Horizontal+Pencils+and+Pens



After a lack of interest in some of the minor things I tried to draw, my teacher decided that she was going to start giving me specific topics to create art about. For this piece, she wanted me to create a picture with a horizontal flow that used objects that you wouldn't normally associate with, 'oh that sure has some great horizontal flow going'. I chose to use stuff I found around class, pencils, markers, and paint [all came in abundance, given that it's an art room]. I drew this first in pencil, and then despite my hatred for watercolor, slapped some watercolor on it. I had a hard time getting the paint to work like I wanted, and also found it hard to get unity in the colors without only using one shade of blue. I wanted the background to 'POP' and so I used a red-ish watercolor, and lathered it on. I really took a lot of time on this project, and I think that I realized that if administered properly, watercolor isn't actually that bad. I really like this drawing.