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Emry Meleigy | “Spray Can”

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In a shaded rectangle, a metal watering can sits off to the left with a blank background, in the bottom right corner, a round shape is cut off so only part of it is visible.

Emry Meleigy, "Spray Can," 2021, graphite on drawing paper, 11" x 14"

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This assignment utilized a few different techniques, the two most prominent being value and composition. To prepare for this assignment we had done composition and value studies, and from those we chose one to make into a larger final piece. My main focus was trying to accurately render different values on a more reflective surface with more dramatic lighting.

A pen drawing in black of a figure with short black hair facing the side, their shirt fading into a swirly web that fills all four corners of the page, but leaves the center behind the figure blank, in the corners there are small eyes made by the web that look in varying directions.

Emry Meleigy | “Ball Point Pen Drawing”

A drawing on a white background of a woman with a towel wrapped around her head with two hands reaching from above pulling on her face; the thumbs are placed on her eyebrows and the index fingers are pulling on the corners of her mouth

Emry Meleigy | “Face Lift”