Almost done!!!

Excuse the weird angles of these pictures. If I don't angle it there is a big white glare that appears because of the flash.

So I am so close to finishing. I just need to add music to the large white piece of paper and put in my "terminal points" and I'll be done. I got to put whatever I wanted on my books and so on one I put my initials so I don't need to sign my work and the other I put my favorite book ever, Jane Eyre. 

So right now from what I can see the only thing I didn't do right is the paper on top of the paper does not look like it's bending, so I might have to go and redo it. Not looking forward to that, but it shouldn't take too long. 

It's really neat to understand how to make bends in objects. It's all about shading and putting light next to dark. You can see it in the large white piece of paper how it looks like it's bending in several places. 

Starting to take form

Well the picture is starting to take form. I still have a sheet of music that I need to shade and fill in, but for the most part I have completed most of the exercise. 

My teacher said I should be on to painting soon, so that is something to look forward to. 

Newest Edition

So last night I started putting in contrast. You can see some of it in the book to the most right of the picture. The front cover of the book has to be darker than the side closest to you. 

My teacher said it looked beautiful and he doesn't handout complements often. So I was excited about that. 

No the picture is not red... I was trying to take the picture with no flash and so I put my finger over it. This is what happens when you don't know how to turn your flash off and improvise with your finger. Kinda interesting.

So this is about 5 hours of background shading. It's highly time consuming to pencil in a dark background. You have to go over and over it so that you don't see the pencil marks (which I have not mastered). 

So I've added a little section on the page that shows interesting music I listen to. Ingrid Michaelson has such a neat tone to her voice. "Be Ok" is a really cute song if you want to look her up.  

More Progress on the Harnett

This is the original Harnett that we are drawing. Lots of details. 

Here is this week's progress on it. I went to Atlanta's Art Museum on Sunday and saw another one of Harnett's paintings. It was neat to see in person a painting of an artist I'm currently coping.