For this project we had to use scratchboards to create illustrations that showed movement and values. Since I have sensory problems and I can't stand the texture and the sound of scraping against the scratchboard I had to use a sheet of black construction paper and a white ink gel pen.
I'm not entirely sure how I came up with the idea for this project. I think at first I wanted to do a comet/galaxy or something to do with space. I also wanted to draw clouds so I think that's how I ended up doing sort of a landscape-ish drawing. I got inspiration for the landscape from my uncle/grandfather's land when the grass gets really tall, and how you can see the stars better at night over there because there's not as much light. I ended up putting some mountains in the background to give the drawing a little bit of perspective.
In this project I tried to display movement in the clouds and the comet, and I tried to show value by showing some light around the stars, moon, in the grass, and where the light hits the mountain.
There are a few things about this piece that I don't like though; such as the over-use of light. In my opinion I wish I didn't overdo it with the gel pen, it just made the lighting look weird. I also wish I added more stars and maybe a few more mountains in the background as well.
I'm not entirely sure how I came up with the idea for this project. I think at first I wanted to do a comet/galaxy or something to do with space. I also wanted to draw clouds so I think that's how I ended up doing sort of a landscape-ish drawing. I got inspiration for the landscape from my uncle/grandfather's land when the grass gets really tall, and how you can see the stars better at night over there because there's not as much light. I ended up putting some mountains in the background to give the drawing a little bit of perspective.
In this project I tried to display movement in the clouds and the comet, and I tried to show value by showing some light around the stars, moon, in the grass, and where the light hits the mountain.
There are a few things about this piece that I don't like though; such as the over-use of light. In my opinion I wish I didn't overdo it with the gel pen, it just made the lighting look weird. I also wish I added more stars and maybe a few more mountains in the background as well.
here's a few more close-up pictures
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