I feel I've grown a lot as an artist and a lot of it is due to my life drawing class. When i draw it's usually by blending everything. It's very tonal and smooth because that's just the way i see things and it's what i like. My instructor I had this semester however, hated the way I drew. He said it looked liked "smokey crap" and that people who blend are insecure. He said it wasn't what he likes to look at at. So since he's in control of my grade, I decided it would be wise to start drawing in a way that he didn't hate, which is by using lines and mark making.
It was the first time I've really experienced legitimate criticism so I felt really confused because no one has ever said anything about my blending before. I deciding not to worry about it too much because I know that I can draw both ways.
here is an exapmle of one of the first drawings I did in the class, very blendy.
And here is the new way I draw in his class.
It's nice to see your work. I personally like both ways of drawing. I think you did great work utilizing both techniques. It's difficult to process criticism, especially when it's so blatantly in your face, but you seem to have taken the challenge quite well! Great work!
ReplyDeleteThank You. Yeah, he always reminded of it in every critique. It was hard at first but sometimes criticism is good. I think i've gotten better so it's all good.
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