Evaluation of Art Work

Grass hopper study
This is a study I have done for the creatures project in Art. I used a 5H pencil to lightly sketch out it's form based off of a print out. I then used a B pencil to add harder lines and add further definition. Once the form was complete, I used a 2B and 4B pencil to shade.

Beetle
This is another insect study for my creatures project.
In this study I drew out a beetle crawling across a leaf.
As before, I used a 5H pencil to draw out it's form lightly, I then moved on to the B pencil to solidify the final lines, I also used the length of the pencil to measure out the patterns on the beetles shell.

Drowsy Lizard
I decided to draw from this print out as it seemed to be a difficult piece to do and I wanted to push myself a bit.
I drew out the form of this lizard initially using circles and squares. I drew this out lightly and then used a darker pencil to build up the form further. I then added guide lines to aid me in figuring out the locations of the lizards facial features.

After this, I begun building up the scales lightly from the edges, as well as points of focus. Eyes, cheeks, etc... I used an even darker pencil to darken the lines of certain scales in order to emphasize the shaded areas.

Prideful Lizard
Once again, I wanted to push myself with my next study, also I really enjoyed my previous study, which is why I decided to draw another lizard. This time however the scales seemed to be more randomly placed and more independent of one another. This made building up the image more difficult as there wasn't as much of a pattern to follow.

I basically built up the initial form in the same way as before; using shapes. I only really had to change things up when it came to the scales, as there was less of a pattern to involved. I had to pay more attention to my reference material to replicate the random nature of the scales.

Eagle
My depiction of an eagle head, close up.I drew this out in pencil and layered the feathers with different shades of pencils. I did this to create the intended layered effect.