These were my personal favorite examples of line art only - They were fun to draw and have a great level of detail and a pleasing composition to me. The lines are largely organic and quite gestural. In all of my artwork, I like to have, or at least tend to have, mostly gestural lines.
2 Watercolor Illustrations
My favorite watercolors so far have also been my largest. My two 20 x 30 watercolors are the pieces this semester that I have spent the most time on and because of the scale, were able to include a large level of detail. I spent 30-40 minutes on the lucy for each and the sketches were as pretty to look at as the watercolors. By this time I was able to use my nicer watercolors which led to a better finished product. I think that these are also great examples of using tonal variation and different hues to create shapes and implied lines and forms - rather than implying on line to ground a figure or use it to be able to distinguish it. This, in my opinion, leads to a more believable representation.
3 Traditional Line and Color
Although I believe I have had many good examples of using line and color, I like these three the most because of the simplicity of the watercolor washes and then using the ink line to really ground the form into place. It is what gives structure to the figures while the watercolor helps to add an interesting visual effect. I like watercolor and line best this way. Imperfections are best with wash and line.
1 Gouache Illustration
Although we have only done two gouache illustrations so far, I haven't been AS happy with them as I have with my watercolor works. I think I will like it if I try to do more of the matte medium lifting technique, but out of the two works, I like my lincoln the most. It actually is a gouache/watercolor combo but primarily relies on gouache. I did use the matte medium technique on the background which let the gouache & watercolor mix flow so much more to create a more interesting texture.
1 Digital Line Art
Definitely my puppies. Spent the most time on this illustration and the line weights really intrigue me. Also, Rusty, you liked this well enough to put on the blog so that must mean something is good about it. :)
Digital Line Art & Color (lion) PLUS 1 My Choice (self portrait)
Okay, these are both digital color and line art and I wanted to put them both to stress my proficiency at digital illustration. I could have chosen my Herbal Essences Product Illust. but I thought I already included enough proficient watercolor. The self portrait had me spend hours on my face and then scribble together the rest of the drawing. However, the time I spent was well spent and I'm pleased with everything about it. The lion is a better example of what I could do in 30-40 minutes and uses more lineart than my self portrait, so I chose it to represent the color/lineart example.
I'm very happy with what I have accomplished in only half a semester and can't wait to see what else will come out of this class!
