I was nervous when we were first given our assignment of the 6 small drawings. I had never really worked from a 3D still life, or a lot of pieces in only using black dry materials. I only really have experience with wet media like acrylic and oil paint(which by the way is flipping hard to do because the number of LAYERS) Anyway…even though I was scared, I really liked how most of them came out.

The only one I actually don’t like is the first one I did. I spent to much time on it in my opinion, and it became to busy.

My best pieces, however, are the ones that I spent minimal time on. Like the positive/negative piece. It was simple to do, just lay down charcoal and then erased to make lighter points, and used more charcoal to darken areas. My peers also seemed to like this piece because of the contrast between light and dark.

There is just something about working with charcoal, no matter the form, that makes me feel happy inside. That I can make lines then use those lines to shade without adding more media to the paper. Also, there is just something about getting messy, and seeing my hands slowly become dirty over the course of the pieces.

Given that this is only the first of many projects for this class, I’m really looking forward to seeing how my art improves. Not only in class, but outside of it as well.