Lesson 2: Contour Lines, Texture and Construction
11:17 AM, Tuesday March 23rd 2021
I somehow survived!
I don't think I've ever struggled as much as I have with this lesson. I'd never even considered what a texture was before this, so I hope my first forays were along the correct path. There were multiple failures and resortions to simply outlining the forms rather than
As for intersections, I don't think I've stared at four pieces of paper for so long! I ended up having to go for multiple walks just to clear my head, and overall that excersise alone must have taken well over 12 hours. By the end of the first page, I didn't feel like I'd actually grasped what was being asked, so I did another page of boxes just to try and clarify what an object "being in front of another" actually looked like, and the thought process that brings you there. I then attempted to add more complex, curved forms, but failed so spectacularly that my confidence evaporated, and so I decided it would be better to really study those cube intersections once more. Although most of those four pages felt more akin to drowning than drawing, I hope that the progress I feel I made in my head shows through.
The organic intersections were equally as mind-bending. My attempts to give the shapes weight kept failing, and fighting the natural response to go back and try and fix it (and probably make it look worse) was a tough task. As a result, I feel the lines are too wobbly and insecure, and I fully expect to have to re-do this excersise.
TEXTURE SOURCES:
IRL References are included in the imgur gallery.
This was one of my biggest disasters this lesson! I just couldn't wrap my head around it!
"Meat?" was meant to be seared steak, but ended up in disaster.
Thank you for your time!