Drawing from observation skills

We've done a lot of drawing from observation in the past few weeks, and we've needed a variety of skills to complete each artwork. Some overall skills that each of us needed were listening to directions carefully and paying attention in class, working hard and thoroughly on each piece, being able to stand up while drawing for the hour to 2 hours while working, being patient and not judging your art until its complete, and overall staying focused. Other skills we need (art related), are being able to draw with the right spacing/sizing fo objects, adding texture and shading (depending on light) to our picture, and really making the setting look realistic. The hardest thing in the process of our drawings, was getting to the "screaming point," where we would notice something that was completely off about the picture. However, we would use our skills we earned in previous classes and this class, to fix our picture and rearrange objects to correct our mistake.

Collaborate Drawing

I think the assignment we had today, was very fun but also frusterating at times. It was hard to fix other peoples drawings, if they had a lot of work to be done. I felt bad about changing other peoples work, since it's not my own. However, I got used to it and it got much easier as time went on. Also, looking back on my picture after people fixed it, it didn't look much different, so I wasn't exactly sure about what I should work on next time.

-The way I dealt with each drawing I approached was by looking at it, and seeing what main things needed to be corrected on it first. Then, I would try to add to it if only a few small details needed to be added or taken away, or I would simply erase it, and draw it again.
-It was pretty good to go back to my drawing at the end, because there were a few things that were changed, that made it look better. I realized I didn't add the water bottle at first, so someone did that for me. After, I had to finish shading, and overall cleaning the drawing up.

Overall, I thought it was a good assignment that was a lot of fun!

Pre-Assessement

After drawing both, from observation and imagination today, I noticed I was much more confident with drawing from observation. It felt much more natural to me, because I had the actual object/objects in front of me, so I knew exactly what I needed to draw and where each object went. Although it's hard to get the sizing and placing exactly right, it's much easier for me to see what I need to draw, and draw it. It takes much more effort, in my opinion, to draw from imagination.