"Empanadas with Oaxaca Cheese" is the title of my project. It is a drawing of my sister making tortillas. The idea came from drawings we saw using foreshortening. My sister loves making empanadas and since she's gone back to Mexico I wanted to make something for her.
In doing this I learned more about drawing with pencil, and especially shading. I did not know that it's a no-no to use your finger to smudge it.
There isn't anything really deep behind the meaning of my work. It's just a bit of Mexican pride and love for my sister.
I had tried using charcoal originally, but that ended up being my final sketch and I started a new final because of the difficulty I had in shading with it and erasing it.
I had a lot of difficulty in getting the proportions right with foreshortening, but I'm glad I stuck with it and made it work.