Pumpkin charcoal drawing

• In this artwork, my goal is creating the drawing of the pumpkin, representing the Halloween atmosphere in the class room.  
• I accomplished these pictures by charcoals and charcoal pencils , and afterwards use white charcoal  to add lighting to that.
• My painting is about the brightness of color which create the fascinating effect on the contrast of dark and brightness.
• The most difficult challenge is making the drawing dimensional. Or rather make them have right shadows and lights.
• I meet the challenge by modifying the outline lot of times to make them dimensional.
• My special shadow of pumpkin looks really good, and the stem looks very cool!
• In next painting, I will try to make more proportional and make more contrast between light and dark.
• Connie Hayes is the artist I learned from, especially about the variety of ways to contrast color and blending them to create different effect.
• Lauren's painting is appealing to me because it seems that there is some smoke of fog surround the pumpkin.
• I would redo the background pumpkin to make its shadow look better.
• I feel best about the stem of the pumpkin
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