The project we have been working on is all based on our environment and its objective is how we can apply to our drawings. To do this, we have worked on several smaller projects such as contour drawing, value drawings, ribbon drawings and more. All of these projects were a way to show how we can take photos of our environment and turn it into drawings using several techniques and styles of drawing. The process for me was hard and at first because I believed I was not talented when it came to art in any way. It was challenging to keep up with everybody and make sure what I was doing was my best work. But, as we kept going I started and I kept trying I was able to get the hang of it and I could slow to do the assignments. Overall, I felt pressurized at first but now, I think I'm at a good level.
We started off by looking at an artist by the name of Nicky Foreman. We had to research about her as well as her style in art and the way she produces it. We learned that her work style consists of taking ordinary, daily objects in her environment and adjusting them so they are in a different perspective. It can be viewed in two ways which include looking at it as either small pictures scattered around or as one whole picture.
The next project we did was contour drawings. For this, we had to pick two of the pictures we had taken from our environment and outline and draw it using only lines. To this, you have to observe the picture and see its position from which perspective the picture was taken. I found that it was hard for me not to make too many lines and shade some parts. This is not my strongest work and I honestly, don't like the way it turned out but it was a start.
After this, we did value drawings. Value drawings have two important roles which are making shapes visible and allowing us to understand forms. We started by first making a value scale in our sketchbooks followed by drawing and shading shapes such as cylinders, cones, spheres etc. We then had to contour draw and shade a picture from one of our environment photos. I learned in that process that drawing realistic pictures and including the full of values is harder than it seems and that's why it took me a while to do this. 
The next value drawing we worked on is the ribbon drawing. We had to do the almost the same as we did with our environment photo value drawing except that this was a picture of a ribbon placed in an interesting position. But, overall, we had to include the full range of values and use the same techniques we used before. This one was harder for me compared to the environment photo and it took me longer to draw and in the end, it didn't turn out the way I wanted but it felt good that I tried.
Lastly, we worked on a value drawing but this time, we were using color pencils. For this assignment, we had to find a picture of junk food that we liked and draw its packaging. We could either draw the whole package itself or take a section from the picture and draw that. I decided to draw a portion from the packaging of Froot Loops. While doing this assignment we had to use color pencils techniques such as knowing how dark or light to shade an area, contrasting the colors blending colors to make the piece look realistic and like the original photo. For this assignment, the hardest part was drawing the Kellogs logo and the leaves but I actually think it turned out good.
