Weekly Post

So i've been drawing portraits for 16 days now...today's will be my 17th. I like it, i like feeling proud of myself. I like watching my progression. You can really see how my art has been getting better and changing. Although it is a little tedious to draw every day, I think it's good for me. Not only artistically, haha, but mentally too. It's a good habit to get into. And i feel like i "have" to do it every day, but even when i don't really feel like i want to, i still want to because i like to draw, and when i get into it, i really get into it. which is why it's good for my brain, haha. So anyway, it's really coming along and i really, really like and appreciate the entire discipline thing. :)

Interesting

So i was just sitting here thinking about how much i like black and white cookies. They're balanced. hahhahaa.

Artist Statement

In my artwork, my objectives are subjective. I attempt to move myself. I strive to impact myself in the same way other artwork impacts me. I try to affect other people the way others have affected me. There’s nothing more satisfying and emotionally exhilarating than the feeling we get from absorbing a piece of artwork that encapsulates and relates to us completely. Pride consumes me when I am able to see that I can stir or have stirred people and how I can do the same to myself. My motivation is derived from this reality. It is the fuel to my fire.
Balance and contrast tend to be patterns in my work. In my photography, my photos are often slightly overexposed and highly saturated for a very high contrast appearance. The pieces of music I like usually have very distinctive beats and melodies creating contrasting sounds. My favorite subjects to draw are ones that are made distinct by intense lighting. Powerful shading and emphasis on shadows appeals to me most.
I was taught to draw individual features first when drawing portraits of people. I never really did this—I always found that when I did, the drawings would come out misshapen or plainly distasteful. I tend to draw the hard lines I see first—the outline of a cheek, a nose, a hairline, a chin, and things like that. I find this most helpful because everything on a face is relative to the things surrounding it. A portrait will end up looking most like a person if the features are properly positioned and proportioned in relativity to each other. Not only are my artistic objectives relative, but the content of my art is also relative to the subject, the media, and the matter itself.

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Recently

All I've wanted to do lately is draw. I have no idea why, but I'm like, having drawing cravings. So I'm taking advantage of this motivation and doing it whenever I get the chance to, really. I've been drawing faces and little random designs. I've noticed something about myself through my drawings...I like detail. I already knew that about myself, but it proves itself through my art. I like to draw faces and draw the little details that end up looking like a person when it's all done. I'm not good at seeing the whole picture. Like I'm not really good at drawing faces from afar...i can't seem to get the proper shapes of things. I focus too much on the little things, which become smaller as the face becomes smaller (being farther away) and those portraits don't end up looking as much like the people i'm drawing. Does this make sense? I kind of want to learn to see things more "wholistically," but is that possible? Or is that just how my brain works and sees things?