At this point in time, I have required quite some experience with still life, in comparison with last year. As a result, whenever I am required to make one, I know what the process is and how to approach it.
For this task, we were required to create a still life with objects of different tonal value and made up of different materials, such as glass, metal, and organic tissue for the fruits.
The first step was making a quick thumbnail sketch to figure out the composition and placement on the paper.
After it was approved by my teacher, I started working on the actual drawing. I ended up drawing a new outline for it since the paper was too big and did not have the right ratio. Using the techniques that I learned last year, such as the ellipses and symmetry I started rebuilding every object.
Having the sketch done, I moved to the shading. Working on that, I had to be mindful of lots of things, such as the transparency of some objects, the shininess of the bottles and metals, etc...
I also decided to add some nice gradients in the back to make the values pop even more.
After some final touches, such as more shadows, etc.., the drawing was completed.
I am very happy with the final result, the only thing that is bothering me is the dark bottle, which looks a bit too rounded. For this drawing I have used a range of pencils, starting with F and HB, and 2B, 4B, and GB for the darker objects and background.
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