Portrait project
I drew a picture of A$AP Rocky, because I really love his music and his fashion sense. He really knows how to dress, and he puts a lot of effort and time in his music. I drew the Vlone symbol behind him, because that’s his fashion brand that him and his crew made. Also I drew the A$AP sign behind him because he is affiliated with a mob, pertaining to music. His mob is called “A$AP Mob”, and everyone in the mob artist name starts with A$AP. The picture that I drew of him was a portrait of him with a suit and glasses on. I want my work to communicate to people that A$AP is for the culture, because the name alone stands for itself. It represents music, fashion, a group, and Harlem culture. Rocky is a very well respected person in the music and fashion industry for his hard work and dedication to both arts. It represents current culture because his name is a household name when culture or this generation comes up in conversation. I used a charcoal pencil, a thin sharpie pen, water color paint, and carbon paper. I used the Carbon paper to transfer my image to my final paper, I used the charcoal pencil to add detail to my image after I used watercolor paint. I mostly used it for that hair and the suit. I used the thin sharpie pen to also add more detail but I used the fine one so I can really get percist lines. I used the watercolor paints to add a thin layer of color to my drawing, I also used it to make his perfect skin tone by adding different colors around his face to show shading. For example I would use the brown paint then dilute it in water so its light, then use the same brown without water to use it around his jaw line to show darkness around his neck. I also used whites, purples around the face and around the braids to show multiple dimensions around the image. This project relates to my previous work because I always used watercolor paints when painting, so i'm accustomed to using them on my drawings. I first did my light sketch in my sketchbook, then I transferred it to my final paper. Out lined the lines a little darker to help me when i paint. I then painted and let it dry until the next class. After that that's when I went in with my charcoal and sharpie pencil/pen to help me add more details to my drawing. My work is similar to Jean Basquiat, because it's crazy colors, with dark outlines, and confusion lingering around my art. Link My special technique that I used was the charcoal pencil, because that really saved my work from being dull from the paint, it helped me add detail. Something new that I used in this project is the kneaded eraser, it help me erase the mistakes I made with the charcoal pencil. I most proud of my sketch I did of his face, because I had a lot of detail and got the shapes right in my drawing. One thing that I would change is his glasses, one of his lens is bigger than the other one I noticed after everything was done. I learned about different materials in the process, and I also learned the different uses of each brush.
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