We are on one of our final days of drawing the inside of the Upper School building before we head off to break. Today, I made many of my lines darker under Mrs. Story's request so I could see my lines more easily in the picture. I also added on more tiles for the right wall, 2 lights on the ceiling, and I attempted to draw the floor. However, I realize the diamonds on the floor aren't slanted enough because from the perspective I'm drawing this, the diamonds should be almost flat and these are not. So, I'm having Mrs. Story help me tomorrow on the floor and making my drawing look perfect. :) However, I also added square tiles on the floor in front of me and made sure each of the lines connected back to my 1-point vanishing point. I really am excited about how this drawing is turning out. I especially like my hallway and the apple box in the corner. :) But, all I have left to do is to finish the lights on the ceiling, the diamonds on the floor, a few more details everywhere else, and the shading. I have one more day tomorrow, so hopefully I'll be able to finish this up then. :)

    Today, we worked more on our drawings of the inside of the Upper School. I added the right wall with the Upper School Campus Store door, the ceiling, the TV above the left wall, and other details to help enhance the reality of the drawing. I will probably need two more days to add just a few more details and do the shading. All I really have left to draw is the floor, the tiles on the walls, the lights on the ceiling, and the shading on my whole drawing. But, I really like how my drawing has turned out. I also like the place I decided to draw, not only because of the normal things that people see everyday, but also because it's from a different perspective in which many people, like me, do not realize the details behind the artwork of the making of the Upper School building. Yes, they see the left wall and the hallway in the middle, but they rarely stand right next to the Campus Store door and gaze at all the details in the room. Actually, until I started this project, I had not known the walls were made out of square tiles, not rectangular tiles, and the ceiling was decorated with cool, circular lights. By doing this project, it has made me more aware of my surroundings and the many details of the Upper School that I miss seeing everyday as I walk by. Again, I am very pleased with how well my drawing has turned out. And I can't wait to keep working on it more for next class!

    Today, we started working on the real drawing of the inside of the Upper School. I decided not to redo my drawing, as I thought it would be best to go with what I had, not only for timing but also because it already looked good. Today, I just touched up some lines in the hallway and added another wall to the left of the hallway. Because there was an apple box in the way on the lower left corner, it made me not see the angle in the wall, so I decided on drawing the box anyway. I also asked Mrs. Story if I should draw a wall that is very close to the right side of me. She said yes, so I hope to add that, the ceiling, and the floor in my next few classes. When I am done with those, I will then touch up on my details. I am really pleased with how well I am drawing this. I know that in the beginning of the semester, I would have said that I could not draw this. But, it has become so much easier now and I was surprised at how fast I can draw the hallway, get the right perspectives, and draw the left wall. This drawing definitely reflects my learning in this class and I am happy that it has turned out well. I'm excited to add on more parts to this drawing and see how it will turn out. :)

    Today, we started on a new project. But this drawing is a practice of what we will be drawing the next time we have class. What we will be drawing is a perspective of the inside of the Upper School from inside the back hallway (where the cafeteria is). Everyone can draw different things; i.e. I am drawing the wall and hallway that goes towards the front of the building, while other people are drawing the doors to the cafe, the hallway to the gym, or the doors that go outside. So, we're not limited in drawing one thing, which I like because then everyone's drawing will be a little different and not just the same thing. But, I decided to draw the hallway and wall that goes towards the front of the building. I chose this spot not only because one other person is drawing the same thing, but instead, I really like the view that I have from my perspective. of the one, nice hallway and wall to the left of it. So, I started with drawing the hallway, in which I used the one-point perspective and drew all my lines to that one point. I decided to go ahead and fill in the details to make it look more realistic (because this is for practice anyway,) but I really like how my drawing has looked, so far. I made my proportions right and I made it the right size. I think it's a little crooked on the page, so I will have to fix that, but over all, I really like how it is coming out. I actually like this drawing better than the theater because with the theater, you are closer up to it and with this drawing you are farther away so you have a better feel of what/how you should draw it. But, I will definitely want to keep where I am in the building but just make my drawing look even better next time. 

