P5 Draw 1 Lora B

Describe I made my piece by combining the two images in the other post. My background is of a picture I took in the Rocky Mountains. The horse within my drawing is from a picture off of a free images website. The horse used to have a rider and a saddle on it, but is now just running around on his own. I made my piece only using graphite pencil. I sketched out the whole image roughly, then drew in detail the background, then moved to the foreground and the horse. Analyze The main principles of design that I feel I focused on was texture and value. I tried to create texture in the different faces of the mountains in the background, as well as the clouds above them. I also tried to create texture within the trees in the background, and within the hair in the horse. For value, I really tried to portray the light and how it hit the mountains, and the horse, so that there could be interesting value in the shadows and shapes. I only drew part of the picture that I took because th...

 This is the brainstorming and rough drafts from inside my sketchbook  These are my two references used, one for the horse and one for the background.  Bob Ross is my contemporary artist for this piece. His skill and ability to paint such beautiful landscapes is part of what inspired me to create this piece. I wanted the pencil to look almost like a graphite version of something he would paint.  DaVinci is my master artist for this piece. I've always loved DaVinci's artwork. Though there are no human faces in my piece like what DaVinci would normally paint, his realism is my inspiration. I've always really liked realism and tonal value but i especially like it on organic forms like humans or animals, so thats why I like DaVincis work and thats how his work inspired this piece.