1st semester projects
Mostly warm colors are found here and I would describe them to be pink and purple. The subject is not centered in the page which is sought after and fills up the majority of the page. Since I used colored pencil, you can see the pencil strokes in the background for example. This piece is simply my tortoise and drawing him more often gives me practice to make the work more realistic and accurate. The piece feels warm and calm, showing no real dark colors and no dramatic pose. For the colors and medium, I feel if I had chose a different color to blend the front feet, a color less harsh, the piece would look better. The back foot is blended nicely and is what I was striving for. The medium of colored pencil is what I am most comfortable with and I feel that the design of the shell is blended well. Since I own this work, I am going to save it to look back and see how I progressed. Form, color, and shape are used in this work. Principles of design are proportion a