My goals in this art piece were to create a realistic image of a pumpkin using my own artistic style. I accomplished my goals by using the image I was drawing to create stark contrast. My painting is about the light and dark areas that an image consists of. The most difficult challenge I had to face was drawing the stem of the pumpkin. I met this challenge by avoiding following the image that I was drawing to closely so that I could give the stem my own style. My painting really works in the area with a moment of light within the pitch blackness on the top pumpkin. I learned that contrast between light and dark shadows helps to make a drawing more realistic. My mentor was Andrew Wyeth. His paintings showed me the importance of shadows within a drawing. From Murphy, I learned that if you stop comparing yourself to other artists, you'll be happier with the final product of your drawing. If I had a do-over I would chose a more interesting position for the pumpkins to be in. I feel like I didn't get the most interesting shadows in this drawing and the bottom pumpkin is bland. I feel like I drew the top pumpkin the best. I feel like the top pumpkin really pops.
your realization about comparing yourself to other artists is a good one.
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