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Studio Art II Honors homework assignment.There are two others in this series: one of black charcoal on white paper, and another of white charcoal on black paper. This is black charcoal and white charcoal on tan paper. It's supposed to be an exercise in capturing shadows and highlights and an introduction to working with charcoal.
I know it's far from perfect. This is my first (technically my third, if you count the other two) time working in this medium. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE SOME CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. KTHNX.
Oh, and I know the egg carton looks really off. When I was cutting it in half I accidentally cut it a bit diagonally, causing it to look a bit skewed. So yeah. Oops.
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I'll be honest I actually like your eggs. Some suggestions. Try smudging the charcoal it'll give you a much softer effect and you can create shadows from the excess thats on your rag (or fingers, usually what I use ^_^) Also when doing anything try to draw the outline in very fine pencil and then create the actual piece using only lights and shadows. By drawing it w the charcoal and having that heavy line around everything it detracts a bit. Finally, I know it's counterintuitive for using dry media but try not to scribble with it. Keep each surfaces lines going in the same direction and if you have round objects try rounding your lines it will add depth and movement. Otherwise I like your use of the paper and white charcoal. You've captured some of the details very nicely, but you could use a second softer shadow under your egg carton. You should be proud though, this is overall well done.
Sorry for the lengthy comment, hope it helps.
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I was so tempted to smudge but my art teacher said it wasn't allowed on this assignment! *sigh*
Thank you so much for the advice! I really appreciate and I'll definately keep it in mind for later ventures with charcoal. Seriously, long comments are GREAT! ^_^
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well I'm glad you think so. No smudging though? That's awful, that's what makes charcoal great. I personally can't work w charcoal w out goin smudge happy lol. Personally though I'm more a fan of stippling. Either way keep up the good work.
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Haha I know, right? But in class we're doing a project that's basically ALL smudging. We covered a huge paper in a base layer of charcoal and draw on it by erasing, smudging and anything else we can think of that will remove tone. It's fun, but frustrating. Drawing with an eraser is irritatingly imprecise. *lol*
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Yea actually that was one of my favorite things to do in school. Consider trying to tear the top most layer of the paper. It makes for a very nice highlight look. Art is meant to be frustrating I think lol guess that's why I'm majoring in it
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