Value Portrait

Value Portraits Art Critique

                                                                                                                                                        

Self evaluation (must write at least 3 sentences for each question)

1. Explain the process you went through to develop your drawing.

For the process i went through, I first took a picture of the person I was drawing. I then went against a window and put tracing paper over the photo and started sshading were the boy I drew darks spots and light spots were. After that I put the tracing paper down on my sketch book and traced it all on there and then shaded it correctly using my shading chart.

2. Explain how you found the different values in the portrait?

I found the different values in the portrait by placing my paper over a window and then placing trace paper over my picture. After that i started to shade the dark and light spots. That is how i found the values.

3.  Did you achieve a full range of the different values within your portrait?  How?
I think that I acheived a full range the different values in my portrait. When i put it in my sketched book and shaded it, it looked the same as the picture. Plus the boy was pleased with the picture.

4. Describe your craftsmanship.  Is the artwork executed and crafted neatly?
My craftmanship was very well. I made sure that all my pencil lines were correct and that there was no smudging. I had my shading chart was out and that i shaded the potrait the correct shade. I had all the values correctly also. 

5. List any obstacles you had to overcome and how you dealt with them.
Some obstacles that i had to over come were shading some part really dark and some that were just dark.  Another one I had to over come was making sure i had all the values. Other then that I was fine.

Shading

.1. Describe your overall thoughts on the final piece.
This piece came out good but it could have came out better if i didnt smudge it2. if this was a group project, what was your contribution?
My contribution would be my drawing the shapes
3 How successful do you feel this piece is and why?
It was sucessful because I shaded really well
4. What worked about this project? What didn’t work?
My shading was really good but i wasnt shading dark enough for the dark parts
5. If you were to do this project over again, what changes would you consider making?
I would not smudge at all
6. What was the most difficult part about completing this piece and why?
The most difficult part was trying to shade dark enough because i didnt press my pencil hard enough
 7. Waht did you learn from this piece?
I learned how to shade correctly