Inspiration
I found two seperate images and decided to crop them into the same picture on my ipad so I would be able to visualize the entire thing.
In like a lion and out like a lamb
IIn Like a Lion and Out Like a Lamb.
I was inspired to do this piece because of the projects I used to do as a child regarding the lion and the lamb. In second grade we made lion and lamb hats while learning about weather. I knew that the lion and the lamb had this connection to one another, so I thought it would be perfect for this project. I started by finding a picture of both a lions head, and a lambs head for myreference. On the lion’s side I put in a bolt of lightning and rain drops. I didn’t want them to completely take away from the drawing, but I wanted to incorporate the meaning of the lion. The lion represents harsh weather, such as rain and wind. On the other hand, the lamb represents sunshine and calmer weather. Because of this I included rays of sunshine on that side. To start the piece, I used a cross to help guide me when drawing the eyes, mouth, and nose. These guidelines helped me keep everything proportionate. After the “major” details I went in with the smaller hair stroke details. I then took my blending stump to “black out” some of the areas so I could draw with my eraser As far as technique, I wanted to work with negative and positive. I struggled with this concept in the beginning of the year, and I wanted to improve. To do this I shaded the lion’s mane and the sheep hair and with my eraser I drew in the hair strokes and highlights. I used a push pull method to blend everything seamlessly. I also wanted the hair like strokes of my eraser and pencil to be noticed but still blended. I found it difficult at first but the more time I spent with this I was able to blend things better. I also made sure to use lighter shading on the sheep to really show the difference between the two. This turned out better than I pictured it. I was proud that I captured the essence of each of the animals and used most of my paper to do so. Looking back on the drawing, the only thing I would do differently is move the lightning bolt across the eye, while keeping it white. I think that this would look awesome and it would remind me of the lion Scar on the movie The Lion King.
I was inspired to do this piece because of the projects I used to do as a child regarding the lion and the lamb. In second grade we made lion and lamb hats while learning about weather. I knew that the lion and the lamb had this connection to one another, so I thought it would be perfect for this project. I started by finding a picture of both a lions head, and a lambs head for myreference. On the lion’s side I put in a bolt of lightning and rain drops. I didn’t want them to completely take away from the drawing, but I wanted to incorporate the meaning of the lion. The lion represents harsh weather, such as rain and wind. On the other hand, the lamb represents sunshine and calmer weather. Because of this I included rays of sunshine on that side. To start the piece, I used a cross to help guide me when drawing the eyes, mouth, and nose. These guidelines helped me keep everything proportionate. After the “major” details I went in with the smaller hair stroke details. I then took my blending stump to “black out” some of the areas so I could draw with my eraser As far as technique, I wanted to work with negative and positive. I struggled with this concept in the beginning of the year, and I wanted to improve. To do this I shaded the lion’s mane and the sheep hair and with my eraser I drew in the hair strokes and highlights. I used a push pull method to blend everything seamlessly. I also wanted the hair like strokes of my eraser and pencil to be noticed but still blended. I found it difficult at first but the more time I spent with this I was able to blend things better. I also made sure to use lighter shading on the sheep to really show the difference between the two. This turned out better than I pictured it. I was proud that I captured the essence of each of the animals and used most of my paper to do so. Looking back on the drawing, the only thing I would do differently is move the lightning bolt across the eye, while keeping it white. I think that this would look awesome and it would remind me of the lion Scar on the movie The Lion King.