Degree of Exploration

1. How well do your drawings capture the gesture of the figure?
   - I think that my sketches of the posing figure captures the gesture and movement of the figure well. The drawing have a sense of abstractness but also portrays the feelings and movement of the figure. I think I could do a better job in creating the movement inside of the contour lines and that would help create a better image of the gesture.
2. How throughly did you explore the process of simplifying and "abstracting" the gestures in order to best capture your intend form?
   - At first, my drawing portrayed to body to much and i worked on subtracting lines to simplify the drawings. With the subtraction of lines, the important lines created a cooler more abstract image and looked cleaner than the mass of lines as before.
3. In what ways have your intentions changed over the course of your project so far? What opportunities or occurrences led to these changes?
  - I went from a basic obvious human figure and an abstract figure that can show a figure but not obvious about it. The opportunity that helped change my sculpture was when I worked in clay and was able to make changes based on the figure I was creating.
4. Describe the container you are using and how it fits with your sculpture.
    - The container I chose is a great size for my sculpture because of the width of it. My sculpture is pretty wide and the container will be able to fit it and have enough height to fit the top of the sculpture.

Final Value Project

a. Persistence to try and create new textures and ideas within the project has helped and shows in both the drawing and prints from the darkroom. In my drawing, an example of persistence and trying new ideas is the straps of the high heel. Both Mrs. Seal and Mr. O helped to create what it is now. At the start, I was having a hard time see the angle in which the straps and front of the high heel showed its values but through persisting and a lot of erasing, the straps began to look more and more like the actual shoe. In the dark room, my prints were not in focus for the first day or two resulting in not so good prints. I used the filter to help the clearness of the prints and also took longer to make sure the print was in focus. Also, I used different apertures to create new images and prints.
b. I felt that I was more comfortable with the drawing median. I was able to create, what I think, is a better image and convey the values more clearly. Working in the dark room was harder for me and I had trouble getting the prints to turn out the way I wanted. The drawing allowed for more "expression" in my case and I enjoyed the drawing much more because of the fact I was able to create values and shading easier.  To help the results in the dark room in the future I could take better pictures in the beginning, making it easier to create better prints. In the dark room, spending more time focusing on the focus of the picture would help create better prints quicker.