Final Still Life

This is a one hour still life of some objects that were lying around my living rooom.

For this compostition I used simple shaped objects and tried to focus my attention on the shading and the overall compostion.

This drawing shows a good use objects,creating a nice balance between the overall objects but also a good balance between the darker tones of the pot vase and the darker edge that surrounds the paper weight. There is an clear line that runs from the vase,through the candle and ends at the paper weight but also an implied line that runs from the top of the vase, through the square candle and up to the tip of the stick candle. The lighting for the compostition has been well portrayed through the use of an eraser to create the highlights on the objects.

 The shading works well by following the contours of the objects to create the illusion of depth but is possibly lacking in places such as the dark fabric on which the objects are places. There are other problematic areas within this drawing such as the placement of the top of the vase.This seems to be off centre and does not represent the symmetry of the vase.The square candle was slightly raised due to it being sat on a crease in the fabric but this does not come across well in this image.