To create this drawing I first trace the shape of the head and then thought about the shading process. I outlined shapes with different values that helped me make the picture look realistic later on. After I shaded in the face shoulder area, I began blending the colors together. I looked at the picture and created a value scale to figure out the value of each part of the face. I used the value scale as a guide to make sure that I shaded things in the right shade and in the right way. I thought I did use a wide range of different values when I created this portrait. I wasn't 'afraid of the dark' and wasn't wary about which shades I used. I thought it looked fairly neat and that it was crafted fairly well. I did feel like some of the features were messier than others because they were harder to see on the guide picture. I definately took my time with this project, and made sure that every aspect that was needed was present. I had a few obstacles that stood in the way of completing this portrait. One of them was that I had to re-draw the picture several times because of shading and/or tracing errors. Another was that I couldn't get the picture shaded and blended right. Although these obstacles stood in the way, I overcame them and created the portrait. I thought it was an okay project overall, but I didn't make it look realistic enough.

Drawing Turtles
 
      I learned from this project that drawing turtles is insteresting yet hard. The turtles wouldn't stop moving for most of the time so it was hard to just look at one point of view and draw. There were many details that you had to pay attention to when drawing, and the constant movement didn't help the process. I thought I did a fairly good job at drawing cupcake and the rest of the turtles, and I hope to do it again.

Stick Figure Moss Project

I thought that this project was very fun and entertaining. It was cool to be able to see the pictures of other moss drawings, and then be able to create one ourselves. I thought that I didn't do a very creative moss drawing, but it's what I wanted to do for the project. Even though it wasn't very creative and wasn't my best piece, it was still the most enjoyable. I learned from this project that I am not very good at moss graffiti, and that in the future I would like to do it again.

                            

Scooby Doo Skeleton Project

I thought that I did a pretty good job of representing what Scooby Doo's skeleton would look like. I paid carful attention to details like putting in the individual ribs and individual vertabrae. I also took my time creating the overall piece. This piece showed me that I can really do quality artwork and that if I continue to pursue excellence in art I will in turn become better at it. It was fairly easy to trace Scooby Doo and to draw his ribs, vertabrae, and legs, but when it came time to draw his jaw, it was harder to make it look good. i just couldnt make the back of his jaw blend with the rest of the skull, so it didn't look as good as I had hoped. If I had learned about shading prior to drawing Scooby Doo, I think the overall piece would have looked better in the end.