Contour - Texture Drawing

For this assignment, we were to find a picture in a magazine consisting of two people.  With it, we were asked to draw only contour lines of the outline of the figures and fill it with tactile textures.  Because the piece I chose consisted of full-bodied figures, making it seem further away from the viewer, I had to choose textures that made smaller imprints for it to fit well into the picture plane.  Otherwise, I feel that it would have taken away from the figures as they should be the main focus of the piece.  It is an asymmetrical piece as the figures are not centered, thus there isn't an obvious balance.  I also used different values to emphasize or de-emphasize certain areas.  I tried to mimic atmospheric perspective for the background of the piece.  However, I don't think it worked well...the mountains were supposed to one of the lightest elements of the piece.  To bring the figures to life, shadowing came into play to lessen the flatness.  Vertical perspective is seen as well, with the vines appearing to be closer in proximity to the viewer, then the figures being the next closest to the viewer.  It was a very enjoyable assignment and I've become more and more aware of the techniques I'm using and more aware of what to use as well....