I think that what made drawing the paper bags so difficult was the fact that I had to draw five of them from different angles and perspectives. I used the coffee wash on this project. I think it was actually the most difficult art material I have worked with... EVER! It was like water color but different in how it blended together. I added more and more water to the coffee to make it a lighter brown shade and the darker the coffee was, the darker it was on the paper. I really think what made it so difficult to use was just the fact that I had never used it before and I am not that good at water color use so it just didn't seem to work very well for me. Honestly though, I don't think I would do anything different if given the opprotunity because it was all a learning experience for me and I enjoyed it, difficult or not it was fun.
The hub affected this drapery project by giving it 3 different surfaces. It made it fold in places it wouldn't have folded in if not hung that way against the wall. I learned a lot about the light effects on the drapery and how it affects the three folds. The main thing though was that when there are three surfaces for light to reflect off of, there are at least three different colors of shading that need to be presented in the drawing. The main difficulty I had with making my drapery drawing look 3D was getting the 3 levels of shading correct with the way they appeared in real life on the wall. It was somewhat hard to focus in and get the lighting spot on and for it to look 3D it needed to be really close if not spot on. Overall, I liked using the charcoal. It was a different type of art supplies I had not used before and it was nice to try something new. However, I didn't like that it was messy and dried out my hands a little. I also did not like that it took a lot more time to get the shades the right color shading compared to how easy it is to do with pencil.
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