2021
My first visit to Steven’s Point and the workshop there focused more on design rather than technical skills. We were asked to design a sort of logo with our name, and to try to make it appealing. I drew my name with orange and pink marker, and the style I went for was more fluid. The letters were rounded, some dripping, and I wanted to convey a fun, more creative design. The brighter warm colors made that easier to show. The second thing we did was a poster. I was inspired by the color of my paper to draw a man lost in the forest. He’s dwarfed by the trees, the scale emphasizing how alone he is. This workshop showed me that the choices made in presentation, intentional or not, are vital to how people perceive it. The process is important in considering how to present something visually, and sometimes even the smallest of choices can affect your overall product.
2022
At Steven’s Point in 2022, I did a workshop where we drew two sculptures. We mainly focused on proportions and perspective, and learned a new technique about using our pencil to measure the objects. It was a difficult technique to learn, but I managed to get the hang of it after trial and error. The process of this workshop helped me to understand a new way of drawing and checking proportions, constantly making sure that everything was right. I stopped drawing often to use my pencil to measure, and to angle it so that I could understand the perspective better. Overall this experience gave me more insight as to what artists do during the process of sketching their subject, using techniques to make sure that things are right before going further.