Week Five- Shape Drawing

I made this image by using the pen tool in the most awkward way possible. The class and I had to make an image by draw the shape of the changes of light and color. Everyone in the class drew the same coffee cup. For some reason the professor decided not to thoroughly show us how to use the curve function of the pen tool to draw this very round cup. I imagine the gradient tool would have also been useful for coloring it. This process was so frustratingly tedious (especailly while drawing the shadows on the saucer).
After a while I gave up so here is what I have.

Week Four- Color Drawings

For this week we had to make images demonstrating different type of color relationships. The images below demonstrate monochromatic, complimentary and adjacent colors respectively.  I used the brush tool with the digital drawing pads to make these images. My eyes are immediately attracted to the lightest point of the vessels because those smaller and brighter points stand out more. As for why I chose these objects to draw, they were just lying around the computer lab I was working in.

Week Three- Value Drawings

This week we did some drawings demonstrating how light effects different objects. I'm not particularly happy with the way these turned out. They're far too blotchy and there isn't enough subtly between shades of grey. I should have used more vertical lines in a gradient manner to achieve the desired affect. 

For some reason the teapots came out much better than the rest of these pieces. Part of that might be due to the fact that the teapots are made up of several parts like the handle and spout, making it easier to deconstruct and more accurately draw. Notice how the bowl at the bottom of this post, which is essentially one piece, is the most abstract and looks least like what it is supposed to.

Week Two- 100 Stroke Drawings

This week in class we were to generate at least five images of various objects using the drawing pads in the Mac lab. Each of these drawings were composed using about 100 strokes as per the professor's instructions. This proved to be very helpful in developing a familiarity with the pads as drawing with a digital tablet feels much different from drawing on paper. I don't seem to be very good at drawing with either. Here's what I came up with: