This was one of my homework projects for ART 113. I like this drawing, however, it didn't meet the goal of the assignment. We were supposed to draw something representing repetition and effectively use negative space.
I was a bit ambitious with this project. I made an origami balloon and box then strung them together to make a hot air balloon. As seen in the picture above, I then strung the balloon to my lamp (which was the light source) and adjusted the string to make different positions.
Originally I had planned to draw the background with the lamp and curtains then create smudge lines to show a sort of wind picking the balloon off the ground, but that didn't work out. It looked really bad and I was getting lazy, so I tried to make something similar to the mark making project ,where I used many tiny marks to create foliage (but wind for this project instead). It ended up looking like the sky from Starry Night...
If I were to redo this project, I'd change only a few things. I think the composition of the balloons would remain the same, but I'd draw them bigger to take up more space on the paper and effectively create negative space. I'd also leave the background white or tone it a very light grey.
