Shaylah

Beautiful composition!! You've taken the time to include lots of details from van Gogh's sketch, and to draw accurate proportions. Excellent job of showing the perspective of the walls and road leading into the distance. I really like how you started using stronger lines to show the form of the trees and grassy areas of the road. You did an excellent job of using lines to show the contrast of the textured wall and the shadows of the grass on the wall. You did a very good job of showing the contrasts of textures and tones of the vines in the garden area. The angled pattern of lines, where the ground of the garden meets the wall, is well-drawn. Overall, the entire composition is very accurately drawn. The wide variety of lines and subtle tones creates a lively rhythm that makes your composition very pleasing to look at. The way you used stronger lines and sharper details in the foreground grass adds more depth to your picture--nice touch!

Compare the picture of the fish and crab you drew in the first week with your van Gogh drawing. Wow, what a difference! I know you did lots of study sketches in the earlier lessons to gain control of your drawing hand, and it has paid of for you--BIG-time! I think the biggest improvement has been in your ability to draw accurate guidelines for proportions, then finishing with confident outlines and contour lines. I think your dog drawing, shown below, was a major breakthrough in drawing realistically. Your van Gogh sketch shows a big step in exploring how to use lines to show the texture and contours of things. And you're beginning to experiment with gray tones, too. We'll work to develop these skills further.