For this assignment, I drew a sailboat on a scratchboard. Scratchboard is a black cardboard that when scraped reveals silver or white. I chose to use the scratchboard that reveals white. I chose white because I thought it would be best in capturing the highlights of the sailboat. Once I came up with an idea, I then sketched it onto the scratchboard using a white prismacolor. I then began to scrape the general outline of the boat. After that, I started making waves. For me, waves were the strangest thing to do in this entire process. It just felt weird with how waves are drawn and applying that to the scratchboard. I utilized techniques that i have learned earlier this semester such as cross hatching as seen on the mast of the sailboat. The movement of this piece can be shown in the waves and the sail is flowing and fluttering in the wind. The sailboat is also going through the water. I wanted to draw detail into the side of the boat that i thought would compliment the movement of the boat going towards the right of the paper. I did this by showing wear and detail to the side of the boat (from left to right). I added lines in the sail to show that the sail was fluttering in the air. Finding values in this was difficult because scratchboard is a new style of art for me. I was not familiar with scratchboard until starting this assignment. However, after completing this assignment, I feel much more comfortable about doing scratchboard.
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May 2015
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