Grace's Studio

Where I spend most my time: I chose to make my photo taken at the barn where I ride horses. Horses have always been my favorite animal since I was little, and still have a very important place in my heart.

My room is special to me because it is where I come to relax and get away from life's crazy stress

Artist Statement: 1. My goals in this piece were to focus on realism. 2. I accomplished this goal by focusing on how the pumpkins really looked instead of letting myself fall into "the beachball effect" 3. I was most surprised about how the moments of light on stems made the drawing stand out. 4. The difficult challenge I had to face was figuring out the size view placement on such a large piece of paper. 5. I met this challenge by trying to line everything up with a grid. 6. I switched to right brain thinking when I followed the shapes of the irregularly sized pumpkins. 7. My drawing really works on the stems where there is a moment of light brightening them up. 8. I learned that most things dont need to be super dramatic in lighting. 9. I learned a lot from Rosalie's pumpkins because I thought their SVP was really well planned out. 10. If I had a do-over I would probably adjust the SVP of a few pumpkins. 11.I think the best thing about my work is the place...

Artist Statement: 1. My goals and intentions in this piece were to try and capture the proportions correctly along with the white and black merges in the photograph. 2. I accomplished these goals by taking extra time to study where the objects in the photo laid on the graph. 3. The thing that surprised me the most was how it feels to draw from studying an image rather than drawing from your head. 4. My most difficult challenge was creating an elipse on the cup since it was from a birds eye view, making it appear rather circular. 5. I met this challenge by using trial and error until I was happy with the shape, and during the process also shifted to right brain thinking, looking at values and shapes. 6. I think my drawing really "works" in the lights and shadows, where it gets a really graphic vibe. 7. Some things I learned were understanding how light and dark merges work, and how many values of white there are. 8. I learned a lot from alyssa k in her work of refl...