FINAL STILL LIFE
A Day in the Cabinet
62cm x 46cm
Charcoal on Newsprint
August 2020
This work contains a shoe box, a glass and a ceramic watering can. This work includes contrast, created with deep blacks and brighter tones. The piece has symmetrical balance that carries the same wight on each side. There is depth made with the arrangement of the objects and shading. I would have used more compressed charcoal to create more contrast, and added even more texture if I were to do this again. I feel I was successful in producing a proportional work that moves the eye on the page.
STILL LIFE PROCESS
The first step I took was to find objects that are simple, but also visually interesting. The next thing I did was arranged them in a way that I could be able to sketch the relation ship between the objects. With my warm-up sketch I decided to make a triangular formation to guide the eye on the piece. I also situated a light source that would provide contrast.
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This is picture from the beginnings of my practice still life. I started off with lightly sketching the objects general shapes with vine charcoal. There is no real deep thought about details yet, only the basics and getting an idea of the objects.
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Here I started to define the lights and darks more clearly. This is also were I finalized the shapes more. I put more detail, making the objects become more clear, but still with a light sketchy movement.
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The last stage of my charcoal drawing was making sure all of the deep blacks were dark, and the highlights popped to show shape and the light source. Here I also added finer details like the groves in the glass or the slight shadows made with the jarring of the shoe box.
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