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Project B
Patrick White
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DRAW-101-OL/Winter/2013
Prof. Dawn Peterson

Old Master
Franois Boucher
(29 September 1703
30 May 1770) was a French
painter, known for his idyllic
and voluptuous paintings on
classical themes, decorative
allegories representing the arts,
or pastoral occupations,
intended as a sort of twodimensional furniture.
www.wikipedia.com

Contemporary Influences

David Kassam

Adi Granov

Jeremy Lipking

Experience
I started to develop the idea creating
thumbnail sketches based upon the
requirements of this project. Prof.
Peterson had suggested a self-portrait so
my early ideas were me on a subway or
commuter train. Since one of my
contemporary artists did comics, a
Captain America t-shirt was added. I
developed a few more. The thumbnail
that most resonated showed a child
looking up at a large poster of a hero.

Process
I started gathering reference
materials. My initial large
drawing was OK but I wanted
a more dynamic composition
and a bit of humour. So I
reworked it a couple of times
until I was content with the
arrangement of objects. Here
is the idea: The kid is a
reflection of me in the past,
pre-color TV world with
aspirations of being the hero
(contemporary me) in the fullcolour movie poster. He is also
looking to the stage door
which represents his future life
in this world.

Reference

Process

I blocked in the shapes and shadows. I replaced

the full body with a cropped upper body to
increase the scale the contrast between the boy
and the hero. I realized the head on was too large
so I made it smaller.

Process
I started to lay in
earthy tones building
values layering with
colour pastels.

I wasnt pleased with

my attempts at
typography so I
removed the
characters and filled in
the background. After
I refined the colour
part,
I added the lighter and
darker details to the
black and white area
and refined the
details.

Finished

I then took a photograph and

edited in in Photoshop. I
added the typography and
enhanced the contrast since
the pastels were not intense
enough for a comic book
style.

Critique
I am very happy with my drawing. I
wanted to incorporate the skills and
techniques learned in the course
including subtractive drawing, linear
perspective, atmospheric perspective,
sfumato, layering, using limited and
full palettes, hatching and layering
colours, and using complementary
color schemes.
To improve, I would further increase
the contrast with pastels and make
the words completely disappear from
the background. I also might change
the angle of the hero in order to make
the composition more dynamic and
give the illusion of flight.

Thanks to my
classmates for
their support and
encouragement.
Thank you
Professor Dawn
Peterson for your
guidance and
instruction. Ive
learned a lot in
Drawing II.