25 Wheel Challenge
11:25 PM, Thursday February 10th 2022
So a few things I wanted to point out.
I did most of these by constructing the wheels in ballpoint, then using a fineliner for the spokes/textures, but with a few I 'sketched' many of the forms out using ballpoint, then went over those faint lines with a fineliner. Not sure if this was a good approach, so after #21 I decided to try doing everything in ballpoint.
With #24, I found the spokes very complex, and a lack of caution ended up making my own drawing unreadable to me, so I couldn't resist the urge to redo it. Definitely not preferable, but walking myself back through my construction process did lead to much better decision making throughout the second go, and I feel I was able to really exercise what I had learned from my mistakes. It really highlighted the need for greater patience to me.
With #13, there was a bit of a texture I noticed on the surface of this wheel, but I got a little too happy with my brush pen and filled in a larger area on top than I intended.
That said, this challenge definitely had me confronting what I feel have been some of my greatest weaknesses thus far, so all progress made, apparent or not, has no doubt been really valuable!