I feel that through this drawing I accomplished many things.  For starters although I did not master the task of making contour lines I think that through this piece of art I gained a better understanding of how to make one.  As we were doing the blind contours in class and the multiple other contour drawings I slowly was seeing some subtle improvements throughout each drawing.  Finally when I got to the shoe I was able to apply all that I learned and I feel that it turned out rather good.  The hardest part of this assignment was to make sure that I did not pick up the pen when I felt I was making a mistake.  It became very difficult to add enough detail to bring out the unique look of the shoe.  The easiest part of this project, although there weren't many, was to create the basic shape of the shoe.  This project provided a challenge that I enjoyed.  Overall I think that although this may not be my best work, it was ultimately a success.

iPad Value Study

I feel that this project was very similar to using oil pastels, yet they had some subtle differences.  This was similar to oil pastels in the fact that it was very easy to blend the colors and make it smooth.  Although, it was different because you did not have to actually judge the pressure with the iPads, ly.it just made it solid naturally.  Through this piece I accomplished many things.  I was able to successfully blend colors together to make a full set of values.  I learned that in order create real value in an image you have to blend the colors enough to bring out the lightness to darkness and to achieve the 3 Dimensional shape.  This sort of technology is important to art because it allows us to learn how to create new things in a more diverse way.  This in turn allows for a better understanding of the true concept.  In this piece of artwork I thought that the hardest part was trying to blend the colors evenly without mixing it too much.  The easiest part was definitely applying the color to the shapes.  Overall I feel that this project was very successful and I found it very interesting as well.