SHEKINAH

SAPITAN
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* Freehand Drawing Portfolio

 Drawing Exercise 1
tonal chart
I was slightly confident with my
shading skills with graphite until the
reality of how delicate you have to be
with even how you hold your pencil,
hit me like a truck.

I also learned that smudging with your

finger vs a blending stump was
significantly different in how much
pigment is scattered across the
paper.

I now have a more flexible arsenal

when deciding to shade with graphite!

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 Plate#1
graphite pencil
drawing
From learning the tonal values and
how to execute them, I did this really
quickly as this assignment was being
given.

Could work on my cleanliness and

preciseness though.. this looks like
my usual rough style, I have a long
way to go to achieve realism if I
wanted to.

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ballpoints
I had lots of fun exploring ballpoint
pens again, it was my childhood to
play with multicolored pens when I
was bored.

It irritated me though when the pen

started blotting. I should definitely
dab the pen on tissue more often.
Cross-hatching was a big player in
these pieces. Again, it’s rougher
than I wanted it to be, another
struggle with delicate pen handling.

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Plate#2
charcoal pencil
drawing
This was my first time using
charcoal pencils. I had a hard time
grasping the soft / hardness of the
pencils. I was really used to
linework in comics since I grew up
making webtoons.

I’m slightly getting the hang of

getting rid of my chicken scratch
strokes- which I’m glad about.
Plate#4
prelim examination
I love using colored pencils.

I’m really happy with how I achieved

less linework / comic line style-
though I did it accidentally on the
bird’s toes.

Burnishing was really satisfying to do.

The white colored pencil saved my
life!
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Plate#5
soft pastel
artwork
Not my proudest moment..
This was my first time using soft
pastels.

I really disliked how messy it was to

work with, and I had no idea how to
wrap the colors to avoid damaging
the colored pencil drawing. Not to
mention, I didn’t know where to
start!

I did learn to use lighter colors more

and darker slightly last and how the
background should be done before
the foreground in the end.
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Plate#6
oil pastel
portraiture
Another messy encounter!
Oil pastels have been
familiar to me since I did
poster making contests
back in elementary school.

This is the first time I

focused on this medium with
background knowledge
though. It was especially
hard for me to draw the
facial features or the small
details since the pastel had
a bigger end than I would
like. Maybe adding oil to it
would make this piece
smoother?

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Plate#7
mixed media
artwork
I found a way on how to get better at
refining the details using oil pastels.
Apparently spreading oil with crushed
oil pastels helped a lot with how I
made this piece, especially with
making that 3D effect on the flowers.

Soft pastels are still a pain, but I did

use it on the background and some to
darken or better some colors in
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elements or figures within
the piece. I do wish I could’ve done
more with the background. I do think
it’s lacking.