I definitely wasn't pleased with this drawing. My words were memory and whimsy, and my assigned medium was tea. I used the tea to create a wash, but I wish I had gotten areas of the paper darker to make it look more aged than it did. I definitely don't think that I hit whimsy at all with my tree house. I wish I had done more different diagonals for the parts of the tree house, and added more detail.
Using a different angle to view the tree house was also discussed during my critique, and I definitely agree. My drawing is done straight on, so it doesn't really add any interest. I definitely should have spent more time planning the drawing. While I was planning, I did a lot of drawing the tree house to get a bunch of different parts, but I didn't even think of other angles.
I have a hard time adding little details to my work; it all tends to blend together after a while. The scales as shingles on the roof were my attempt at detail, and I think those worked out alright. I just wish I had done more. Maybe I should have used a different medium. The tree itself was also discussed and it was mentioned that it doesn't read as a tree, and that it could have been more solid. I actually enjoy the tree, but I could see where it could have been pushed farther.
There were a few parts of the drawing that I did actually like, such as the dragon scale singles, and the posts that are used to support the main house. I like how the cast shadows from the house onto the posts, and from the posts to the tree turned out. I didn't think too hard about them as I was drawing--I just drew and left them how they were.
(Pics to come)
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