I began by collecting a group of objects to draw, sticking to cylinder and rectangle shapes as a guideline. I ended up with jars, bottles, a roll of tissue and a book and a box of tissues. I arranged them in a way I thought was interesting compositionally and began my first sketch in charcoal.
I tried working in some tone but kept my focus on getting the composition and scaling of the objects accurate. I was happy with the original outcome, however as time went on the image has been smudged, losing some of the detail. Going on I must carefully preserve drawings that smudge so easily, and think about that as I choose my medium.
I tried another group of objects, sketching them individually before trying another group sketch. I tried imagining the space inside to better understand laying out my composition. It was nice to take some time to look and understand the space within objects before trying to draw them together, so I could fully understand being able to put together a dynamic composition.
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I went and tried the task again this time with four items including, a box, salt grinder, a glass and a roll of toilet paper. I packed the numerous items into the box in order to create a layered and interesting composition. I began with sketch [1] just creating the basic outlines to grasp how to fill the space and the basic layout of my objects. The glass is slightly at an incorrect angle with the rest of the objects, due to the desk I used, its not that big and doesn’t give me room to look at my paper properly at the wrong angle, I took this into consideration when it came to my next drawing [2]. I made sure to seat myself in a way where I can view my paper properly. This time I changed the angle of which I viewed the objects from and added in the outline of some textures. It was interesting drawing the wicker texture of the basket through the glass, as it magnifies and stretches the pattern.
I attempted my previous sketch again, this time incorporating tone and texture, in order to give some weight and sense of reality to my objects. I shaded the shadows cast from other objects and did my best to create light reflections on the metal and glass materials. I enjoyed creating the wooden texture of the salt shaker and creating areas of light and dark. I think I did good at capturing shadows and portraying the direction of where the light source is coming from.
I rather liked the outcome, and I think I showed how the light hits all of the objects, and how a group of objects affects the outcome, with the texture and the shadows and reflections that occur. I found this exercise useful in preparing me for drawing more than one object within a drawing and how I plan my space and composition to make a space that works well with each object, in order to make an interesting and unique drawing.
Simona Hopewell : Drawing 1 