Final Still Life Drawing

Reflection

I used Henry Moore's controlled scribble drawing technique, I chose it because in my practice drawings it's the one that looks the best. I think it was the best for me because I can control the exact shades of what I am drawing, so the shadows pop out a lot more. My final piece was a lot better than my practice drawing, mostly because my practice wasn’t super proportional, and my lines weren’t totally straight and parallel to each other. This made the drawing look slightly off, and even my shading didn’t contribute to making it look good. In my final drawing, the objects are placed correctly, and are proportional to each other. I spent extra time making sure the lines and ellipses matched the others so it all made sense within the drawing. My shadows make the objects look realistic and there are many varying shades. I think that in order to create a convincing still life there are a few things required. One of them is to be able to analyze where the objects are in relation to each other in space, and then put that onto paper. Another important piece of this is the size of those objects, if the size isn't right, the placement will be off. A third requirement is the ability to see how the light bounces off the objects and where it creates shadows and darker parts on the objects, when you can put that on paper, along with having proportional shapes and space, the result is quite convincing. But this can only be pulled off if you have a technique where you can control how much ink or graphite you are putting on to the paper and its concentration and where it ends up.