1.) The rhythm of the stacked books works well, the difference in placement makes the movement seamless. You can follow the chalk illustration up from the base to the top.
2.) Value was very important to show how the books stand out from underneath each other. For example the bottom most book is darker where the yellow book covers it and it shows the depth. I chose to color the bottom of some of the books black to show the small shadow they cast on objects below them. 3.) The bright colors of the books stand out from the background. I specifically chose the opposite of blue, the bottom book against the orange background. Also by exaggerating the colors the books look "cartoony", which wasn't the end goal, but it still looks good. 4.) For the most part, the craftsmanship is good, there were times during I had to go back with my thumb or some type of blending tool because while touching the paper I smeared it. Even though it would be unpractical I could have worn gloves to prevent it getting on me. Along with smearing, I tracked some of the blue and black to lighter parts that I had to cover up as well. I sort of rushed finishing the background, you can see the white spots, the books also had some white spots that I could have gone over some more. 5.) I think I achieved foreground and middleground. I didn't see too much background, but that was mainly due to the picture I went off of. The large yellow book kind of serves as a foreground, being the lightest, and the biggest, while the books on top serve as a middleground. 6.) I found that I tracked chalk elsewhere, which was a challenge to overcome. I also got a lot of chalk on me. However, blending colors to make shadows with the chalk was easy because of how "blendable" of a medium they are. Luckily we had an option of chalk pencils, because with the normal chalk, which comes in big bulky pieces, I could not recreate the illustration because of how many sharp 90 degree angles and small marks I needed to make.
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