Week Six: Shading Clouds

This week I continued my cloud drawing with some shading of the actual clouds.  Last week was spent shading the sky.  And when I say shading, I mean SHADING, like a ton of it.  What made it take even longer is the fact that I did both canvases.  This week I just worked on one.  I figured that by doing it this way, I could at least fully finish one canvas instead of two partially finished ones.

To create my clouds I simply eyed the shapes of my picture to draw them onto the canvas.  As I tend to be a perfectionist, it was really hard for me knowing it isn't perfect.  It's clouds though, meaning there is o proportions or positions that I have to worry about so I was able to just go with it.

I started my refining the edges of the clouds to create a sharper line to contrast the sky.  Then, I started the actual clouds.  I tried to focus on the darker spots first.  Then I blended this out into the light patches and edges.  I did this for about three hours, yet looking at my drawing I feel like I didn't accomplish a lot.  I am proud of my work so far though and that's the most important part.


This is my work on the clouds so far.  The details are hard to see because I had to take a darker picture for it to show up on camera at all.  Sorry!  Anyways, I am going to hopefully finish this canvas next week and move onto my second one.  That is if all goes as planned.

Comments

  1. UnknownMarch 12, 2019 at 3:23 PM

    That is so cool Morgan! I love that you decided to draw clouds! It gives it a very abstract layer that is very pleasing to look at! I hope I get to look at all of your charcoal drawings in person!

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  2. AnonymousMarch 12, 2019 at 4:44 PM

    That is awesome!! They look like clouds so that is good! If I tried it'd probably just look like blobs. I'm excited to see what you do next!

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  3. AnonymousMarch 13, 2019 at 2:02 PM

    Your project looks awesome! Is there a reason you chose to draw clouds? I am glad that you are liking how it is turning out given the fact that you are a perfectionist. I personally think it looks amazing!

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