. Pulling together an Iain costume at such short notice was just going to be too much work.
Maybe next year.
oh, if anyone happens to see a green suit jacket or button down collared shirt with thin black stripes in a grid pattern, please let me know. It’s the hardest piece to getting a Scott McCloud costume together.
I know someone who is going as an organ thief. They are going to carry a cooler around and white pills in a little baggy, and offer to fix people a drink.
I wanted to go as an alien that abducted me, but am going as a gangster from the 1920’s and 30’s instead. Pulling together an Iain costume at such short notice was just going to be too much work.
Maybe next year.
oh, if anyone happens to see a green suit jacket or button down collared shirt with thin black stripes in a grid pattern, please let me know. It’s the hardest piece to getting a Scott McCloud costume together.
http://www.zootsuitstore.com/Shopping/color_swatchpinstripe1.asp
This comes close.. they could also make the jacket for you if you sent them the fabric. These people are great :>
http://www.zootsuitstore.com/Shopping/color_swatchpinstripe1.asp
This comes close.. they could also make the jacket for you if you sent them the fabric. These people are great :>
Well I have some straight line advice too.
Straight lines are a ‘large’ movement, not drawn with fingers and wrist but with arm/shoulder, with most of the movement being in the shoulder and some in the elbow. Even with finger to shoulder held solid and torso moveing. Well anyway that is how I do it to reduce the effect of my constant shaking.
Well I have some straight line advice too.
Straight lines are a ‘large’ movement, not drawn with fingers and wrist but with arm/shoulder, with most of the movement being in the shoulder and some in the elbow. Even with finger to shoulder held solid and torso moveing. Well anyway that is how I do it to reduce the effect of my constant shaking.
I had a wonderfull bright green dress coat till I got married. For some reason she didn’t appreciate the bold statement it made like I did. ;>
I had a wonderfull bright green dress coat till I got married. For some reason she didn’t appreciate the bold statement it made like I did. ;>