    Today was our last day of drawing the theater. I shaded in the wooden panels - I tried to make them look like a different texture from everything else because of their wood. I also shaded in the metal doors and gray color strip on the ceiling where the pictures hang. I made sure for each of my shadings that I erased a part of the lead to make it look lighter or darker in certain areas. Lastly, I used a paper towel to smudge the lines together to make it create a more soft atmosphere. I also used the paper towel to smudge in a small amount of lead all over the page so nothing was left plain white in the drawing. I am actually really surprised with how well this came out. I was not expecting my drawing to be proportional and definitely not realistic looking. But, I really think i got my proportions right and my drawing looks pretty realistic.

    Before we started working on our theater today, Mrs. Story briefly showed us how to shade. She said to use a certain type of pencil with a number and the letter B beside it, like 3B and 6B to get the right type of lead to shade in your drawing a certain way. She also said that the smaller the number is, the lighter the lead it will be, while the bigger the number is, the darker the lead will be. Today, we used both pencils, 3B and 6B. When we finally went down to the theater to draw, I only worked for 5 more minutes on sprucing up my drawing before I started shading. I just erased the attempted windows on the left side of the stairs, re-arranged a line on the ceiling, and drew in the people in the pictures above the theater. Then, I started my shading. I decided to start with the floor. Mrs. Story said to angle the special pencil in such a way to not make streaky lines. I did that all the way across and then I did another layer of lead all the way across the other way. Then, I used a paper towel to smudge my lines together to make it have a softer feeling. I started to work on shading in my Hendrix-Chenault Theater wood panels, but I ran out of time. Hopefully, I will be able to finish this piece the next time we have class. But, I am really happy to see how my drawing has changed over these last few days. Scrolling through my last few blogs on the theater and seeing the changes I have made has really impressed me with how well. I just can't wait to see my finished product!

    Today, I added on a lot more things to my drawing. I finally finished drawing the stairs and then I worked on the overhead lights, left wing of theater, right wing of theater, and pictures on the wall. I did attempt to draw the windows on the side of the theater (the ones next to the stair), but it didn't come out as I had planned. Actually, they don't even look like windows at all! Tomorrow, I will erase them and will just leave it blank because I don't think the windows are a necessary item anyway. I mean, it would probably be better for the observer's eye to be drawn towards the middle of the drawing instead of the side. I also worked on the dimensions of the drawing and erased a lot of the ceiling to try and make it look right. But now looking back at my drawing, I can still see that I have not yet finished it because it is more disproportionate than I had thought. I will work on that more tomorrow and will also start the shading. Lastly, I will draw the carpet on the ground. I will probably just do some simple lines and then shade it in with dark pencil lead. This way, my flooring won't look too busy with the rest of my picture, and by not drawing all the details will save me lots of time. But, I really like how my theater is coming out. I'm working really hard to make it the best it can be in the time I have. In a few more days, we will be done with this project (which is 100 points) and then we will start drawing on another school building - the Upper School building.

    Today, we spent more time working on our theater drawing. I immediately started working on the side stairs. I made the railings slant and tried to make the stairs look like they are going up instead of going nowhere. I struggled a bit with the actual steps of the stairs, but after Mrs. Story pointed out where I went wrong, I was able to fix it and I think it looks pretty realistic now. I also added the window, picture, and another railing at the top of the stairway to show where the stairs are going. Because our class period was only 45 minutes, we had limited amount of time to really work on our drawing. So, I ended up the day by drawing the little lights at the ceiling of the theater.
    I think I can be done with this drawing in two more days. I have already sketched the outline of the theater, so all I have left to do is to shade in the drawing and make a few things a bit more proportional. Over all, though, I really like how my theater is turning out. I didn't think I would be able to get the proportions right, but I think my proportions are very good in this drawing so far.