still life drawing

Essential Question: What are the necessary skills to create a convincing still life drawing?

Purpose:

• To create a still-life drawing that demonstrates understanding of angles & ellipses in perspective, along with using a chosen and conscious mark-making technique to describe form;

• To understand value by creating a good range of values between black & white to help make the objects appear 3D;

• To demonstrate quality craftsmanship and good composition skills in a drawing.

Artists Studied: Henry Moore, Giorgio Morandi, Kerry James Marshall, Vincent van Gogh, Winslow Homer, John Whalley

Reflection

I used Vincent Van Gogh's technique. The type of art-making seemed easy because it had more control. I put more dots when it needed to be darker. The shading is better on the final. I find the most improvement in my shading and in my final I can see the objects more clearly.