Blog Post #5 - Shading Project at Home

 1. For my shading project at home, I drew four chess pieces. I know there were chess pieces in art class, but because I haven't done them, I just said might as well. I think I could of challenged myself a more but I did incorporate the elements that weren't on the scissors and vegetables projects. 

Note: I didn't save any sketches of the chess pieces, so instead I uploaded a picture of what the art work looked like before the major detail.

2. I had two torchiere lamps to the left of me. One slightly behind me and one in front of me. On the other side of the room to the right of me there was another torchiere lamp which didn't effect the lighting too much besides brightening the room a bit. I used these lamps so I could see the detail in each chess piece. It was much easier to draw at home because there were less distractions and I personally liked the lighting more at home.

3. Going back to question two I do enjoy drawing at home more. It helped me focus on my drawings only without many distractions. I could use my phone for references when creating shadow, shading and highlight. And again, the lighting was much better in terms of brightness. 

4. I definitely think this last project was huge improvement from the other three at school. I was more confident on "putting lead on paper," and showing the darker points and lighter points in the art piece. The king in the art piece could of been slightly lower on the paper and at a slightly flatter angle. Unfortunately, I didn't challenge myself yet again. But I'm proud to have polished my shading, shadowing, and highlighting.