How did you use your own unique ideas in your work?
-For this perspective project, I wanted to use an object that was used in one point and also somewhat repeated. The main idea of the drawing is the rings being stacked on top of each other from a close-up view. I didn't repeat exactly one object, but I did draw three rings in one point perspective. My source of inspiration was my own rings that I wear all the time; using this as a reference, I stacked them in a way to be directed to one point. I also wanted to make this piece look realistic, so I wanted my reference to be a legitimate object and not a picture that I took or got from the internet.
Did you learn new techniques or processes as part of the work for this project?
- The main technique used in this project was value and shading. In order for such simple objects to look a little realistic value was necessary. I kept the light source on the right edges of the rings; that's where you can see the highlights. Then I focused on the darker value to be on the edges of rings, and especially when the rings would touch each other. Also, to make it look like the rings are stacked, drawing the shadows was really important. There was value in the shadows too, going from dark and fading into a lighter shade.
How did you respond to challenges that occurred as you worked?
- To make the piece look more interesting I had to think about what kind of a surface I had to put the rings on. It was difficult in the sense that I didn't really believe at first that anything would be very interesting to look at. My first idea was a table, but it didn't seem that people could tell it was just a regular table. Finally, I got the idea of a drawer, or some kind of a jewelry box. Then I started drawing the edges of the boxes in perspective, and thought of drawing a handle on the left edge. This way, with value and the handle, it would look like a jewelry box which looked much more interesting to me.
