Pastel final project

This is my final piece

​

1. Describe the craftsmanship of your drawing. (Is it neat and well executed?)

I believe certain parts of my drawing are better executed than others, for example my left eye was better executed than my right eye it has greater value and depth in it. My piece was very difficult to create, so parts of my technique were maybe not the best due to my naivety with pastels and lack of knowledge on techniques.
 
 

1. Do you think you used a full range of values to create the illusion of depth?

I do believe that I created the illusion of depth in my piece because I used a wide range of colors with darks that contrast with my highlights to create shadows. I used different colors in the mouth to create this effect using a black mouth to really create the sense of depth.
 
 

1. How do you think you represented the style of the artist Georgia O’ Keeffe?

I believe my photo was close up enough to represent her style. My piece focuses less on the subject and more on the texture and colors of the lizard. The mouth of the lizard is the centerpiece of my work and stands out similar to how keeffe would focus on the flower petals over the actual flower.  
 
 

1. Describe your choice of colors/color harmonies and how you used them throughout the artwork.

I used a large range of colors for my work, and I created harmony in some of my pieces color schemes mainly in the beard of the lizard. I used the cream color to blend my piece together to which I would say looks similar to the actual color of the lizard. The mouth had some harmony in certain areas, primarly the purples, pinks, and reds, but the brown and orange in the mouth don’t work well.
 
 

1. How did you create contrast in your drawing?

I created contrast by using light and dark browns, as well as pinks and purples. This can be seen in my scales of the lizard I would create a scale using a light brown then go under it with a dark brown and fill it in with cream to make it have contrast.
 
 
 

1. How did you use textures, highlights and shadows to enhance your artwork?

 
I used texture in the beard of the dragon to enhance my work since the scales make the piece look more like the actual lizard. I used highlights in the mouth to give it more depth alongside shadows. I used highlights in face to enhance my art piece and give it contrast.
 
 
 
 

1. Describe any difficulties you had creating your drawing and what you could do to improve your drawing?

 
 
This whole project was insanely difficult, and I wanted to give up right away. The hardest part by far was the mouth since there were so many different kinds of textures and colors in the mouth that did not have any clear lines. It was very difficult to get the right colors of the mouth due to how different all the colors were and lack of a large of colors that were similar to it. I also had difficulty with the scales until I was shown how to overlay the darks and lights in the scales.