Project by Valeria Castilleja

This was an interesting project, I really enjoyed it. I loved the lack of pressure and the opportunity for exploring. In retrospect, I don't know if I went a little over my head with my choice of subject, but I loved the challenge it represented and the chance to not take my work too seriously. (Excuse my ugly paper I decided to recycle.)

My subject:

Confident drawing: Flowers - image 1 - student project

Warm-up:
Confident drawing: Flowers - image 2 - student project

My blind drawings:

(Both were done with crayon.)

Confident drawing: Flowers - image 3 - student project

Non-dominant hand:

(Also done with crayon.)

Confident drawing: Flowers - image 5 - student project

Different hand, body, paper + pen positions:

(I was surprised that these were my fav exercises.)

Confident drawing: Flowers - image 6 - student project

Confident drawing: Flowers - image 7 - student project

(This one, which is simply the paper in an upright position and done with a brush pen in a short period of time, is one of my favorites if not my fave of all. I love that although there is a lot of detail it all feels loose and organic.)
Confident drawing: Flowers - image 9 - student project

Playing with scale:

I was so happy by this point, you can't really tell but the biggest drawing is massive and it's done with a huge brush and white paint and it's one of my faves by faaar.

Confident drawing: Flowers - image 11 - student project

Confident drawing: Flowers - image 16 - student project

Speed drawing:

I'll be honest these were not my favs although I enjoyed making them, I had to do them another day so I could definitely see and feel that I wasn't as warmed up as the day I made all the other drawings. But I had to finish the project and I'm glad I did.

Confident drawing: Flowers - image 17 - student project

Thank you for this class Mel!

Andrés & Valeria Castilleja

A creative couple

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