In the best terms, my figure drawing skills at the beginning of this year were abysmal. My first figure drawing in Art 3, the one in the art skills inventory, had no shading, was tiny, and wasn't even completed in any sense of the word. Yet I think it was here that I had the most growth; in the past few figure drawings we have been tasked with drawing large and I have come to like filling the page, no matter how large the page is. Furthermore, my skills with value have increased as I have learned to let loose and draw shadows how I see them in the way that comes naturally. Now I try to do a contour line drawing as accurately as possible and then loosely fill in the shadows; I feel like this gives some character to the drawing or at least makes it less boring. I still need to work on my shading skills and on some proportion issues, but overall my progress has been quite astounding.
While this is true, and I have come a long way, I still lack serious confidence in my work when it comes to figure drawing which is something I should work on. I also need to learn to use color more effectively as my few attempts thus far have fallen flat. Nonetheless, it has been a great year and the progress I have made satisfies me. Going into next year, I hope not only to utilize my new skills in the figure drawing fridays that we have, but also to apply these skills to my other digital and encaustic endeavors however I can.
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