Artist Statement

                    Megan

                  Kings Corner

         In CyberARTS we were assigned a chess piece and to focus on realism, depth, perspective, rhythm and repetition.  I have chosen the king because of the other pieces I chose I thought the king would be most powerful with my idea. I really focused all my shading and depth on the chess piece itself. I really focused of line for the background and value on the chess piece. The background is supposed to represent the power the king has, so he is climbing the stairs to the door. I found that the negative space in the hand balances the negative space on the right side. There is asymmetrical balance in my drawing, the hand holding the chess piece is not dead center but off to the left side, the stairs frame the hand and the radial lines in the negative space on the right side automatically make you look at the chess piece then at the background, which is good because I want the viewer to see the chess piece before the background.  I really enjoyed doing this project; I learned how to draw perspective and how to shade properly.