I developed my art skills by using the blades available to me. Before this class I'd been comfortable only with the various types of pencil. Moving on to charcoal and pen was simple enough but working in negative, lacking a way to undo mistakes, and the feeling of using a scraping agent instead of a dragging agent is a completely different experience.
I solve problems with my paper. I don't believe it was my own doing but I'll never know: from the beginning the scratchboard has several smudges and scrapes on it. When it was blank is was most obvious to be seen, but I managed to distract from the imperfections first with the bolts, then with the stars behind it. If one were to look closely, they could see the smudges, though if one didn't know what to look for, it wouldn't be noticed, and thus not subtract from the work. I reflected on my piece from the outset. I never doubted that I would succeed in what I intended to do. Small errors aren't separable from the seemingly random scrawl of actual lightning. However I found that it lacked substance like I had hoped. What I believe would add interest would be a background or something to show scale at the bottom. Instead of the light bulges (which I researched and would actually be there, by the way) at the bottom, I thought of placing woodlands, or perhaps a village. The latter would require I shrink or remove the kite of course, but it would lend credence to the size and strength of the billion joules of energy crashing down from above.
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