charcoal pumpkin

Artist Statement

• My goals and intentions for this artwork were to enhance the eclipses and shadows of the pumpkins.
• I accomplished these goals by looking at the shadows and drawing what I see, rather than what I think.
• I was most surprised by how similar my drawing looked to my picture and by how much different it was using charcoal compared to pencil or paint.
• the most difficult challenge I had to face was using my right brain, instead of my left brain.
• I met that challenge by focusing on just looking right at the pumpkin and not using my imagination.
• I experienced this shift to the right brain when I stopped noticing things around me and only saw the pumpkins.
• My drawing really works when I drew the stems because I showed the texture of them very well.
• I learned from Sydney Walsh to make my pumpkins look less perfectly round which she did a great job fixing.
• If I had a do-over, I would fix the shadows of the big pumpkin in the bottom right corner.
• I feel like the best thing about my work is the highlights, shadows, and detail in the stems of the pumpkins.