Positive Drawing
Desire in a Fairy Tale
Color Pencils, Illustration Board 10in x 15in December 2020 Desire in a Fairy was drawn to make a continuation of another drawing prior to this one. Alice is seen in the top middle, that shows her barely walking into this scene of what wishes could be reality. I was inspired by Thomas Kinkade's "Winnie the Pooh I" from the characters, to the location, to show the desire I wanting to go back to "normal", in other words, how it was before the pandemic. |
Inspiration - Thomas Kinkade
Since I wanted to connect this positive drawing with the negative one, sharing the same artist was something I planned on doing. My idea at that time was to find an art piece by Thomas Kinkade that had some sort of body of water there to have it reflect the image of Alice and that's when I found this Winnie the Pooh one. In this painting, Kinkade's intentions of this painting was for people to remind themselves of the message Winnie the Pooh sent of positive view points, and from his warm colors that show it gives that sense of happiness. This is about capturing a moment of genuine joy and the innocence of a child playing. From this I planned to make it into something that showed how it could be after the pandemic decreases, and how we could once again be all unified into making a better society.
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Planning
Once finding the Winnie the Pooh painting, I knew both connected in still showing some childlike presence specifically from it being Disney. Immediately I was thinking of connecting this drawing to the Alice drawing by the reflection of the water. After looking at both something else I realized was the paths on the ground were fairly similar to each others and the location itself had its similarities. With the drawing of Winnie the Pooh with friends, I listed some ways to show a better place of 2020. Something that many would desire is the pandemic decreasing in cases and no longer existing. Going off of that, something is else desired is being able to be with friends without having to social distance. Since not everything can be solved immediately, I thought about still keeping the deforestation as a problem but a less major problem.
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Something else I had in mind was adding Alice into this scene but the grand question was where. There were two ideas shown in both the second and third page. In this second page, the idea is to add Alice like she was walking into the view, looking around where she is following up from the previous drawing where she was alone but decided to follow to path across the bridge, that led her to crossing over to this place with animals and a boy. The rest of this page is me testing and noting what greens I used for what parts, and how it looked if used lightly or to make them darker. Another is the warm colors used with the ways I colored in by using loops all around to give some idea of the bushes with flowers, layering over the greens. Also having some type of gradation scale on them to go back to, in order to remember which one might suit best for certain areas.
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Now in this page, the other idea was to have a mini story with Alice, that she went through the hole from the big tree behind her in her drawing, that led her to the door of this tree in Winnie the Pooh's scene. The rest of the page is some of the shadings I used for some of Winnie the Pooh's friends, and himself. Winnie and rabbit are yellow based and I remember learning brown made a darker shade of yellow so I decided to test it out with colored pencils. The same goes with the different shades of pink and honey brown with dark brown.
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Process
The first thing I started with was sketching Tigger and Piglet. Since drawing with a reference was something I had been doing for so long, I had gotten used to seeing an image and being able to get it very similar. I started off with the arm, outlined the bottom of the head, then slowly figure the figure to the curves and got to the other arm and drew Piglet. Next I drew Christopher Robin starting bottom to top. I usually start drawing something in the most random part because I look for an easy place to start and go off of, thinking of it as the base. Afterwards I sketched Winnie the Pooh, trying to keep the roundness, but not being a full circle because the painting showed him like that but it somehow did not look like that when I drew it like that. Next one is Eeyore where after drawing him, I was able to add the rocks more confidently as to where its suppose to be.
