Portfolio start..

This is my shadow project thing. I like how this came out. After several layers of pastels and fixatif I finally got it how I wanted. I didn't really want to use any dull colors because I wanted it really bright and to pop, compared to the rest of my stuff. It should be noted: don't ever wear white clothes while working with pastels. D:

This is my "illuminated letter" drawing/painting. I actually really like this, especially for starting and finishing in about 2 days. It did take me a while to get all my items positions on/ around the letter how I wanted to, but I think it turned out nice. I think my favorite part is the letter. I think the shading and highlighting looks pretty good on it, especially since I used colored pencils on that part. Also, I think it's important for everyone to know your heritage, and I didn't know about mine  until I did this project.

This is my watercolor painting of candy. I'm not happy with the thing as a whole, but there are parts of it that I like. Overall, I think this was a fun project. It didn't take me long at all, either, so that's nice. Watercolor pencils are very fun to work with, also. 

 

This is my "magical tree" drawing. I was originally just going to do it in pencil, but charcoal seemed more fitting because I want it to be very dark and creepy. I actually really like this drawing, I've been thinking of making it into a sculpture as well, which would be kind of cool to me. During this project I discovered that charcoal and really bad allergies are not a good mix. Oh well! It turned out nice, to me. (:

Shadow thing.. almost finished I think..

I finished coloring this with pastels and I sprayed it with fixatif to seal it.

Shadow project.. thing...?

This is my "shadow" project thing so far. I finished shading and put workable fixatif on it so I can still work on it without pastel getting all over me. Tomorrow I'll cut it how we're supposed to and then fix up the shading and everything.

New project

I totally forgot to take pictures, but we're working with shadows. The first thing we did was go outside to trace shadows of our head and shoulders and then our hands. Next, we cut them out and traced them (with overlapping) onto a huge piece of watercolor paper. The most recent thing we have done is go over the pencil lines with Sharpie. 

Worked on the dark spots a little more

This is my tree drawing. Almost done ^.^

I really like how this is turning out c:

More progress :D

I am liking how this is turning out. My mom keeps telling me it's too creepy :p

My tree

So... I decided I wanted to use charcoal, not pencil for my final drawing.

My creepy tree..

This is my preliminary sketch of my tree. It has arms for branches and tentacles coming out of the trunk. Like slenderman-esque.

I started drawing it on the big paper today.

Working on...

I've been working on my project for VASE...so...yeah. I'm excited to see how it comes out. I lalalalalooooveeee making collages.  💕

I think everyone should watch this...

http://new.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity

This is what we've been working on

We've been drawing a still life with a skeleton, cello, coronet(trumpet), and violin.

Forgot to post this..

This is my finished watercolor painting of candy. It looks way better in this photo than in person... but yeah.

Candy painting...

This has been my progress...

Okay so this is my toy drawing o.o

It is of a Owl thing, Pirate rubber duck, and a small RainbowDash figure.

Finished perspective drawings

These are my finished courtyard and classroom drawings. 

Finishing up stuff

I've been working on my courtyard drawing. Doing the shading on it. Next I'll finish up the art room drawing. I may take stuff home to shade them so I can make sure and get them done. 

Blog for this week

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/douglas-mcdougall-photorealistic-charcoal-drawings

These are amazing charcoal drawings. They are AMAZING! They have so much detail. A couple of them are kind of creepy.. but I do like them a lot!

Finished charcoal mask drawing

So this is my final product. I think I spent to much time on my first mask, so I really didn't have time to finish this until now. I think it looks alright, I could have done better, but it's okay for now.

Finished pelvis ink drawing/ paintiing

So I finished the otherside. I forgot to post my picture, but I did finish it a while ago. I really like how this turned out. I didn't really want to paint inside where the white is because I think that would defeat the purpose of trying to make the pelvis and legs "pop."