Have you ever dedicated a whole 5 days solely to mastering the art of drawing? I have!

 “Why is drawing important?” This is the question I devoted my week to answering. In the midst of creating, learning and sketching, I came to a conclusion. Drawing is not just about lines and shapes, it is a way to express yourself and your emotions. Read forward to hear about my week where the importance of drawing, stretches farther than the blank canvas, becoming a powerful language to communicate and connect. 

Coming to The Conclusion 

The process of this project was neither long nor boring, but calming and fun. To come to my conclusion, I went through several assignments within the app Sketches Pro. I created a word art, I made a robot, I drew an emoji, and I designed a logo for a club I created. 

                                 Sketches Pro

Sketches pro is an app that allows you to draw and create art digitally. In the app, there is several drawing tools with different purposes that help you reach your artistic goals.

  My Word Art

 For this part of the project, I had to choose a word, and then draw and decorate it as an exquisite representation of the word itself. I believe that word art is very crucial because it makes the word more eye catching, it’s giving you something to look at rather than it just showing an old boring word. I decided to be-dazzle the word ‘swiftie’, referring to hardcore fans of Taylor Swift (AKA. me).  Each letter of this important word, I made to look like the cover of all of her albums. If I were to do this again, I would fix how messy the lettering is, I drew the letters by hand and very rushed which leaded them to be a little wonky. Next time, I would take more time on drawing my letters. 

My Robot

The next assignment within the project was to create a robot made out of shapes. While making this art piece I was really focused on shading, I wanted it to look like it was popping out of the page. Unfortunately, the end result did not look as real as I wanted it to, but I’m still proud of it as a whole. If I were to make another robot, I would take more time blending in the shading so it looks more lifelike. 

My Emoji

To help me answer the driving question, I was tasked with creating or recreating an emoji. I chose to create an emoji that looked as if it is judging something. Emojis are important because they help express an emotion that you can’t say with words.  I am very  proud of the shading work I did here, I think it looks very realistic and almost as if it is popping out of the page. If I were to do this again I would work on improving the expression to be more judging, I could do this by narrowing the eyes more.

Ladies Lead Club

This piece was the last part of our project, I was assigned with creating a new brand or cluband making a logo for it. Logos are very important because they give people a way to recognize your brand or organization. I thought up a new club called the ‘Ladies Lead Club’, it is for woman who notice the unfairness in the world and want to take action. While making my club, I first had to create a design brief that laid out all of the information. I then created my logo, I decided to go with a blue colour scheme because that is the stereo typical ‘colour for boys’, and by using it, we are implying the message that we don’t want to follow societies idea of a ‘woman’. If I had to do this again, I would try to make the lettering more neat because messy writing does not look professional.

F.A.I.L (First Attempts in Learning)

Something I could do better in this project would be managing my time better. I was sick for the first couple days of the assignment, so I never completed the work on time. I found myself working on all of the assignments in one night, which lead to them being a bit rushed and messy. I can manage my time better next time by messaging my teacher if I am away so I can work on the work at home and not two days late.

Why is Art so Important?

After finishing this project, I have come to the conclusion that art is very important because it is a way of expressing yourself and communicating when words can’t.