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After drawing Rabbit too, I started slowly coloring what I already sketched out. I started off with Winnie the Pooh, I started by coloring him fully yellow, and noticed where to shade it so then I remembered that brown was the color that darkened yellow, so I tested that out in the planning section, that came in useful once I started coloring him. I attempted to color his shirt and tried darkening some areas with a darker red and lighting with a white color pencil. I also colored a base for the water and grass that surrounded it. |
I colored Christopher Robin, Tigger, Piglet, and Eeeyore, then proceeded to sketch out Kanga and Roo. After having almost all the main characters I wanted to include, it made it easier to know where to to place certain things such as the rocks, paths, and the grass. I then started adding more of the grass and the trees in the background, but from the camera is looks lighter than it actually is. Either way I started the tree by adding the leaves and flowers that were wrapping it so then I could add the brown of the tree without layering it too much between each other or else it wouldn't look so good. |
Adding the grass, I left little spaces for the darker bushes with flowers in order to remember where to color them differently and without using a pencil that would leave from gray markings. Something else was the fences that were around and the little patch of grass between the paths to show different routes to take were something set that I knew I wouldn't have to erase, once adding more detailing or other trees. I also colored in Rabbit, similar like Winnie the Pooh, but used a brighter yellow instead of making it look like a honey yellow since both animals weren't the exact shade of yellow. |
After doing everything else that wasn't going to effect the background, right before adding the tree leaves and blue sky, I added Alice after deciding how she was going to be shown in this drawing, and so I decided with the story of her following the path across the bridge, that led her to the path in the middle shown in this drawing. So I sketched her out, and when starting to color her in (shown in the final piece) I added her black mask on her hand. To show that she traveled to a place where everything seemed to be how it was prior to the pandemic and give the energy surrounding Winnie the Pooh and friends so care free and just being with each other unlike how right now in the current time quarantine is suggested for the a decrease to cases.
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Compare & Contrast
Reflection
Overall in this drawing, I liked how it came out specifically of the characters in it, and the joy shown. It gives a sense of freedom and a desire to be like that once more in real life, given from characters that many may remember from childhood. This one really made me unlock memories of reading stories or watching the TV about Winnie the Pooh, but with Alice there holding a mask also is the one little things that reminds me of reality. Something I want to improve from this is the coloring since the camera made it very light the colors compared to the actual board which is a sign I didn't put enough pressure possibly. Something else is the detailing and blending of colors in order to get it similar to the way I have it in mind. Other than those things I want to improve on, I did like how the characters came out in the end.
ACT Questions
1. Clearly explain and describe how you are able to identify the cause-effect relationships between your inspiration and its effect upon your artwork.
The way Thomas Kinkade's art affected my drawing was the warm and light aura the painting gives with not only the colors used but the personalities captured from the characters shown.
2. What is the overall approach (point of view) the author (from your research) has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
He makes art from the talent and joy he has, and it shows from his many art pieces. As to have it for inspiration, I intended to show this with desire of being together once more but also with something (Alice) to remember that desire isn't close yet.
3. What kind of generalization and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
A feeling or idea can be captured within art without even knowing it and just like that it can reflect to the viewer and it can be of help if it's positive.
4. What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
The central idea of this drawing is a reminder of what the future could be but also given with one character (Alice) that that future isn't set in stone just yet.
5. What kind of inferences (conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning) did you make while reading your research?
The mood someone can be in when making art can be shown from their style of art, color, or even design of it, doesn't matter how, but one way or another it comes out with the artwork.
The way Thomas Kinkade's art affected my drawing was the warm and light aura the painting gives with not only the colors used but the personalities captured from the characters shown.
2. What is the overall approach (point of view) the author (from your research) has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
He makes art from the talent and joy he has, and it shows from his many art pieces. As to have it for inspiration, I intended to show this with desire of being together once more but also with something (Alice) to remember that desire isn't close yet.
3. What kind of generalization and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
A feeling or idea can be captured within art without even knowing it and just like that it can reflect to the viewer and it can be of help if it's positive.
4. What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
The central idea of this drawing is a reminder of what the future could be but also given with one character (Alice) that that future isn't set in stone just yet.
5. What kind of inferences (conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning) did you make while reading your research?
The mood someone can be in when making art can be shown from their style of art, color, or even design of it, doesn't matter how, but one way or another it comes out with the artwork.
Bibliography
“Winnie The Pooh I: Thomas Kinkade Studios.” ThomasKinkade.com, 1 Apr. 2019, thomaskinkade.com/art/winnie-the-pooh-i/.