How can we convey and share our learning?

The purpose of this exercise was to introduce us to the idea of not labelling what we see/draw, but to focus on the shapes and spaces. This helps to draw more realistically and capture some details that you wouldn’t have thought of if you were drawing from memory. Something I learned about myself when drawing this artwork is that I typically draw small and I can ignore the paper in my peripheral vision and focus on what I am seeing. I learned that to make a blind or modified contour line drawing, you should not lift your writing utensil from the paper, minimize how often you look at the paper, and pay attention to how much pressure you put on the pencil. Though I was a little familiar already, I learned that abstract art is art that does not represent external reality, but convey a theme or message through shapes, lines, and colors. I chose a blue color palette for my drawing but utilized yellow too. My idea for the artwork was to say “Danger.” I try to represent this with the bright yellow color, snake, lightning, and mountain. A challenge I experienced was trying to come up with something to fill the empty space that was where the mountain is now. I solved this by cutting the mountain in an arbitrary shape to give myself lines and shapes to work with.