Saturday, 26 October 2013

Week 4&5: Shape


This is a 15 minute sketch of a still life set-up using a graphite stick showing the shape of the objects by drawing the Negative Spaces. 

The darkened outline and background intensifies the appearance of the objects and make this drawing a good example of showing shape. The focal point in this sketch is the big urn and there are two areas of interest. The first one is the skull and the jar and the vase and the second one is the glass in front. The viewer’s gaze is drawn from the urn to the skull through the horn and then to the little jug and then to the vase and finally the glass in the front. This forms an implied line which forms the shape of a circle.

The drawing would have been a success if the value of the background would have had a lower key. This might have been obtained by using a different kind of pencil or by using charcoal. 

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