Up-Close Abstract

For this project, we were assigned to chose an object to draw up close with colored pencils, chalk pastels, or oil pastels. I chose to draw a piece of sushi, and utilize the colored pencils on black paper. I like the way the use of black paper turned out, because I was able to use a lot of value and detail to each part of the sushi. I did not, however, like the rice. i think this was mainly because  it didn't come out the way it was in my head. It was also hard for me to ad value to the grains of rice because each grain is the same color for the most part and that kind of threw me off as to where to have shadows and which shade of black or brown to use to add darkness. It was also difficult because I wasn't able to add a seperate color as the highlight. Since the rice is already white, I had to rely on shadows to make them three dimension. Overall, I liked this project a lot because I got to use the prismacolors on black paper, which was a new experience and I was able to try new techniques on a bigger, more detailed scale. 

Clay Food

For the clay food project, our table was given the topic of dessert. my initial ideas were Christmas cookies, cupcakes, and ice cream. Ultimately, I chose Christmas cookies. I brought in metal cookie cutters to cut the clay into my desired shapes. I decorated each cookie individually and used glaze to achieve the colors I wanted. If I were to do this project again, I would use a different glaze for the gingerbread man that has sunglasses. The glaze I used ended up lookin patchy and uneven. I would have also probably roughed up the edges so each cookie looked more realistic and less clean cut, like clay. However, I would still use the same cookie cutters and glazes.