The warm up that was the most helpful for me was the pen cubes ( ignore the "A" in sign language in the picture above I did it on the same page with the pen cubes). The pen cubes warm up refreshed my memory on how to draw a proper cube, which I had forgotten and wanted to remember. The pen cubes warm up also taught how to correctly add value to a cube, learning about the lighting of the cube and the different shades for different sides of the cube. The front side of the cube is the lightest, the right side is the darkest and the top side is medium, a shade that is in between the lightest and the darkest. Not only that, the warm up introduced to me the different techniques you could use to shade and add value to a cube and create texture, using a pen, also we learned the techniques we could use and apply to our pen drawings. The techniques that were introduced to us were stippling, cross hatching, hatching, and random lines. I learned how to make some parts lighter and other parts darker for each technique, for example, for stippling, you add more dots to make a part darker and for hatching you add more lines to make a part darker. The definition for value is, an element of design that defines the light and darks in an artwork. The definition for composition is, the arrangement of elements within a work art. There are quite a few pros and cons for using pencil. Some pros are, if you make a mistake you are able to erase it and fix it, there are different pencils available, ranging in how dark and light they are, so its easier to create value, the point of a pencil is small, so it easier to add detail, they can be used to make a variety of textures quite easily, pencils also have a long life, they can be used on most surfaces and lastly they can blend well. Some cons are that pencils can smudge across the surface of what your drawing on and on your hand, they need to be sharpened regularly and if you press a bit to hard, they can create a dent in the paper, leaving traces if you try to erase the thing you drew that created the dent. The pen also has quite a few pros and cons. Some pros are that the small point stays consistent and makes it easier to do a lot of detail, especially small details, if the ink is dry, the pen won''t smudge across your surface or get on your hand, you don't have to sharpen it, there are many techniques you can do for value with a pen that's best with a pen then any other medium and since pen can't be erased, it can be good for eye-coordination exercises or other exercises and can teach people to think carefully about each move they make to draw. Some cons are that pen can't be erased, it's permanent, you can't fix a mistake you desperately want to fix or get rid of, if the ink is still wet, it will smudge, also by using pen it's hard to create value, since it stays a consistent shade, also pens can cause blotches and lastly, pens can dry up quickly and run out of ink. Finally, charcoal, which, like the other mediums, also has its many pros and cons. Some pros are, if the whole paper is smudged with charcoal, so that the whole paper is gray and you draw on it, you can easily get rid of of any mistakes by blending your mistakes into the paper, charcoals softens and blends beautifully, there is a variety of charcoal, so you can add value by using darker charcoal and by erasing charcoal to create lighter spots, you can add smaller details using a charcoal pencil, you can create a lot of textures using charcoal, especially sketchy, fluffy ones and lastly, it's very good for bold and heavy lines and soft and subtle shading. Some cons are, it smudges a lot on the surface and on your hand, which could ruin your art work and can be very messy, the darker charcoals are a little harder to blend out and blend into the paper, they work best on only a few surfaces and lastly they require a spray that smell strongly of chemicals to prevent from smearing the final product to much.
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