Skeleton Drawings

Throughout the course of this semster, we have been learning about drawing. On the first day of school, I drew the skeleton to the left using stored symbols. This drawing was very small and wasn't a good portrayal of the skeleton. With the same amount of time and a few days later, I progressed to the skeleton on the right. In my opinion, this final piece really paid attention to detail and portrayed an accurate view of the skeleton. I feel like my second piece was more successful because I really thought about every single aspect of the particular skeleton. What really helped enhance my art was the shading along the ribs and the analysis of the different metal attachments and marks on the skeleton. On the left, you can see that a drawing based on stored symbols is much less productive. If I were to do this project over again, I would pay even more addition to detail. The most difficult part was really taking my time. From this piece, I learned to not rely on the stored symbols in my mind and to actually analyze the piece that I am illustrating.