Pumpkins (Artist Statement)

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 placement of shadows and moments of light.