This piece was inspired by the French artist Henry Matisse. This portrays and depicts his art from 20th century. He was known for printmaking and collage along with other types of art. In this piece, I had used my sketch from my previous post, traced it, and then outlined it with tracing paper. This part was very boring and I did not enjoy it because I had to retrace it three times and I don't really have much patience for that. When doing this project, I learned new techniques/processes such as using the precise carving tool to cut out each shape. The technique I learned was how to cut out shapes on black paper so that I would later be able to put it on white paper. This project definitely helped me gain skill when using this tool. Overall, I am very proud of the outcome and how it turned out. I think all the time I put into making this as creative and challenging as I can definitely payed off.
What inspired me to draw this was the combination of pop/rock music and a little bit of the country America. The guitar symbolizes pop music and the keyboard symbolizes rock music. I used the stars to represent both rock music and America. The flowers presented a more softer type of music unlike rock; which was pop. The most challenging part of this sketch was to shade and add value to all the figures, especially the guitar. I had not been sure where to put the light source so I just decided to make it darker on the outside and lighter going toward the center. When I finished the design, I was excited to be able to translate it into the tracing paper and then later be able to cut it out on the black paper.
It was difficult for me to come up with what to draw for this sketch but once I started thinking about the genres pop/rock and America, it was easier to draw and represent those things. I used flowers and the guitar to represent pop music. And I used an electronic keyboard at the top right of the paper to represent rock music. The stars symbolize both rock music and America. And I also added musical notes to add to the theme of music. The hardest part for me, I think, was shading the guitar because I wasn't sure where to put the light source and how I was gonna portray it so I just made the outside dark and gradually made it lighter when getting to the center. Overall, it was fun drawing this sketch because I enjoyed being able to put different themes together into one piece of art.
I got the idea of drawing Dora as my cartoon because that is my baby sister's favorite show. And it was a little bit more original than everyone else's in the class because no one would have thought to do Dora for their drawing. It was fun tracing Dora and then being able to draw bones inside the outline. It was a bit challenging drawing the ribs and making them symmetrical. The shading wasn't as difficult because I made sure that the bones were dark on the outside and gradually getting lighter getting toward the center. When coloring, I decided to leave the skin white and I drew Dora's clothes.
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