what are some good ideas for some observation drawings that would show my skills in art?

Question

this is for an art portfolio and i need 10 to 20 drawings and can't really come up with good ideas of what to draw ^_^

Answer 1

Try a pine cone with its segments bursting open. A still life composition of different clay pots arranged like a group of people conversing. A silver jug. Or harder - a glass vase, with or without flowers. A hand, with or without a book. A friend's face. A child, skipping. A stand of trees. A tussock of grass, with or without fallen leaves. A stone. A chair. A wooden letter-box. Any small pile of debris you see in the garden or gutter (but don't get run over!) A crumpled newspaper page. I leave the rest to you. Everything is beautiful if you observe it long enough, without a sense of urgency - and if you place it well on the page, and give it whatever tonal background it might need to make its own tonal values, and its own nature, "read". Have fun!

Answer 2

I think you should work on value and try to focus more on making things look a lot less like cartoons. After you get that down really well to where EVERYTHING you draw is awesome, whether you try or not, then draw cartoony art and it'll shock you how much of a difference there is. And draw things as they are. It'll make everything better. I think you're doing good, you've definately got a lot of the conceptual work down, but you should focus on the technical work for now.

Answer 3

I am an artist and i can tell you that a porfolio not only tells people how talented you are, but also reveals something about the artist himself. Good ideas comes from those things that inspire or move you and therefore would be able to explain them. I'm sure you can come up with some good ideas of your own, you just need to focus.

My artwork is posted at www.hellosanantonio.com under ''Guerro'', just in case you would like to see the kind of work i do.

Answer 4

Eggs, ping pong balls and fabric. These may sound simple, especially the eggs and ping pong balls, but they're not. They are an excellent way to show off your skills and practice tone and reflected light, hard edges, soft edges and the myriad subtleties of drawing.

Answer 5

its not a good idea to observe drwing its better to observe the object of ur drawing and focus ur vision on it to improvice its prospective and its environment in ur innermind

Answer 6

TO GET A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS, TRY A PARK. YOU CAN HAVE PEOPLE, PLANTS AND WILDLIFE.

Answer 7

if you need a life model, I'm available :)